@Fremen @FlowersandPetals @Laura Rainbow Dragon @Mamatigerj @MadamMeow @NancyTree Thank you everyone! My reward for finishing Foundation Light will be the a copy of the video game Celeste, and my reward for reaching my 2024 fitness goal is my very own copy of The Good Place - The Complete Series. I've checked it out so many times from the library, I figured I might as well get my own
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Speaking of year goals! I completed 3 of my 5 goals for 2024
. I reached my reading, fitness, and financial goals; but fell a little short (okay, a lot short) on my crafting and just barely missed my community involvement goal. Here is what I'm aiming for in 2025:
1)
Read 285 books, 55 of them non-fiction. According to Goodreads, I've exceeded my goal for the past three years, so it's time to step it up!
2)
Complete 3 Darebee programs and 3 Darebee Challenges. I barely squeaked that in last year, so it's still a good challenge for me.
3)
Have 15 no-spending days a month. This is a step up from last year, too, since I was consistently hitting over my target in 2024. I have way too much stuff; I really want to use and appreciate what I have already (or donate it if I don't like it - but I gotta use it first to figure that out, right?) instead of constantly buying more.
4)
Complete 320 minutes of crafting a month. This is the exact same goal (that I've missed) in the past two years, but tracked by month rather than week or day. I'm hoping that the longer time frame will let me work on my crafting at a more natural pace for me (i.e. hours of work on one day and then not touching it for a week
) without getting so discouraged about how many days/weeks I'm 'failing' and just giving up on it.
5)
Visit and support my local Farmer's Market and the Friends of the Library once a month. Both groups do a lot of good work in our community, and I really enjoy participating in both. I figured this year it would be good to give them some love.
Alright, now that it's in writing, I'm on the hook for them
. And to get a head start on the fitness goal, I will be starting the
Soma 40+ program today after work. I'll let y'all know how it goes!
Happy New Year, Bees!
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Central NJ
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. They only went off for about five seconds (burning dust doesn't create much smoke, I guess), but given it was 6:00 AM on a Saturday, I felt bad for the neighbors. 
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It was hard! (Platformers are very frustrating for me, and I have a low tolerance for frustration, lol) But it was so much fun, and the music was fantastic!
How will you reward yourself?
. Quite a bit more intense than Foundation Light 
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