Q5 Goals!

** Added because — having voted early — I actually forgot today was Election Day! But if Election Day applies to you (I know not all readers are US based!), I hope you can take the time to vote today if you haven’t already!

This week’s posts will feature a lot of goals content, because we’re got a New Month / New Quintile intersection going on. Since I always use my seasonal goals to help inform my monthly goals ( = Nested Goals!), I did my seasonal planning first. For reference, my Q4 review is here.

TODAY –> Q5 Goals

TOMORROW –> October Recap

THURSDAY –> November Goals

FRIDAY –> 5 on a Friday (and also hopefully an update from BLP Live!!!! AHHH I am excited!)

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Q5: Savor + Enjoy the Ride

PERSONAL:

1- Restart my cross-stitch project

2- Have fun playing holiday songs on piano (get some actual arrangements vs just doing it by ear in my hackish way)

3- Continue drawing/doodling regularly without judgment

4- Continue intentional nutrition (goal of increasing strength); try some upper body gym sessions in lieu of home workouts

5- Follow Q5 reading plan

6- Savor process of setting up 2027 planners!

RELATIONSHIPS:

1- Aim for (and schedule!) one walk-and-talk per week with friend or family member

2- Have (and schedule!) two monthly date nights with Josh

3- Maintain Sunday family meetings

4- Celebrate bdays well: Josh & Genevieve!

5- Enjoy Hanukkah celebrations (fam party; friends party – the latter already planned, former need to figure out)

6- Savor family time over Thanksgiving

7- Make a decision (ANY DECISION) about possible May cruise w friends, or alternatively something else to do that long weekend

HOME:

1- Finish decluttering G’s room

2- Create a plan with Josh for decluttering shared spaces in 2027

3- START the kids’ bathroom reno process (initial inquiries to hopefully set in motion for 2027)

4- Refresh + declutter of bathrooms (quick; major decluttering already done)

WORK:

1- Leave lots of space for prep and teaching of BLP at Home / Live and really savor teaching these sessions! It’s work, but it’s fun work and I feel so grateful that I get to do it.

2- Solicit feedback from Pl x S 2026 and BLPA2.0 fall — both have been amazing groups and I know they will have great suggestions

3- Decide about Nested Goal mini-course with PDF?

4- Open a business checking account (and get a bonus!)

5- Move all business expenses to Chase preferred Business card (and earn bonus)

6- Continue monthly work planning + Wednesday Inbox Zero

7- Manage my Christmas-week call week well! (Including having some plans set in advance for the kids — thinking of a list of things for them to do each day)

FUN:

1- See You Can See Everything (with Josh, preferably in theaters). We might try to go when we’re in NC for the Duke reunion! Worst case: over Thanksgiving weekend (hopefully it will still be playing SOMEWHERE?)

2- Finish at least 50 books in 2026 (def on track for that!)

3- Savor the Duke reunion trip + built-in couples time

4- Savor the gym meet trip with A + built in 1:1 time

5- See Olivia Rodrigo (!!!)

6- Savor the Universal Studios trip (and don’t try to maximize)

7- Bake Hanukkah shortbread cookies (failed goal from last year; GOING TO DO IT THIS TIME)

8- HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS: watch fave movies, enjoy the music, make space for longer walks, cozy reading time, etc

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LET’S DO THIS Q5!!!! I am so PUMPED for this Quintile – it feels like just what I need, right now.