At the start of every year, I read posts from people where they set goals for themselves. I love the theme, but setting goals or resolutions doesn’t work well. I am not a stickler for goal tracking.
Recently, I read a couple of posts where people put out a list of their hopes for the year. Latest from mei. This inspired me to pen one for myself. I thought I might struggle to create such a list when I started writing this. It was surprisingly simple when I put them in buckets - self, health, relationships and interests. So, here we go!
- Write more than I did in 2023 - target 365 posts
- Read one book in a month - target 12 books
- Publish one short story
- Find a medium that helps me be social on the web
- Find a place for music in my life again
- Make a journal entry at least once a week
- Keep stories on my website updated with one new photo every week
- Go on a date with my wife once a month
- Go on a play date with my daughter once a month
- Family dinner with my wife and daughter once a month
- Take one picture of my daughter and one of me & my wife every week
- Meet my two friends circle once a month
- Inspire interest in Curious Bee to create again
- Find and connect with people whose ideas resonate with me
- Improve physical fitness by walking 5 days a week
- Improve mental fitness by meditating 5 days a week
- Do Pranayama and Surya Namaskar at least 2 times a week
- Take care of my face
- Achieve better work-life balance, minimize life during work
- Learn to cook roti
- Visit a cafe alone once a month
- Speak up my mind, even if it disappoints others
- Learn to use the calendar to structure day and week
- Learn to use my smartphone better for reading and writing
I accept it’s slightly late to publish such a list. But I have already been working on a few of these. Plus, it’s better late than never.