I thought this image was clever and it fits nicely with my Happy New Year post.
I'm sharing the goals I have thought about and prayed over for the new year. I'm a goals person. I found that, years ago when I would make a new year's resolution, that it would fall by the wayside or that it was something that just wasn't going to be accomplished. About 10 years or so, I began to list some goals for myself....in all the areas of our life: physical/health; emotional/relational; mental/career/personal growth; spiritual. What about you? Do you make resolutions only to find yourself not doing them/completing them because they were too overwhelming?
How about setting a goal in each area of your life instead? The way to do it is similar to an IEP that we special education teachers have to write. Choose the area. List the main goal, Then break it down into 2-3 simple steps that you achieve first and by the end, that large goal is met! I will share my own examples for the new year and then I encourage you to find some of your own!
PHYSICAL/HEALTH GOALS
Overall Goal: Hike in the High Peaks and Eastern Regions of the ADKS
(I tend to stick to the southern or central regions as they are more known to me)
- Hike 2 mountains in the High Peaks Region (have 1 be a new to me mt)
- Hike 3 trails/mountains in the Eastern Region (all new-to-me)
- Find 4 waterfalls that I haven't seen yet, listed in the 50 Falls Challenge for the high peaks region
- Plan 4-6 hiking events with the Fitness Friends group
- power walk 5 days a week with at least 2 being outdoors in nature
- limit cheese intake to once a week
- continue to supplement with phytosterols/check with doc at next physical
- complete my blood work by May
- add a weights routine twice a week
- drink 58 oz of water a day
- fitness ball routine 4x per week before bed
- continue to cook/prepare plant based meals 5x per week
- Read 2 Major prophets/study from the Old Testament
- Read through Psalms
- Study the book of John
- Prayer time with husband once a week
- Continue to lead book group until June
- Complete Children's Lit course by end of January
- Complete one nature based course by September
- Participate in 3 special education workshops/early childhood classes
- work on the Haydn Sonata 2 x per week
- spend some time on worship music/playing/singing hymns once a week
- read at least 40 books in 2022 including books of the Bible
- start cleaning out the basement/donate/recycle old electronics
- Have friends/family over for food/game nights (it's been over 5 years since we've done this!)
- Have one date night twice a month with Dave
- Have mother-daughter date with both girls once a month
- Continue to meet for coffee/lunch/walks with close friends once a month
- Meet with my spiritual mentor every 8 weeks for prayer
4 comments:
Happy New Year!
Hi Faith. These are great goals, and I love how you have been very precise and specific in what you expect of yourself. That is how I have taught my students to set and achieve goals. I hope you know that you have been and continue to be a great example to me. Happy New Year to you and yours!
This is a good way to set yourself goals and you've given me food for thought! Thank you.
Wow. This is so amazing to me. I have never been a goal setter. I'm a list maker and love when I cross things off so you'd think that would make it motivating for me to do goals. But have never done them. I like how you've broken them down.
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