2017 half -yearly goal updates

Hello! I’ve been away from blogging just because I haven’t gotten much interesting stuff to share. I thought I would pop in here and update on how I’m doing with my goals for 2017.

1) Read 25 books this year

I’ve read 18 books so far in 2017 so I’m definitely on track. I love how easily I’m reaching this goal. I have been lucky with discovering good books lately and when a book is good, I finish in a couple of days so this goal has been pretty easy to reach. A few friends have asked me how I find time to read books… I don’t watch TV so that frees me up for reading! I have a few favorite books from past few weeks:

1) Dark Matter. Read this if you like actions and sci-fi. It’s about a man who travels through parallel universe, it’ll really make you THINK what your life would’ve become if you had chosen certain paths. I could not put this down and couldn’t wait to read it each day.

2) Orphan Train

It’s not as depressing as it sounds. Trust me! It is actually a feel-good read! If you like Angela’s Ashes, you WILL love this. The story takes place around the depression era and I admit, that era really really fascinates me and I love reading anything, everything about it. Read this! This is not a depressing read!

2) Take 15000 steps each day on average

I’m doing very well with this goal since I’ve been running 30+ miles a week. Also I walk a lot on my commute to work. I don’t feel like I even have to think about this goal. It just happens with my lifestyle.

I lost my Garmin watch recently. After much much much comptemplating (do I really want to complicate my life further with another gadget?), I decided to buy an Apple Watch. Literally a day after I got my Apple Watch, I found my Garmin in a purse I hadn’t used in a while 😭

Average steps this month = 17000 (or 8.5 miles a day on average)

3) Try a new Instant Pot recipe each month

Major fail on this goal. I’ve been using my instant pot to make beans but not trying new recipes. I have not been in the mood to explore new recipes. I’ve been sticking to the basic recipes like soup/stews and stir-fries where I can just throw in a bunch of random stuff. Also, I’ve been seeing lots of Instant pot recipes for meat dishes but our household (my husband and I) rarely cooks meat at home. I’ve bookmarked some meat recipes to try in instapot though. It’s just that we don’t crave or want to cook meat at home, is it weird? We are omnivores. We do enjoy eating meat when we eat out but we just don’t cook meat at home. Instapot is amazing to cook meat dishes. I should really try some new recipes! I still love having instant pot at home to make beans. They taste much better than canned beans.

Some updates from past few weeks or months:

We went to Portland (I shall write a post about this fun-filled weekend).