Day 150: Update on Goals

 Time for the third update on goals for the year:

• Books: By day 150 I should have completed 12.33 books. I've completed 13, with two others in progress, so am currently quite a bit ahead of that target. That's promising, but obviously there's a good way to go yet. My plan is to work through the books in my backlog mostly in order of purchase, but alternating between 'big' books and 'small' books to try to maintain a sensible rate. We'll see how that goes for the next few weeks.
• Weight: Sadly, this has regressed somewhat since the previous update. Once again, this is proving to be a goal I just can't seem to gain any lasting traction on.
• Career: No further progress.
• Church Website: The merest hint of progress on this one - I finally sent out the request for information with which to refresh the website. We'll see what, if anything, I get back.
• Redecoration: Since the previous update we have arranged with a glazier to have the windows replaced. This should be done in the first week of July, and so should be complete for the next update.
• Blogging: I think it may be time to admit defeat on the blog - I just don't have many interesting topics to write about, nor time to actually write them anyway. If I had set my usual goal for this year, I would expect to have posted 49 times by now. Given that I'm already well behind that, this seems to be unrecoverable for the year.
• Home Automation: At the time of the previous update I said I was waiting for a particular device to be reduced to the 'right' price before buying. I'm still waiting - since I'm in no great hurry, I'd prefer to wait longer than pay more.

This has been a somewhat mixed update - some really good progress in one area, some disappointment in another, and a recognition that the blogging non-goal is unachievable. I must confess that I am more disappointed by the shortfalls than satisfied by the successes, which is something to work on for next time.