Every month, I set a few simple attainable goals to add focus to my life. Here are my monthly goals for August 2025.
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How Did I Do With July Goals?
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July was a lovely life for living, but pretty mediocre when it came to accomplishing goals! I spent a week visiting my parents in Florida, and then another week at our family reunion in Georgia. I didn’t even try to work either of those weeks, which felt amazing. August is for catching up…
Seeing my family was amazing, and I had fun celebrating my 45th birthday. Otherwise I didn’t make great progress on my 2025 July goals. I didn’t manage to finish a single brand new post, although I made a little progress in the background. We’re still chasing down medical test for my kid who is having health problems, although I think we are making progress.
I didn’t do any homeschool planning other than grabbing some AP test prep books for Lily. That’s a priority for this week and next week! My girls did re-organize their rooms to make them more homeschool friendly, though!
I enjoyed some sewing, and some music, but less than I would have liked. There just isn’t time for everything.
I love the random, unplanned activities that happen each month. In July, Anna made these genuinely amazing gluten free donuts.
Monthly Goals for August 2025
Here are my goals for August:
- Celebrate Mike, Anna, and Lily’s birthdays – half of my family has birthdays within four days. It’s always a fun and busy time of year!
- Help Johnny settle into his senior year of high school. He’s pretty organized, so this is not much work for him.
- Send Emma back to college. She loved her summer internship this year, and they loved her so much that they offered her a part time job during the school year. She is thrilled!
- Settle into a new homeschool year with Lily and Anna. We are all looking forward to this.
- Enjoy a visit from a good friend from high school – they will be staying here with their 7 kids, so we will have a very full house for a few days!
- Celebrate my sister’s wedding <3
That’s probably more than enough to keep me busy. I still have my research job, blogging I want to get done, music and sewing, and all of the regular family stuff going on. I’m also trying out a library science degree program, because that’s an idea that’s been sitting in my brain for the past quarter of a century. We’ll see if I actually enjoy it.
What are you hoping to accomplish this month?
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MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
I’m so late reading this!
A library science degree would be so much fun!
It’s so weird to think about Johnny being a senior.
Hopefully, you’ll get health answers for your kiddo soon; that is always stressful to need answers.
Can you share the recipe for the gluten-free donuts? My daughter’s boyfriend is gluten free so I’m always collection recipes to cook for him. ty!
Mia
Here you go! It’s also linked in the post, but apparently not clearly enough: https://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/glazed-yeast-raised-doughnuts/