It's the time of year where lots of people are setting goals for the year and I'm no exception to this. I really like putting to paper (or the internet) the things that I would like to do in a year. I think it helps guide my adventures and keeps my values at the forefront of my mind. I don't think it sets a path my how my year is going to go or what I do-- there's still plenty of room for adventures and spontaneity!
Without further ado, here are my goals for 2024!
Recycled Goals From 2023:
- Get a tattoo. I think I'll be more likely to do this if I reach out to an artist right away at the beginning of this year/month.
- Create a rhythm for blogging. I have taken up blogging again! But none of that matters if I don't have a schedule or workflow of some kind. That's my mission this year.
- Get my nose pierced. This is something I've probably been thinking about too much and I just need to do too. Same thing, I will find a place and make an appointment early this year, even if it's months in advance.
- 52 weeks of gratitude. I tried to do a version of this last year that was meant to become a daily thing, but it quickly fizzled out in March (which, hey, that's still like, 90 posts...). I think posting once a week will help me be more successful.
New Goals for 2024:
- Find a side-hustle. I have big dreams. I want to travel. I want to do things around the house. These are things that, without going into too much detail about my family's financial situation, would stretch our budget too much without some kind of change or boost. So I'm in search of a way to make extra money without being away from my family. We'll see if it's a pipe dream.
- Write for the purpose of publication. One of my big goals in life is to become a published author. I took a class last year about writing fiction and part of that class was my professor, who is a published author herself, talking about the world of publication and bringing in writers to talk to us about their work and how they got to be where they are today. So many of the writers were writing in the early morning or into the evenings when their kids were asleep, just plugging away at their stories. More importantly, doing it consistently. So part of this goal is to build a routine for writing on a regular basis.
- Decorate for all of the holidays. Whenever holidays come up, my house looks so sad. I want to be able to put up decorative lights and some other decorations to get into the holiday spirit, whether that's Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving, or Valentine's Day.
- Understand my ADHD brain better. Towards the end of 2023, I received an ADHD diagnosis. It's taken a little bit to figure out what this means for me and what I want to do about it. But in December, I started taking concrete steps. I want to keep learning about brains like mine so that I can better do the things that I want to do while not working against my own mind.
- Learn to identify agates. I have a rock tumbler that I've been using on cool rocks I find in my backyard or on camping trips. But agates look so neat! I'd love to be able to find some out in the wild, but I need to learn what to look for first. Then I can worry about polishing them up.
- Find/rediscover mobile hobbies. This is part of my "discovering myself outside of my job" mission. I feel like when I talk to people in real life and they ask me, "How are you doing? What have you been up to?" I don't have anything to talk about other than my job. I don't want to be that person anymore. I want to be the person that says, "I've been great! I just finished a new embroidery project!" or even, "Not so great, I couldn't get the electrical on my mini-build to work. How frustrating..." Like, ANYTHING other than talking about my job all the time! And it's a bonus if I can take it with me in my bag without dragging a ton of stuff around!
- Go through the junk boxes I've been avoiding. I think a lot of us have "doom boxes," or boxes that we feel acute dread or doom when we think about dealing with them. I don't think that's just an ADHD thing, but I could be wrong. Well, I want to slowly but surely deal with them. I'm trying to keep my basement fairly organized and junk-free and dealing with these boxes is paramount to reaching this goal.
- Create an indoor storage system for tools. I have collected some tools since moving into my house, but I do not have any real organization to them. I'd like to fix that! Even if it's temporary-- the garage won't be a great storage place for a little while probably.
- Create a savings. When my wife and I combined our money after marriage, the account that was my savings account became our savings account. But she still has an account that is just hers. I want to have an account that is just mine. This will let me keep our finances on lock a little bit better.
- Learn basic electrical. I'm very lucky that my father-in-law has a background in electrical work. I want to learn how to install new outlets and fix basic electrical issues from him!
- Physical and Digital Book No-Buy Year. This is a big one and probably worth digging into more in a separate post. I've heard of people doing a no-buy year in all areas of their life and I think that's wonderful. I'm proud of them for being able to do that and accomplish that task. I don't think I'm quite at that level of having a no-buy year for all areas of my life and even then, I think I would need to get my family on board with this. But I do have control over my own belongings and books. I have really slowed down on buying physical books, but I still have a lot of books that are on my shelves that I haven't read. I have even more books on my iPad that are much more hidden, but I still haven't read them. I want to do this to clear out my personal collection of books.
I feel like this year, compared to other years, my list of goals is so eclectic. But they're all meaningful to me and aimed at improving my life in very specific-to-me ways. I'm really looking forward to seeing how this year goes!
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