I'd hoped to have published more this month. Heck, my first post this month--exactly 30 days ago--talked about my new target goal of writing and publishing 150 words. I'm somewhat embarrassed to admit that I had forgotten about setting that goal until I reread the post while compiling this end-of-month review.

Terrible.

Or is it? As I wrote a few days ago in There's Always Tomorrow, it's important to recognize that tomorrow may not come, and that's okay. There's no point in beating ourselves up. We should recognize how we can improve and then take actionable steps towards improving each day. But to do that, we need to review. We need to take notes and keep track of what went right, what went wrong, and what we can do better moving forward.

That's what this new monthly review/summary is about. It's a way for me to help myself stay accountable by showing up at least once a month to review what I've published and to share a few thoughts about how the past month went.

For now, this monthly review/summary will focus on what I've published here on this site, but it may evolve into something more.

Back in 2011 I was publishing monthly Frugal Travel Reports where I reviewed my income and expenses for each month. I may start doing that again. Another idea for this monthly space is to share interesting links, articles, and even snippets from books that I've read that month. Continue reading →