Joyful new yr!! What new yr power are you? Loving the planning and renewed vigor to go in your targets? Cuddled up and immersed in winter’s coziness? Someplace in between?
I are inclined to really feel stuffed with the contemporary slate power of a brand new yr and the chance to replicate, ponder, and plan. I’ve been doing simply that as I packed up Christmas decor and loved my favourite weeks of the year- those between Christmas and going again to all of the often scheduled commitments. All of us even made imaginative and prescient boards on New Years Day through the Georgia recreation and shared them with one another at half time.
I leveled up my storage recreation this yr with stackable bins, clearly labeled by room, however for tree ornaments you aren’t going to get higher than this storage container.
I really feel able to share a few of my 2026 targets, however first, a fast reflection on the intentions I set for 2025 and the way I really feel in regards to the progress made on them. I had so many I categorized them! Let’s have a look.
Household Intentions for 2025
- Discover a house church. ✅ Now to advance that focus to getting extra constant and concerned.
- Discover a good steadiness of actions and free time. 🚫Fall was a bit overbooked however I believe we have now a very good arrange for this upcoming spring.
- Proceed with household recreation nights and film nights. ✅ Extra films than video games the previous few months, however sure, these stay staples in our household tradition.
- Plug into our new group. ✅ Feeling good about this one!
- Plan a enjoyable household journey. ✅ We went to Scotland!
Monetary Intentions for 2025
- Tidy up our financial institution accounts. ✅ All of the transferring transitions and handle updates are full!
- Preserve updated with categorizing bills so we will higher observe. 🚫 Now a 2026 goal- ha! We wish to observe extra intently. David is on it now along with his QuickBooks.
- Discover a native group to help. ✅🚫Score this as each, as I did discover the group I wish to help however failed on the comply with by way of.
Well being Intentions for 2025
- Find out about Homeopathic treatments. ✅ I nonetheless have so much to be taught however a couple of treatments are go to staples now.
- Develop a few of our personal meals. ✅ I realized a lot! Squash, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs- it was so enjoyable to feed my fam from the backyard.
- Go on extra hikes. ✅🚫 Eh- every day hikes within the woods- YES. So many. State park hikes? One. Sure, just one.
- Share extra weblog posts about my well being pursuits and experiments. 🚫 I solely did a couple of.
Private Intentions for 2025
- Develop in my religion. ✅🚫 I did be taught extra in regards to the bible however really feel like I didn’t plug in as a lot as I meant to. I believe I want some construction and steerage.
- Much less time on my telephone. ✅ I’ve in the reduction of considerably on scrolling.
- Broaden my friendships. ✅ Feeling like I’ve made good progress on this route.
- Study a brand new ability. ✅ I realized to pickle, realized easy methods to take care of chickens, and realized a lot in gardening!
- Make our home a house. ✅🚫 I made large progress in selecting furnishings and the fundamentals, however now I wish to actually lean into the personalization.
This yr…. I’m within the temper to consolidate. I believe final yr I used to be so desperate to plug in and get established in our new city and group that I used to be full throttle in so many classes. To be truthful, it labored. I now have a backyard, a rooster coop with laying hens, native pals to textual content and dangle with, actions and pals for the youngsters, and a robust household that enjoys being collectively. Are there nonetheless targets to shoot for? At all times! However I’m feeling deeply grateful and content material as properly.
A really sleepy made-it-to-midnight crew!
Conserving our new yr day image custom going robust with our luck, cash, & love bowls.
My 2026 Objectives
- Personalize the home. This one is massive for me as somebody that hesitates to hold issues on the wall but craves a welcoming, heat house that instantly tells our visitor that is who we’re. I believe I’m going to give attention to one room at a time, starting with the lounge. ChatGPT helps me massive time.
- Present connection and worth right here on the weblog. The chatty posts are my favourite to put in writing, however I wish to steadiness that with useful content material from what I’ve realized over time making dinners for my household, elevating children, operating a family, planning journey, and different matters I take pleasure in discussing.
- Study to stress can. I’ve a fancy new equipment {that a} good friend guarantees is straightforward to make use of. I wish to can rooster, salsa, and extra.
- Plug into church extra. Be part of a bible research? Volunteer? Attend extra often? These are all areas I’m contemplating. I’m completely satisfied to report we’re 1/1 for brand new yr Sundays attended!
- Get entangled with our chosen charitable group. I’m so glad I’ve discovered one which pulls at my coronary heart strings, however now I wish to become involved each fiscally and bodily.
- Take a giant household journey. We have now Switzerland on the books and are very a lot wanting ahead to the journey! It’s wanting like a travel-heavy spring and I’m excited.
- Degree up my look. I lean onerous on athleisure, which is okay for days round the home, however I’d like to start out feeling a bit extra pulled collectively once I’m out and about or have an occasion. Particularly I’d prefer to be taught to decorate for my physique sort, layer jewellery, apply lashes for occasions, and put money into high quality staple items in good materials with much less quick vogue.
- Eat extra fiber. High fiber meals: beans and legumes, entire grains, berries, greens, nuts, and seeds. The plan is to maintain my protein consumption robust and work on upping the fiber content material.
My greatest objective (unlisted) is de facto to maintain up the consistency with what I’ve established. At 42 years previous I really feel in a very good place with the issues I worth most. Persevering with to pour into these areas is most essential to me as I additionally be taught to stretch with these new targets. I’m so grateful for this life I get to stay, the individuals in it, and the chance to proceed to be taught, develop, and do higher with every new yr.
Have you ever established any targets for 2026? I’d love to listen to them!
