Checkpoint!

How fast time flies! It's already June and half of the year has already passed. I was going through my past posts and I came across the one I wrote at the start of this year. Let's see where I am with what I planned to accomplish...

Travel more. Check! I'm still here in the Twin Cities and I have a couple of trips planned in the coming weeks. I've just been to Chicago and next on my list is New Jersey and New York this coming weekend, and LA the next. I was hoping to visit a new state but that's still up in the air for now. But nevertheless, I'm pretty successful on the travel front.

Read more. Waaah. Unfortunately, I failed on this area. So far, I was only able to finish 1 book since I got here! Pathetic! The book that I brought along on the flight going here is still untouched. Hahaha. And I've been reading the same book for about a month already! This is so not right. Well, I've been really busy and I'm barely home on the weekends. For now, my goal is just to finish my current book before I leave. Hahaha. But I do hope I can catch up on my reading when I get back home. On the bright side, I've slashed off my book spending big time!

Work hard (but not kill myself!). Check! In fairness, I now have some work-life balance. I've had my share of toxic and stressful days (not to mention another maalaala mo kaya moment!) but I make sure that I make up for it - may it be happy hour, movie nights, partying hard on the weekends or having some shopping sprees (my ultimate pick-me-up!), I make time to have fun. :) Though I'm seeing that the upcoming weeks will once again be toxic, but what the heck, it's just a cycle and I've learned how to work hard and party harder :)

Eat healthy, stay fit. Check! I've actually lost weight! Yey! I've been swimming regularly and have been eating healthy. I've managed to stay off the Ben and Jerry's and Haagen Daz's (we've had the same 2 pints in our freezer for months now!) but when my craving for something sweet kicks in, Cheesecake Factory it is! Hahaha.

Spend less, save more. Check! I've reached my target savings for now (but I'm hoping to still increase it a bit) but I'm still able to splurge every now and then. In fairness, I've somehow managed to stick to my 1-coach-bag-a-month plan! Yey!

Drive again. Next.

Keep the love alive. Double check! Things are going really well with us, though we're missing each other big time! :( But that will change in just a few weeks (6 weeks to be exact!). Thank God, we've managed to make things work out. Can't wait to see him again. I've had enough of this long distance thing already!

Live. Laugh. Love. I'm definitely still living my life to the fullest, laughing hard and loving with all my heart :)

Not bad for my mid-year checkpoint. I still have time to accomplish the other things (read and drive!) and maybe do even more... :)