Happy new yr!! What new yr vitality are you? Loving the planning and renewed vigor to go on your targets? Cuddled up and immersed in winter’s coziness? Somewhere in between?
I are inclined to really feel full of the contemporary slate vitality of a brand new yr and the chance to mirror, 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 commonly scheduled commitments. We all 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 concerning the progress made on them. I had so many I categorized them! Let’s have a look.
Family Intentions for 2025
- Find a house church. ✅ Now to advance that focus to getting extra constant and concerned.
- Find a very good steadiness of actions and free time. 🚫Fall was slightly overbooked however I believe now we have a very good arrange for this upcoming spring.
- Continue with household recreation nights and film nights. ✅ More motion pictures than video games the previous few months, however sure, these stay staples in our household tradition.
- Plug into our new neighborhood. ✅ Feeling good about this one!
- Plan a enjoyable household journey. ✅ We went to Scotland!
Financial Intentions for 2025
- Tidy up our financial institution accounts. ✅ All the transferring transitions and tackle updates are full!
- Keep updated with categorizing bills so we will higher monitor. 🚫 Now a 2026 goal- ha! We wish to monitor extra carefully. David is on it now along with his QuickBooks.
- Find an area group to help. ✅🚫Rating this as each, as I did discover the group I wish to help however failed on the comply with via.
Health Intentions for 2025
- Learn about Homeopathic cures. ✅ I nonetheless have loads to be taught however just a few cures are go to staples now.
- Grow 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- each day hikes within the woods- YES. So many. State park hikes? One. Yes, just one.
- Share extra weblog posts about my well being pursuits and experiments. 🚫 I solely did just a few.
Personal Intentions for 2025
- Grow 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.
- Less time on my telephone. ✅ I’ve in the reduction of considerably on scrolling.
- Expand my friendships. ✅ Feeling like I’ve made good progress on this course.
- Learn a brand new ability. ✅ I realized to pickle, realized learn how 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 desirous to plug in and get established in our new city and neighborhood 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 grasp with, actions and pals for the youngsters, and a robust household that enjoys being collectively. Are there nonetheless targets to shoot for? Always! But I’m feeling deeply grateful and content material as nicely.
A really sleepy made-it-to-midnight crew!
Keeping our new yr day image custom going sturdy with our luck, cash, & love bowls.
My 2026 Goals
- 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.
- Provide connection and worth right here on the weblog. The chatty posts are my favourite to jot down, 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 subjects I get pleasure from discussing.
- Learn to strain can. I’ve a fancy new equipment {that a} pal guarantees is straightforward to make use of. I wish to can rooster, salsa, and extra.
- Plug into church extra. Join a bible examine? Volunteer? Attend extra commonly? These are all areas I’m contemplating. I’m comfortable to report we’re 1/1 for brand spanking new yr Sundays attended!
- Get concerned 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 an enormous household journey. We have 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.
- Level up my look. I lean arduous on athleisure, which is ok for days round the home, however I’d like to start out feeling slightly extra pulled collectively once I’m out and about or have an occasion. Specifically I’d prefer 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. Top 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 largest purpose (unlisted) is admittedly 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. Continuing to pour into these areas is most vital to me as I additionally be taught to stretch with these new targets. I’m so grateful for this life I get to dwell, the individuals in it, and the chance to proceed to be taught, develop, and do higher with every new yr.
Have you established any targets for 2026? I’d love to listen to them!