Completely happy new yr!! What new yr vitality 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 likely to really feel full of the recent slate vitality 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 frequently scheduled commitments. All of us even made imaginative and prescient boards on New Years Day throughout 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 concerning 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 stability of actions and free time. 🚫Fall was just a little overbooked however I believe now we have 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 deal with updates are full!
- Hold 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 assist. ✅🚫Ranking this as each, as I did discover the group I wish to assist however failed on the comply with by way of.
Well being Intentions for 2025
- Study Homeopathic treatments. ✅ I nonetheless have loads to be taught however a number 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 number of.
Private Intentions for 2025
- Develop in my religion. ✅🚫 I did be taught extra concerning 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 the way to look after 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 hen 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? All the time! However I’m feeling deeply grateful and content material as nicely.
A really sleepy made-it-to-midnight crew!
Holding our new yr day image custom going sturdy with our luck, cash, & love bowls.
My 2026 Targets
- 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 deal with 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 write down, however I wish to stability that with useful content material from what I’ve realized through the years making dinners for my household, elevating children, operating a family, planning journey, and different subjects I take pleasure in discussing.
- Study to stress can. I’ve a fancy new equipment {that a} pal guarantees is simple to make use of. I wish to can hen, salsa, and extra.
- Plug into church extra. Be a part of a bible examine? Volunteer? Attend extra frequently? These are all areas I’m contemplating. I’m glad to report we’re 1/1 for brand new yr Sundays attended!
- Become involved 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 get entangled each fiscally and bodily.
- Take an enormous household journey. We now have Switzerland on the books and are very a lot trying ahead to the journey! It’s trying like a travel-heavy spring and I’m excited.
- Stage up my look. I lean onerous on athleisure, which is ok for days round the home, however I’d like to begin feeling just a little extra pulled collectively once I’m out and about or have an occasion. Particularly I’d wish to be taught to decorate for my physique kind, layer jewellery, apply lashes for occasions, and put money into high quality staple items in good materials with much less quick style.
- Eat extra fiber. High fiber meals: beans and legumes, complete grains, berries, greens, nuts, and seeds. The plan is to maintain my protein consumption sturdy and work on upping the fiber content material.
My greatest purpose (unlisted) is admittedly to maintain up the consistency with what I’ve established. At 42 years outdated I really feel in place with the issues I worth most. Persevering with to pour into these areas is most necessary to me as I additionally be taught to stretch with these new targets. I’m so grateful for this life I get to reside, the folks 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!
