As many people, I used to sit every January 1st to write New Year Resolutions in forgotten journals. Just out of good faith. Out of habit. Out of hope perhaps. They'd get lost. Never fulfilled with the excuse of a hectic mind.
Then I started bullet journalling and fell in love with specifics. I started setting SMART goals for myself and since we are officially in February, we can say we are past the expiry date for NY Resolutions and that every oath made past this point, is meant to be kept.
The start of a new year is always magic to me, a naive hope that we can all press a button to switch things up. Every year, I commit to reset everything. Life Vision, yearly goals, visions board and I even pick a word that is going to encompass my focus for the next 12 months. 2020's word was honesty, and maybe I'll confess how I embraced it fully in an another post.
For 2021, I chose the word "create". Something I haven't embraced fully in probably years but that I have felt the longing to for a while now. All the goals I have chosen for my year are somehow connected to that word. We are all about alignment in this house.
Here are some goals I set for myself this year:
Self-Care/ Lifestyle
1. Get my ass back to Toronto.
2. Get my Canadian Permanent Residence.
3. Write in my 5 Minutes Journal every single day.
4. Gratitude first always.
5. Get outside of the house more.
6. Workout 3 to 5 times a week.
7. Read 75 books.
8. Working on minimizing my screen time.
9. Prevent Burnout by taking more breaks.
10. Take better care of my body, hair and skin.
11. Learn to manage my anxiety.
12. Make a bucket list of things that would really make me happy and excited about life.
Self-Improvement:
1. Read at least 5 classics
2. Get better at Digital Art and Lettering on my iPad
3. Learn 1 new recipe a week
4. Dive deeper into art and organize an art-seeing trip around Europe
5. Explore new book genres.
6. Learning to play chess like Beth Harmon (Yes, I may or may not have watched too much Queen’s Gambit but I promise this one has been on my list for years)
7. Organize my life on Notion/Bullet Journal every single day
8. Focus on me – no more comparing, minimizing shit talking
9. Reach out to the people that matter most more
10. Call grandma more often
11. Learn to voice when something is wrong instead of shutting people off
12. Get married with Adam Driver (lolol)
Content Creation / Work
1. Post 1 video on Youtube a week
2. Put more writing out the world (at least 1 blog post a month)
3. Redesign my content calendar and finally stick to it
4. Get more transparent when voicing my needs, opinions, well-being and interests.
5. Take steps to get better at this whole work-life balance thing (no work on weekends, shutting off work notifications…)
6. Prioritize my mental health at every moment
7. One great idea executed > 1000 big ideas
8. Vanquish my fear of exposure
