April 2020 Goals Wrap Up

April was full of beautiful blooms

April was a gorgeous month of the Earth coming alive again after winter. The weather was gorgeous for the most part, which was a saving grace to a month of social distancing and the Stay at Home order.

Here's a brief reflection on the goals that I set at the beginning of the month:

1. Put out hummingbird feeder. I hung up my bird feeder, although I think I will move it to a better location to hopefully attract more hummingbirds (I have yet to see any so far).

2. Keep up a fitness routine. Right now this means a combination of hiking, biking, running, and exercise videos. I continued to do my best to remain consistent with getting outdoors and getting movement as it really helps me physically and mentally. This was a perfect month to start spending more time outside, as it really warmed up.

3. Camp once this month, to maintain consistency with my goal to camp at least once/month throughout 2020. This goal may have to be postponed depending on the stay at home order and the latest developments with COVID-19. Due to the Stay at Home order, I did not camp this month. I hope to make up for it by camping twice in one of the summer months!

4. Take one photo each day. I did this in April 2019, and loved how much more appreciative and observant I felt over the month, and how it allowed me to focus on small details of each day. I did pretty well with this, and I think I only missed about three days! It's fun to look for different opportunities to take a photo each day and then look back at the month and see memories of seemingly simple yet important delights.

5. Continue to seek out, photograph, and identify spring wildflowers. I went on several hikes/rambles to look for wildflowers, and I enjoyed it so much. Can't wait to see what flowers May brings!

A pure bluebird April sky

How was your April?

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