Another month down, five more to go. (Not that I was particularly productive in July but hey, it’s over now.)

This Month’s Goals

Reading & Blogging

• Read 10 books (or half of total read count) for #StartOnYourShelfathon.
  • I’ve passed 10, but of course I don’t know my final read count for the month yet.
• Read 3 books by/about Asian folx for #YARC2020. ✓
• Read 4 books by/about Black folx, ideally at least 2 nonfiction. ✓
• Bloghop at least once per week. 🗙
  • I know, the bar was extraordinarily low and I still didn’t clear it. 😕
• Catch up on at least 6 (of 12 remaining) ARC reviews. 🗙

Academic/Career

• Keep up with summer learning programs. ✓
• Update master resume. 🗙
• Continue researching and preparing applications for post-graduation. ✓

Personal

• Stretch daily (or at least 5x per week). 🗙
• Work out at least 3x per week, for 15-30 min at a time. 🗙
• Journal at least 2x per week. ✓
  • Close enough, anyway — there was one week I only journaled once, but my average was much higher than twice weekly.

This Month’s Media

Posts I Wrote

• July Preview
• [Blog Tour: Review + Moodboards] Unravel the Dusk by Elizabeth Lim
• Midyear Report
• Get to Know YA Tag

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Things I Watched

• 2 個爸爸 [Two Fathers]
  • I was introduced to this Taiwanese drama at summer camp in middle school but never finished it until now. It’s a fun time, though very hetero-romantic (despite the title).
• Shokugeki no Soma [Food Wars] Season 1
  • Certain scenes are unnecessarily sexualized, but I’m a sucker for stories where the main character is pursuing mastery in their passion.

This Month’s Highlights

• I registered for a bunch of virtual events, but the only one I attended was the Vlogbrothers YouTube launch of Hank Green’s new book, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor. It was definitely lots of fun, though, so I’m glad I made it.
• Once again, I picked a Camp NaNo project — instead of a single new WIP, my goal was to add 10k words to any combination of my existing WIPs … and once again, I only made it a few days before other things claimed my attention.
• Since my university announced that we’ll be having an online-only fall semester, I started packing up my off-campus place while things are somewhat stable, so that I don’t have to worry about it and my parents don’t have to worry about my safety any longer. (Ask me about plane travel during a pandemic … kidding, please don’t. I don’t want to talk about it.)

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• What goals/plans did you achieve this past month? (Every little victory counts!)
• Are there any that you didn’t quite reach? Will you be trying again next month, or moving on to other pursuits?