And already February 2019 has passed. I mentioned last month that it would be interesting to see how the record heat/climate change would affect election campaigns, and the major parties are already off and running.

That’s January 2019 been and gone. I feel like we’re off to a good start, but I’m exhausted thinking about all the stuff I hope to get done should I survive the Summer.

Ah, December 2018 – gone almost before it existed. And pretty much good riddance too!

Admittedly November 2018 is almost a month ago, but it feels as though it never happened at all. I feel there’s no evidence it existed at all!

Well, October 2018 was easier than September, and that’s about all I can say for it. I imagine November will be easier too as we get better at living without Jack.

I did not have a very good September 2018. My poor Jack fell ill, got worse, and had to be euthanised.

August 2018 was a strange month. On the one hand, it was full steam ahead, and on the other full stop! It was one of those months where everything costs twice as much and takes three times as long as you expect. Virtue Jul Aug Notes Wisdom I learn and grow every day.  🙂 🙂…

I spent a good proportion of July 2018 business planning and reviewing, and I feel like it’s almost Christmas because my head is so far in the future. Mind you, right now the future looks bright, so that’s a good thing.

Ah, June 2018.  All the drama worthy of a Hollywood epic. Something like the 1956 Charlton Heston epic The Ten Commandments. Yeah, okay, that’s probably a wee bit of an exaggeration, but it had its ups and downs.

I’m not sure what happened to May 2018 – it’s all a blur. Still tired, and still under investigation so we’ll all have to wait longer to see what’s going on health-wise.

And that’s April 2018 done and dusted. Just like last month. I’m still tired, feeling stupid, and scratching my head over where the month went.

March 2018 has been and gone, though I’m not entirely sure where it went. Still very tired and sleeping a lot. Toseland helpfully pointed out that people who are stressed out are usually tired and sleep a lot.

I feel a bit like I blinked and missed February 2018, but I was unwell for a good deal of it. Talk about sleeping your life away.

The thing we all do is expect January to be better than December simply because it’s a new year. Which goes part way to explaining why January 2018 doesn’t feel “better” than December 2017.

December 2017; the last vestige of my annus horribilus (horrible year). And it wasn’t too bad. Though not terribly productive (in common with most Decembers).

With November 2017 gone, we’re on the downhill run to the end of the year, and if you’re not ready, that’s falling into the “that’s too bad” department.

That’s October 2017 done and dusted. There’s loads of Christmas stuff in the stores, so it’s starting to feel as though the rest of the year only matters in so far as it gives you time to get ready for the holiday season.

I can’t believe September 2017 is gone already – I have no idea where the month went. Lucky I keep a journal to check back on!

Before I even start thinking about it, I know August 2017 was a great month. That’s quite a novelty after the last few difficult months. In the main, that’s because DB and I took a trip to Japan!

Following the 2017 Mid Year review I made some goal changes, so let’s check in and see how July 2017 is going.

So. June 2017. I watched The Lost City of Z the other day, and there’s a scene where the main character becomes caught in a fishing net and almost drowns. That’s kind of how June 2017 feels.

Well, May 2017. What can I say? I think May 2017 may be the month my ball of string unravelled. I woke up heavier, wider, messier and a whole bunch of other -ers with no idea how I got here.

April 2017 turns out to be my “mense horribilis”. I mentioned in March that my mother was ill, and in April she passed away, which overtook everything else. You might want to give up, avoid this litany of misery/melodrama and pick up again in May when things have improved.

March 2017 turns out to have been a big family month for me. My mother was ill, and I flew cross-country as you do when it seems like the end is near.

February 2017 feels like a momentous month, though I’m not sure why. Perhaps it’s the HUGE number of ticks on the to-do list. And it has been a short month.

Is it just me, or did January 2017 disappear without a trace before it had even really begun? I was a little preoccupied with planning and website maintenance but it does seem rather unfair to have lived a month with so little to show for it.

Looking back, December 2016 seems like a chaotic and ultimately futile scramble to get things done.

November 2016 was all about the flu. Which was a shame as I had planned to be all about NaNoWriMo, but spent most of the month coughing, and sneezing, and sleeping, and blowing my nose instead.

October 2016 was a big month for getting my tax affairs in order and developing business administration systems to get my sh*t together for next year. It was more fun than it sounds.

September 2016 feels like a missing month. There was managing August fallout, physically as well as mentally. And that’s about it.

August 2016 has not been my favourite month of all time. Things could have been a lot worse, and I have no right to complain about my first world problems, but I fervently hope that September is better.

July 2016 was another backwards and forwards month with nothing to show for it. It feels like yesterday I was reviewing June and nothing has changed.

June 2016 has been a difficult month. I’m not sure what the problem was, but it was a one step forward two steps back kind of month.

Looking back, I think May 2016 was an excellent month. I went away, lost a bit of weight, and took some professional development. But tax time is coming to Australia, and it’s time for me to start sorting out my business affairs.

I’m not exactly sure where April 2016 went. I’m feeling really tired, a little unmotivated, and very unproductive. I don’t even have any decent pictures from April – must lift my game!

With the refugee and terrorist crises in Europe, and the ongoing war in Syria, my March progress report feels a little too indulgent. But as for everyone else, my life moves on, and if I don’t keep on top of these goals, they won’t happen.

I’ve been delaying February 2016’s progress report because it was one of those months where everything went wrong, fell over, or took 57 times longer than expected to complete.

January 2016 marks the first progress report for the new year, it’s kind of exciting. I haven’t bothered to close out last year, mainly because I was busy bragging about how well the year went in my “birthday post”.

I’ve mostly mooched around for November 2015, but now I’ve washed my clothes and cleaned my house, and it’s time to get moving again.

October 2015 is over already – is it my imagination or is time speeding up? Or is it just that I have spent so much time in introspection this month.

September 2015 Virtue August September Notes beauty: bodyweigh ≤61kg by 14 December 🙁 66.3kg 🙂65.5kg My hospital review went well aside from the predicted lecture about weight control. My doctor helpfully suggested that I should eat no more than half of any food given me. He made me want to eat half of a serve of…

I’m sorry, you’re probably tired of progress reports by now (what with all the six monthly reviews) so I’ll keep August 2015 short.

That’s July 2015 down; it’s been a quiet one as you would expect with the first cold of the season. I’ve been wrestling with my tax return, started some half-hearted Christmas shopping for overseas friends and family (I prefer to use the slowest cheapest dispatch method).

Here’s a look at how June 2015 went for me.

And now we’ve passed May 2015 and are into June, it’s time to review the month of May. Is it just me, or does time seem to be racing ahead? I’m starting to get panicky I’m running out of time to write my book. I’ve already had to give myself an extension…

That’s April 2015 done and dusted. My key highlight for this month has been a couple of bouts of Gastroenteritis, so all in all, it’s been an unhappy and generally unpleasant month…

I can’t believe that March 2015 has been and gone already it seems only a few days since the February Progress Report.

February 2015 was a kind of up and down month. It’s hard bedding new habits down.

January 2015; first month of the year, and first month of the new Project Worthwhile Life.