Happy New Year!!
I, for one, love New Year’s Eve (which is when I’m writing this) and New Year’s Day so much. I am a big fan of anything that brings extra light and celebration on dark winter days, and New Year’s is a mental clean slate that can bring so much positive change.
I have been setting New Year’s goals for the past few years, and I shared my 2019 and 2018 year-long goals on the blog.
I generally set year-long goals in the major areas of my life . . . health, family/marriage, faith, creativity, community, career, etc. But for this coming year I have felt very strongly that I should set ONE specific, big goal for 2020. Everything else will follow. I am thankful that at 28, I feel confident that I know what I need to do to cultivate life and growth in the general areas of my life. I know what my body needs and how to treat it well (even if I don’t always do those things). I know that it takes work to cultivate rich friendships. I know what makes me feel rested and filled up—and what doesn’t. I think for the past few years I have been setting goals to find a new or creative “life hack” to jump start change in my life. But I already know what I need to do. I know that if I’m consistent in setting good habits and boundaries, I’ll see positive results. I also can say that at the end of 2019 I feel the most content in the key areas of my life than I have ever felt going into a new year.
So for that reason, I’m only setting one goal for 2020. And I realize this is an annoying thing to write about and then not share, but it’s not something I am ready to share publicly. No, I’m not trying to get pregnant if anyone’s mind was jumping to that :) But this goal is just a bit personal right now for the internet. And so exciting! If all goes well, I think I’ll be ready to share more about it in about a year from now. I will say that it falls generally under the category of creativity.
Of course, I am still going to set monthly goals this year like always. Here are my January 2020 goals:
Un-decorate from Christmas and start the year with a clean slate as far as the house goes
Get a haircut. It’s been over a year. Yep!! I hardly ever cut my hair but I think going more than a year is a first
Plan a trip to Portland to visit my best friend
Progress on my main 2020 goal
I hope you have a very happy start to the New Year, and thank you for reading! Xoxo