June is a big, happy month full of things I love.
Here are three:
❤️ It’s Congress, that is, the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Canada’s largest gathering of academics, and one of the largest in the world. It’s a big deal . This year was our first in-person meeting since the pandemic.
🎓 It’s also University Convocation. I love Convocation, so many happy students and proud families. Not to mention I get to wear my fancy blue velvet regalia and with my matching bright blue vegan Fluevogs.
🌈 And, it’s Pride. Wowsa. What a month.
So the big happy month of June is the bright side. On the not-so-bright side, I think this might be a record year for not being on track to meet any of my blog-related goals. (And by the way, it’s not like I’m knocking it out of the park with other life goals I’m not telling you about!)
🏋🏻♂️ I’m aiming to work out 400 times in 2025. So far I’m at 191, where I should be at 200.
🚴 I reset my cycling goal to 3000 km for 2025 but I’m at 750 km, not the 1500 km I should be at. Wah!
📖 You might think I’m spending all my spare time reading, instead of riding my bike, but you’d be wrong. I’m at 7 out of 25 novels in the Goodreads annual challenge.
📋 I made a list of 25 things I wanted to do in 2025, and I think I’m about 10 in. That wasn’t as bad as I expected!
I could muse here about all the reasons I’m so far behind. The world is a mess. I’m so scared for my American friends and colleagues about human rights violations and the end of democracy. It’s also all happening a bit too close to Canada for my liking. There are also work stresses and family stresses. There are good reasons I’m a bit behind too–like spending the first four months of the year on research leave.
Whatever.
I’m recommitting. I’ve decided that July 1 is the new January 1, and I’m making some resolutions. You can read about it here: Forget January 1 resolutions, Sam is making July 1 resolutions.
How about you? How are your 2025 goals going?
