Goals

As we get into the start of 2024 there are always a few things that I would like to work on so I guess you could call these New Year's resolutions but I don't see them as that I see them as goals for the year.

There are a couple to a few things that I am going to focus on this year to help better improve my physical health and my mental health so that I can be around for a long time especially for my family.

So let's get into what these goals are for 2024 and I will be going into a little bit of detail of why I am choosing these goals.

So the first goal has to deal with that first timer up in the top right corner as I have decided to officially quit smoking but my goal is I need to find things to replace the old habit obviously quitting this habit is definitely good for my physical health and mental health as I have struggled with quitting smoking for the last few years especially since I started smoking when I was 16 years old and I just turned 40 in December but I am also doing this goal because obviously I need to quit for my physical health but I also want to quit it because it's an expensive habit. That's all I can think for for this goal.

My next goal is to start eating better and to lose weight because I am definitely overweight because I am 6'1 389 lb and that is definitely not healthy so I want to start eating healthier meals and finding ways to work out other than just walking everywhere since I am not able to get a gym membership and I guess I could definitely write about my weight loss Journey on here when I decide to start it and I have actually kind of started the process already because my primary care physician recommended me for non-surgical weight loss and I'm going to fall through with it this time as I will try to track everything I eat with a site like MyFitnessPal and that's it for this goal.

I would say this goal is kind of embarrassing but I need to be accountable for myself I am not the cleanest person on planet Earth and if you entered my apartment you would say how can you live like this and you would think I would not be able to live on my own but this is where I'm going to teach myself to keep my apartment clean and smelling good and definitely get on a cleaning schedule for my apartment because nobody else is responsible for the mess in this apartment other than me and I am the one that has to take care of it. And that's all for this goal but it kind of leans into the next one

My next goal kind of leans into the goal above like I said and that is to become a lot more organized and to know where everything is at all times so when I start getting a cleaning regiment or I do laundry or whatever the chore may be I'm going to organize everything instead of just putting stuff say in a drawer or just leave the stuff in my laundry basket or when I have trash I need to take it out or if I have dishes in the think I need to do them Etc because like I said above I am not the cleanest person in the world and that is definitely going to change and that is all for this goal.

I think that's all the goals for now so I hope everybody has an amazing year and I hope everybody reaches all their goals and don't be afraid to chase your dreams I will see you all in the next one

--Skye

2023 Goals

I know I am late to making this post but better late than never right?

This will be my annual yearly goals post and where I go into more detail on each goal.

I have set a few more goals then I usually do because  I wanna be transparent and also have long term goals and short term goals and I think I have 11 goals for the year so far so fair warning this will be a long post but thanks  for being here and reading this and the goals are in no particular order so lets get into it.

1.) To be organized

The reason this is a goal for the years because I am not a very organized person when it comes to anything I am actually a very messy person and I want to work on knowing where stuff is or when I have certain appointments and I feel if I was more organized I would hold myself accountable.

2.) Be less cluttered

This is a goal for to feel more clean and the idea for this goal is like to clean my apartment before I go to bed so I wake up to a less cluttered apartment in the morning no matter how clean or dirty the apartment is and I also feel this goal goes along with number one in being more organized.

3.) Walk 25,000 to 50,000 steps a month for the whole year and this goal is self-explanatory it will lead into goal number five and number nine.

4.) This goal is self-explanatory and I have this on my list every year and that is quit smoking but nothing ever ends up working and I just keep putting it on my list every year but I feel like this could be the year hopefully where I finally stopped smoking.

5.) This goal is also self-explanatory and is also on my list every year in that goal is to lose weight as I said before goal number three coincides with this one as it gets me out for exercise and I also want to lose weight because I will be turning 40 at the end of this year and I want to be around for my nieces and nephews and they are what the motivation is and with this goal I'm going to take it one day at a time.

6.) This goal is just to drink more water and this one is self-explanatory.

7.) To be positive at all times 

I know this goal may seem farfetched but I feel I need to learn how to be positive at all times no matter what life throws at me and the curve balls I get with life because we only have one life to live and need to live it to the fullest and can't live life angry

8 ) Work on Mental Health 

This is the goal I have paid the least attention to over the past 4 or 5 years and it is time I start working on myself and my mental health and taking it seriously my mental health is also why I want to try to become more positive all the time no matter what life throws at me.

9.) Get out and Explore More

I decided to make this a goal for this year because I have not really gone out over the last 2 or 3 years even for walks and I want to get out to explore more because it would be good for my mental health it would also help me get steps in to help me lose weight which are three of my other goals for the year and it's also good thinking space and it's good for fresh air.

10.) Return to Church

I made this a goal because I do want to return the church and make my relationship with Jesus Christ even closer and I have not been to church in about 3 years.

11.) Read some Books 

Out of this whole list this is probably the most far-fetched goal I have for this year but I feel like I should put it on here because I feel I could read some books that can help me with all my goals on this list and maybe I will keep track of them as well on like Goodreads or something

These are all of my current goals for the moment but if I think of any more I will make another post in the future with those goals and I know I did not list it on here but I will also try to start posting a lot more here as I do like blogging because I do find it very therapeutic and I feel I can definitely express myself a lot better when I write or type something down so I want to thank everybody for taking the time to read this and I'm sorry that this post is very long and I will see you all in the next post.

-Skye