Let’s talk about 2020 goals! Woohoo! I love setting yearly goals, even if I find that I don’t complete a majority of them and/or find my attention waning as the year goes by. They’re still fun to think about and dream up! This year, I’m setting 10 goals, although you’ll see that many of them have additional components to them so I’m cheating a bit.
1. Move to a new apartment. This is my most exciting goal for 2020, as I prepare to move out of my shoebox apartment and into a larger place where I will have room for a kitchen table (!!). I’m so excited to have more space!
2. Pay off my credit card – and keep it paid off. I’m not proud of this and I feel like, by now, I should have learned my lesson of how to properly use a credit card. Hopefully, I can get this paid off in Q1 but it may take a little longer than I’m expecting.
3. Complete 12 monthly health challenges. Kelsey of The Girl Next Door podcast fame did this in 2019, and I love the idea of tackling one small health goal every month. I’ve started making a list of some of the challenges I’d like to attempt in 2020, like not eating any fast food, eating two servings of vegetables every day, not eating anything processed, etc. I’ll reveal my January challenge next week!
4. Do one new thing every month. I attempted this goal a few years ago but didn’t really follow through with it. I’m determined to make it happen in 2020. This can be as small as attending a yoga class to as big as going on a solo vacation. I’ve been keeping a list of ideas and I’ll pick from that list at the beginning of every month!
5. Go on 24 first dates. This feels like a really big goal, even though it only amounts to two dates a month. But I went on three dates total last year (and zero the year before, as it was my year of no dating) so 24 sounds like a lot of dating. I feel like it’s time to give dating the effort it deserves and see what happens when I really invest in it.
6. Make at least three “green” changes to my living environment. I’d like this to be a goal I do every year, slowly eliminating habits I have that contribute to waste. This year, the changes I’d like to make are switching out single-use makeup remover wipes for reusable wipes, switching out the single-use cotton rounds I use for my toner for reusable pads, and moving from tampons to a Diva Cup.
7. Work out 150 times. I was unsuccessful with my 150 workouts goal last year, but I’m blaming it on my ankle. I’m trying it again this year and I hope that having a gym to go to will help me stay on track.
8. Finish my novel and get through one round of revisions. I want to spend the first quarter of the year finishing my novel (it needs at least 30,000 more words) and for the rest of the year, I want to work through the first round of revisions. Then, it might be ready for beta readers in 2021! That’s really exciting to think about.
9. Complete the 2020 Unread Shelf Project. This is a really easy, low-key reading challenge that I wanted to attempt last year but kept forgetting about. Each month has a prompt and you pick out an unread book from your shelves to read. If you don’t read the book in that month, you have to give it away. The pressure!
10. Get my third tattoo. I’ve had an idea for my third tattoo for over a year now and I think that putting this as a 2020 goal will ensure I get it done. The tattoo is to commemorate my grandparents (I still need to figure out some of the artistic details but it will be a small cross with a butterfly) and I want to have it tattooed right behind my right ear.
Did you set goals for 2020?
I am excited about your new place!!! Let’s talk when you get closer to moving – I have some tips for what I learned moving Data twice, if you want them!
Ugh, and your gym not being open until like, Dec 31, is part of why it was hard to meet your 150 goal last year! You will do it this year 🙂
I am excited to see your new tat. And excited to follow along with this list, in general!
I did not set goals, but made a to do list, which is more me. LOL. (almost the same thing)
That is exciting that you will move to a new place this year. Moving is so much work (and expensive!) but it’s worth it to live in a place you live with the space you need!!
As you know, I only made 2 goals – complete the MMD reading challenge and work out 3 x’s/week which would equate to about 150 so same goal as you!
Love these goals! We’re also working away at number six. Re: reusable makeup wipes — I’ve been using makeup remover clothes for a while now and for the most part, I find they work pretty well? I recently got a sample-size Makeup Eraser as a reward at Sephora, which I have been using to remove eye makeup lately. It works pretty well. Apparently the cloths last up to five years, so it will be interesting to see how that goes.
Also might sound like a weird thing to say but good luck getting switched over to DivaCup! I swear once you get past the learning curve, it really is awesome. I cannot imagine going back to tampons now!
Will be right along with you re: novel writing. I’m SO close to being finished with what is essentially a zero draft thanks to Nano (and similarly struggling to get the last part in). But it’s part of the plan for 2020.
I’ve got goals in a couple different areas. Financially, I want to refill our emergency fund, pay back $10K on the principal of our student loan and save $8K toward a house. Not…financially, I want to take meaningful steps toward publishing a book (likely self-publishing) and keep growing my blog audience 🙂 Not a lot of goals, but I did it this way intentionally. I figure fewer, more focused goals = better chance of me actually achieving them!
I love these goals! I am especially excited to hear how your 24 dates go. I agree when I first read that I was like “wow – that’s a lot!!” but when you put it the way you did (2 a month) it does seem doable. A few goals I have for 2020 is to complete another Whole30 in January, run a half-marathon, read 60 books and go on at least one bigger trip with Olivia and two smaller camping trips this summer.
I love your list. A new apartment sounds lovely and I think the “do one new thing every month” and “make three green changes ” is great! 24 dates sounds horrible though… LOL … I hope you only have to go on a few dates and maybe fall in love before the end of the year.;)