In January, I posted a number of non-financial financial goals for 2008. The end of the first quarter seems like as good a time as any to check in on my progress.
1) Floss. This has been a rousing success. This is now a regular part of the morning routine. Er, the weekday morning routine--my weekend morning routine rarely involves brushing my teeth until about noon. But I can tell my gums are happier.
2) Read one classic, free book once a month. I don't know how "classic" some of these books are, but I have done some serious novel reading, in addition to (finally) catching up on my New Yorker subscription: How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, The Brief History of The Dead, Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name (possibly the best book I've read in the last year or so), and Ways of Dying (possibly the second best book I've read in the last year or so). All things from the library, our collection, or borrowed from friends. All recommended. I'm right now working on another book I'm enjoying far less, but it was written by a friend of a friend of a friend, so I feel duty bound to give it a go.
3) Maintain a high quality blog. You know better than I do, but I haven't quit yet.
4) Build a pergola. The snow has hardly melted. We've done nothing on this.
A couple of times Shiner has mentioned wanting to sketch out some ideas, but poor thing is awfully busy these days.
4.08.2008
Non-Financial Financial Goals Check In
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4 comments:
You're right, flossing is critical. And I dig your blog!
I agree to you..thanks for the post. Kelli
Good job with the flossing. I am a big fan myself, though it can be a little expensive, because I always get the waxed kind. I think the best deal is a 6-pack from Costco.
The book idea is also great. I've also been trying to read a free book regularly (not quite one finished per month). Once I rediscovered the beauty of the library, especially with online account management now, I was hooked. Thanks for the great blog.
I'm sure morning flossing helps, but I think you would be better off with evening flossing. Since flossing is, in large part, about removing food from between your teeth, surely you can see how it would be better to remove that food as soon as you know you're done eating for the day, right before bed, instead of 9 hours later, during which all the stuck food will have been sitting there.
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