It’s a different list this year. It’s shorter. I hope it’s more doable if I only focus on three things. I didn’t do so well last year. How did you do? I hope you are better than me. Here is my August monthly update.

1. Walk 1000 miles. Progress: I made reasonable progress. I’ve walked 515.7 miles for the year. I only lost 63.40 miles in August, which is once again less than I walked the previous month. I think I can meet this goal as long as I keep up my walking routine and average over 100 miles a month, which obviously I am not doing. In July and August, I wasn’t feeling the best. I walked less. I ended up having a sleep study and found out in mid-August that I had severe sleep apnea. After almost three weeks of using my CPAP, I’m not as tired. I’m still not feeling 100% but getting better each week. I’ve walked more in the last half of August than I did in the first half.
2. Read the Bible in a year. Progress: I’m up to date. My church started this January 1. I have to admit; it has been very interesting. Even though I’ve read the whole Bible several times in my life, I always seem to discover something new.
3. Lose five pounds. Progress: Starting over.  See the explanation/excuse in item number one. In July and August, I was shocked to be gaining weight practically every three days. I am now stabilized and hoping to lose weight again soon. At the end of August, I was up 4 pounds from what I weighed at the beginning of the year. Wrong way! I’m trying once again to lose weight.

So if you have a list, share it with me in the comments below. We can do this together, and hopefully, we all succeed this year. So, really, how did you do last year? And did that change your list for this year–either longer or shorter? Four months to go in the year. Yikes.