Blissful new 12 months!! What new 12 months power are you? Loving the planning and renewed vigor to go on your targets? Cuddled up and immersed in winter’s coziness? Someplace in between?
I are inclined to really feel stuffed with the contemporary slate power of a brand new 12 months 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 repeatedly scheduled commitments. All of us 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 12 months with stackable bins, clearly labeled by room, however for tree ornaments you aren’t going to get higher than this storage container.
2026 New Yr Objectives (& Reflection)
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 in regards to the progress made on them. I had so many I categorized them! Let’s have a look.
Household Intentions for 2025
- Discover a dwelling church. ✅ Now to advance that focus to getting extra constant and concerned.
- Discover a good stability of actions and free time. 🚫Fall was a bit overbooked however I believe we’ve an excellent 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 neighborhood. ✅ 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 shifting transitions and handle 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 together with his QuickBooks.
- Discover a native group to assist. ✅🚫Score this as each, as I did discover the group I wish to assist however failed on the observe by.
Well being Intentions for 2025
- Find out about Homeopathic treatments. ✅ I nonetheless have loads to study 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 study extra in regards to the bible however really feel like I didn’t plug in as a lot as I meant to. I believe I would like some construction and steerage.
- Much less time on my telephone. ✅ I’ve reduce considerably on scrolling.
- Broaden my friendships. ✅ Feeling like I’ve made good progress on this route.
- Be taught a brand new ability. ✅ I realized to pickle, realized the right 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 12 months…. I’m within the temper to consolidate. I believe final 12 months 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 honest, it labored. I now have a backyard, a hen coop with laying hens, native associates to textual content and hold with, actions and associates 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!
Protecting our new 12 months day image custom going sturdy with our luck, cash, & love bowls.
My 2026 Objectives
- Personalize the home. This one is large for me as somebody that hesitates to hold issues on the wall but craves a welcoming, heat dwelling that instantly tells our visitor that is who we’re. I believe I’m going to concentrate on one room at a time, starting with the lounge. ChatGPT helps me large time.
- Present connection and worth right here on the weblog. The chatty posts are my favourite to put in writing, 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.
- Be taught to strain 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 part of a bible examine? Volunteer? Attend extra repeatedly? These are all areas I’m contemplating. I’m joyful to report we’re 1/1 for brand new 12 months Sundays attended!
- Get entangled 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’ve got 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.
- Degree up my look. I lean arduous on athleisure, which is ok for days round the home, however I’d like to start out feeling a bit extra pulled collectively after I’m out and about or have an occasion. Particularly I’d wish to study to decorate for my physique sort, 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. Prime fiber meals: beans and legumes, entire 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 aim (unlisted) is admittedly to maintain up the consistency with what I’ve established. At 42 years previous I really feel in an excellent place with the issues I worth most. Persevering with to pour into these areas is most essential to me as I additionally study 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 study, develop, and do higher with every new 12 months.
Have you ever established any targets for 2026? I’d love to listen to them!
