Happy New Year Party People,
At the turn of a New Year, I usually never feel any different. It’s not like when the clock strikes midnight that some new wave of revelation and hopefulness swoops over my body. For some reason though 2020 felt different. I did feel hopeful. I had this gut instinct literally at the stroke of midnight that this might just be my year to shine. It was the weirdest thing ever.
So, just in case that is the truth of the matter, I am being very intentional this year. I have come up with three categories: Career-Driven, Personal and Financial. Within those three categories, I’ve established five goals that I want to achieve in 2020. Each goal is specific and quantifiable in an effort to really put all of my focus into checking every single item off my list by December 31, 2020 11:59PM.
I operate off of checklists, so this is the holy grail of checklists for myself this year and I am holding myself accountable. I hope if you have the same feeling I do about 2020 and you too want to be intentional about goal setting this year but don’t know where to start that this post acts as a thought starter for you. Let’s do the damn thing and crush our goals this year!
Career-Driven (This encompasses both my full-time job and my secondary “job” as a blogger):
- Participate in 3 learning opportunities related to my full-time job
- Take on at least 3 new clients at work
- Attend one blogging conference
- Post 3-4 times a week on my blog
- Get to 10K followers on my Instagram account
Personal (This category encompasses personal goals and relationships):
- Read one new book each quarter
- Volunteer at least 2 times this year for different organizations
- Participate in the “one in, one out” rule (Buy one new thing, one thing I already own has to go)
- Start a podcast with my mom by June
- Grow my relationship to its next chapter
Financial (This one is self-explanatory):
- Save enough money to put a down payment on a house by 2021
- Put 10% of my paycheck in my savings account
- Save money by only eating out 2-3 times a week (I usually eat out way more so this will probably be my hardest one lol)
- Be mindful of spending in order to take at least 5 trips this year
- Apply for and start using a credit card (For the credit part but also points for travel)
3 Tips For Setting Your Own Goals:
- Categorize your goals to help compartmentalize your mind
- Create S.M.A.R.T goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-Based)
- Find your “Why” in each goal you set
Sincerely,
