2019 Midyear Review (Friday Foto Fun #90)

Happy Friday!  I can't believe I've lived in Missouri for a year now.  Where did the time go?  I thought this week would be a great time to do my 2019 Midyear Review.  Yvonne from Quilting Jet Girl hosted the 2019 Planning Party last December and this is my midyear review.  Typically Yvonne hosts a midyear review too, but I think I'm a few days early.   The image below is NOT the official image!  I'll update it when the Midyear Review officially kicks off!

Powered By Quilting Goals:

• Release at least 6 full patterns this year, so approximately one a quarter.
  • I am on pace to exceed this goal!  I had 2 new patterns in January from Magazines and then another 4 new patterns in May! I have 2-3 new patterns slated for the Fall, and I know I'm not done yet!
• Blog 2 times a week
  • DONE!  And some weeks (like this one) is more!
• Submit quilt designs for both the Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 Island Batik Catalogs.
  • DONE for Fall 2019 and I will be submitting designs for Spring 2020.
• Submit quilt designs to magazines every other month.
  • So... nope, I'm not doing this.  It's a lot of work and I have so much in the works, this goal is not feasible.  I have submitted to one that got accepted, but that's it so far.
• Host more sew alongs this year, starting with Hidden Stars!
  • The Barn Quilt BOM quilt along will be starting this Fall.  Details will be released soon!

Personal Sewing Goals:

• Sew more for FUN!
  • Believe it or not, I've been more intentional with my challenge projects to be things that I wanted to do for FUN!  So I suppose I'm doing this... does it count if it's doing double duty?
• Sewing more fabric than I buy.
  • I've been so good at not purchasing fabric. I sort of didn't think that this was going to be achievable so I hadn't been keeping track.  But I do know I haven't bought a lot this year!
• Intentional Free Motion Quilting practice on a regular basis.
  • I started FMQ for the 100 Days challenge, then I realized it was so hard to keep up that I quit. Whoops.  I don't think it matters since my Longarm is getting set up today.  I still need to give her a name.  Thoughts?

Personal Fitness Goals:

• Lift 2x a week.
  • I achieved this for a few weeks... then I stopped.  I need to get back to it!
• I would add in running if I had more time, but we'll see.
  • I was able to get off my blood pressure medication a few weeks ago and for the first time in a LONG time I've actually WANTED to go run.  But I need to wait for my leg to heal... I got stitches and then it got infected.  Not great.

Mental Goals:

• Be kind to myself.
• Understand that I am doing the best I can right now.
• Don't get caught up comparing myself to others.

I think in general I have been doing a lot better in this area.  Still definitely a work in progress.

Well, I think I'm making really good progress this year so far.  I have so much I WANT to do, but not enough time to get it all done.  I hope that everyone is making good progress on their goals for the year!  Can't wait to read everyone's recaps.

Eventually, I'll be linking to Yvonne's Midyear Review!