Happy 2020, friends! I can’t believe it’s here. I love the promise that a new year holds! There’s just so much anticipation in the air. I don’t know what will happen this year, but I dearly hope we will elect a new president, I will find love, and everyone I know will stay healthy and happy.
I’m nearing the end of my “Best of 2019” posts (two to go!) and for today, I’m taking a look back at the yearly goals I set and reporting on how I did. Let’s get into it:
1) Read 100 books. Complete! I read 130.
2) Complete the A-Z Instagram reading challenge. Complete!
3) Reread the Anne of Green Gables series. Complete! I read the first four books in the series, deciding I wasn’t interested in reading the rest of the series (I tried to read the fifth book and I was bored). I’m giving myself a “complete” for this goal.
4) Dye my hair purple. Complete! I did this in July.
5) Save $1,000 in an emergency fund. Complete! I have a fully funded emergency fund. It feels so good to say that! (Of course, I want to have more than $1,000 saved in my emergency fund and will continue adding money to it in 2020, but it won’t be the biggest focus of my finances next year.)
6) Get something on the walls of my living room. Complete! I have a very fun gallery wall. It makes me happy every time I see it!
7) Take control over my dermotophagia. Not complete.
8) Redo my bathroom. Complete! I did this in March.
9) Visit Ireland. Complete! We went in April/May. 🙂
10) Visit Washington DC. Not complete.
11) Build a necklace collection. Complete! I love my little collection of necklaces and want to continue building it.
12) Pay an extra $500 towards my student loans. Not complete.
13) Go to a movie alone. Not complete.
14) Work out 150 times. Not complete. I finished with 121 workouts. I would have gotten this done if I hadn’t broken my ankle on December 1st. Womp.
15) Lose 40 lbs. Not complete.
16) Give Eloise a sibling. Complete! I adopted Lila in February.
17) Start saving for a new apartment. Complete! I have $300 saved so far.
18) Do a spending freeze once a quarter. Not complete.
19) Develop a daily water-drinking habit. Not complete.
20) Buy two bigger bookshelves. Half-complete. I bought one and that’s all I need right now.
21) Complete Project 365. Complete! (Oh heavens, I am so happy to be done with daily photos.)
22) Develop a skincare routine. Complete. I’m in a great routine now and it feels really good!
23) Start a vitamin regimen. Not complete. I did well with this in the first half of 2019 but completely fell off the wagon in the second half.
24) Replace all of my underwear. Complete. Next up: replacing all of my sports bras!
25) Write my novel. Not complete. I made it about 80% of the way there.
26) Try 10 new foods. Not complete.
27) Track my money on Mint. Not complete.
28) Get all of my skin tags removed. Complete! This was done in January/February.
29) Sign up for a paid dating service. Not complete.
30) Visit five new-to-me parks around the area. Not complete.
So, at the end of the year, I completed 16 of the 30 goals I set for myself. A little more than half! That’s not a great result, haha, but it’s all good. 30 goals is a lot of goals to focus on in a year, which is why I’m planning on simplifying them for 2020. (Stay tuned!) But I’m proud of the goals I did get complete, especially saving more money, reading great books, adopting another cat, and visiting Ireland.
How did you do on your 2019 goals?
Happy new year! I did a 19 in 2019 challenge and probably did about 15? I need to look back on it. All in all I am happy with how I did on that challenge. But I am also simplifying in 2020 and focusing on 2 goals – complete the MMD reading challenge and workout 3 x’s/week!
It may “only” be 16, but based on this list, it seems to me like you had a really successful year!
Wow – you did a GREAT job! Love your gallery wall!
As I stole your underwear goal from last year, I am going to steal your sport bra goal this year! I was just thinking how much I hate my sports bras. They are either from literal high school (and super worn out, as you would imagine) or they are so uncomfortable I can’t stand wearing them. No more painful sports bras 2020!