October Superlatives and November Goals

Happy November! 

How was everyone’s Halloween?  I dressed up for work and got many an odd stare while driving there.  What, like you don’t wear zebra ears in the car??  And we had a bunch of little trick-or-treaters… at a coffee shop.  Is it just me or is that a little weird?

Anyways, my night ended with me getting home around 10:45 when I was scheduled to work till 10 and I may or may not have had a minor mental breakdown as soon as I got in the door.  In other words, I need a new job.  A real job.  And I need it bad.

But enough complaining for now.  In honor of the end of one month and the start of the next, I thought I’d do some October superlatives and then some November goals.

October Superlatives:

Best Race: Denver Rock’n’Roll Half Marathon

Um, I still can’t read this post without feeling all emotional.  So.darn.proud. of Joey 🙂

Most Informative: What You Will See at an Expo

Best Restaurant Review: Snooze in Boulder

Most Popular: WIAW: A Day of Firsts

Most Honest: On Not Fitting In

Most Helpful: My Mother, the Ultimate Prepper

November Goals:

I’m usually not one to make a list of monthly goals — I feel it just puts too much pressure on me and sets me up for failure — but I think if I put some realistic, not too serious goals, I can be more successful.

1. Rediscover my inner reader

There was once a day when I could knock out more than one book in a week.  And that day was about 6 months ago.  Ya know, when I was an English major who loved to read.  Now I’m embarrassed to admit I’ve been “reading” the same book for months!  Time to get back on track.

2. Make strength training and yoga a priority

If only.

It’s easy to slip into the routine of running every other day and that’s it.  Training taught me to love kind of enjoy lifting.  And being completely sore after skipping yoga for two weeks and then finally going to a class taught me to not neglect my love of downward dog.  At home yoga counts too!

3. Put some real effort into finding a new job — notice how I didn’t say “find a new job.”  Less pressure, remember?

4. Run 65 miles in November

And if you need some running inspiration, search “running” on pinterest. 

Have I mentioned that I’ve changed my running mentality from “This is hard, I just want to be done” to “I can bust out this run no problem because I’m awesome!”  Yeah, sometimes you just need a change in attitude to turn things around 🙂

5. Be better about making time to sit down and eat meals

And now I really just want grilled cheese.

Now that I’ve let go of car eating, my next goal is to make sure I have ample time to sit down and eat meals.  I’m notorious for lollygagging before I have to be somewhere and then saying, “Ohmygod, I have to lift, shower and eat in the next half an hour!!”  

Which brings me to #6.

6. Submit a bill to have more hours added to the day.

Plausible, right?

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What were some of your best moments in October?

Do you have any goals for this month?