Welcome to September. How is it possible that we are two-thirds of the way through 2024 already? I was away in Ireland for more than half of the month, so my August 2024 roundup is a little lighter than usual.

In addition to my goals update, my August 2024 roundup has an insightful post on life lessons none of us learned in school.

Happy reading!

Cool things I read in August

Since publishing my first monthly roundup at the end of 2020, it has been an honour to introduce you to some of my favourite bloggers. I started the roundup to say thank you to the blogging community and bring attention to talented writers who create inspiring and informative content.

Because I was away from home, I fell behind in my regular blog post reading. I did choose one post to share with you.

Life Skills Nobody Actually Taught Us – Aspiring Blog

In a wisdom-filled post, Ritish shares 14 life lessons that none of us learned in school.

Schools focus on getting good grades and getting a degree, but they don’t teach us how to actually live. It’s like they take all these unique kids and try to squash them into the same mold.

Ritish Sharma, Life Skills Nobody Actually Taught Us

What I wrote in August

In case you missed any of them, here are the new posts I published in August here on Boomer Eco Crusader.

• The Sunday Spark – Things that are more important than winning
• What you need to know about the lifecycle of plastic
• Turning seeds of doubt into a fruitful harvest
• The Sunday Spark – Off to Ireland…I hope
• Clutter Tales – The podcast edition
• Two years of the Climate Change Collective series

And here are the posts I wrote in August for Wise & Shine.

• How you can experience flow state
• Establishing a morning routine

Plus, as I revisit my 52-Weeks of Decluttering Challenge, I refreshed and republished these posts.

• Week 30 – Fridge & freezer
• Week 31 – Desk drawers & office supplies

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August goals update

Heading into August, I decided to set a lighter list of goals because I knew I’d be travelling for more than half of the month. Let’s look at how things went.

Fitness

Again, my goal was to either work out or walk every day in the month. I admit I didn’t even take the time to keep track. My Fitbit exercise tracker says I met my activity goal on 16 out of the 31 days so we’ll go with that.

Reading

I fell short of my goal of reading 5 books. Here’s what I read this month:

• Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
• The Lying Game by Ruth Ware
• The Woman in the Woods by A.J. Rivers

Decluttering

After returning home from Ireland, I was at 0 items with just 2 days left in the month. I dove into decluttering my paper files and exceeded my goal of decluttering 50 items, with a total of 52 items removed.

Personal development

I submitted the final slides for my presentation on age-friendly workplaces for the conference I’m attending later this month.

My September goals

Other than a short trip to Nashville to attend a conference mid-month, I’ll be home for the whole month of September. This is my month to get back on track!

• Fitness goals: My goal is to get back to 150 minutes of exercise each week (plus daily walks), including 3 balance and flexibility sessions each week.
• Reading: Read 4 books.
• Decluttering: Declutter 50 items.
• Second life: Plan out content for my retirement coaching website.

Thanks for dropping by to check out my August 2024 roundup. How was your summer? Drop me a comment below to let me know.