I cannot believe that 2022 is over and we are on to a new Year!! One of my goals is to make this decade the the best one yet. I know New Year’s resolutions have a bit of a stigma since no one ever sticks to them longer than a month but setting goals really is a great way to improve yourself!
Did you know that your goals become 42% more likely to become reality when you write those goals down! Not to mention that it jumps up even more if then share them with another person. That’s incredible! If something were 42% on sale I’d jump right on that, why would I not do the same thing for achieving my goals and ambitions.
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Write Your Goals Down
So make sure you write your New Year’s resolutions down somewhere you can look at them over and over through out the year. It is important that you can look at them again or else you’ll forget about them and loose track. Its a good idea to have a way to track your progress too so that you don’t get discouraged
Where to Keep Your Goals:
- Bathroom Mirror
- Daily Planner
- Screen Saver of your Phone
- Vision Board
Goal Categories
Be sure to pick a couple different categories that you want to improve in. Here are five well rounded goal categories:
- Health/Self-Care
- Finances
- Relationships
- Spiritual
- Adventure/Fun
Now here are 10 New Year’s resolution ideas for each section to get you started!! You can use these ones if they fit your goals or just use them as inspiration when coming up with your own goals.
Health + Self-Care
- Work out 3x per week
- Put on make-up at least 5 days a week
- Go on a hike 4x per month
- Learn a new skill
- Eat breakfast every morning
- Take 30 minutes for myself a week
- Eat a healthier meal 2x per week
- Have a GNO at least once a month
- Go on a walk once a day
- Go to bed 10 minutes earlier each night
Finances
- Create a yearly budget
- Get to $5,000 in savings by the end of the year
- Pay of all credit cards
- Start investing in my future
- Get a raise
- Start a travel savings account
- Cut debt in half
- Actually stick to a regular monthly budget
- Cut back on waste in the home
- Establish an emergency fund
Relationships
- Go on weekly date nights
- Do one thing per month in their love language
- Eat dinner together 5x per week
- Call mom 2x a month
- Plan a weekend romantic getaway
- Kiss and say I love you at least once a day
- Be more kind and forgiving
- Text an old friend 1x per week
- Start having a weekly check-in
- Develop more open communication
Spiritual
- Read my scriptures once a day
- Start volunteering 1x per month
- Go to church more often
- Pray or meditate 2x per day
- Find a way to be more involved at church
- Start saying morning prayers
- Find ways to have a christ-centered home
- Befriend someone new at church
- Memorize 4 bible versus this year
- Develop a new talent
Adventure + Fun
- Try one new restaurant a month
- Visit a new national park
- Go on three road trips this year
- Organize an annual friend trip
- Cut back on time spent on electronics
- Travel to at least 5 new countries this year
- Visit a local sight
- Support a small business near me
- Join a sports league
- Try something new that scares me
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Ready, Set, Goals!!!
To get you started I’ve made you three printables! The first one is a place to write down your New Year’s resolutions in each category. Do it yourself and hang it on your bathroom mirror. Or do it as a couple and hang it on your fridge!
Next is a “more of this, less of this” chart. The perfect place to write out ways you want to improve and change in your life. What do you not want to carry into the next year but also take a second to recognize what you did well last year that you want to continue doing.
Finally, a printable for your year at a glance. You can write down important events from each each month of the year like birthdays, vacations, holidays or anniversaries. Then you’ll be sure to remember them and be prepared. I know I tend to get caught off guard by all of those which leads to a lot of last minute planning and stress. Let’s all just avoid that this year!
If you want all three, this last download with give you all three in one place.
New Year, New You
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
I wish you all a happy 2023 and I hope for all the best for you and your New Year’s resolutions. Go out and make things happen for yourself. Start that new hobby, strengthen that relationship, and make time for YOU. You deserve it all!
I just want to thank you all so much for being here and reading my blog and supporting my dream. This blog was my 2019 New Year’s resolution and it has grown so much this past year and truly fulfilled me so much. I had played around with the idea for a while before I decided to go for and I am so glad I did.
Here’s to the next 12 months of goals and growth.
