The fourth quarter of 2016 begins today. But we still have three full months of the year ahead!!

It's time for a quick check-in on your new year's resolutions.

Go find your list and honestly assess your progress (This is why you wrote them down!). Where are you being successful? Where are you falling behind? Where should you focus your attention in the final quarter of the year? You may need to pick just one or two things to focus your efforts.

Things really slowed down for me this summer. I'm making slow progress on de-cluttering and using up the things I already have. I'm reading my backlog of books and I'm keeping up with new magazines (though the pre-2016 backlog is still substantial. I've lost about 10 pounds, but I have a lot more to go. And I know things will be very busy over the next three months as I have a lot of travel in addition to preparing for and celebrating the holidays.

My goals in the next quarter:

1. Finish the rest of the five "to read" books I identified at the beginning of the year.
2. Clean my bedroom closet.
3. Re-organize the living room bookcases.
4. Clean trash in my neighborhood at least once a month.

It's a big scaling back of my original plans, but it's forward motion — and that's what matters.