Looking Back On My 2016 Goals
As I was working on figuring out my goals for 2017, I realized that it has been 11 months since I last glanced at the goals I made for 2016. I'm happy to report that I did pretty good. Well, for a while.
Keeping up to date with a planner: I LIVED in my planner up until right around my wedding. Did I flub in some area? Of course I did! I have ADHD, are you kidding me? I'm just lucky that I knew where it was all year. Keeping a planner this year and attempting bullet journaling has made me understand the type of planner that I am. That being said, my quest for my 2017 organizer continues.
Less eating out, more packed lunches: I didn't do very well at this at all. To help balance it out, I worked super hard at eating healthier and keeping the portions controlled. I think that packing lunches will always be difficult for me so I'm more about that gaining control of that balance for 2017.
More Twitch streaming, more YouTube videos, more blog posts: Have you ever had ADHD, a full time job and had a DIY wedding to plan all at once, and you moved at some point in the middle of it all? If you have, you'll know that living is basically difficult to do at that point. This is now being moved into 2017, and I've already got a bunch of content lined up! I'm even hoping to have my first Twitch stream this evening. Follow me on Twitter to see when I go live and join me tonight!
Become physically active: While my exercise plans fell to the wayside around March/April, I'm still excited that I kept them on as long as I did. While I'm not carrying this over as a 2017 goal, I am carrying this over as little monthly goals. I think centralizing my focus this way will help me to at least get started with my better habits.
Take more photos and do more creative projects: And I did! I worked on a few different photo gigs, and even lined up a few for this year. I got into cross stitching and working with perler beads. The biggest project? My wedding. The amount of work I put into that is ridiculous and I'm still building the posts for it. Twitch now has a way for people to live stream while crafting in the new Twitch Creative section. Be on the look out for me there working on some NSFW and nerdy crafts this year, as well as some game plays!
How did you do with your resolutions/goals for last year? What are you carrying over into 2017? Let me know in the comments below!
I too want to keep up with my planner. I drift away from it and then come back to it weeks later. I do have to use my work one quite often and had wished to combine it with my personal but it's probably better to keep them separate in some cases. I'd like to try doing active things too. Gonna start slow though. Just try to take yoga a couple of days in the month...or taking more walks in the park?
Being creative is also something I'd like to do more of. Last year I started it off by reading more but stopped towards the end of the year. Gonna try to keep up my reading this year too. I want to at least read 50 books this year, I only read 27 this year.
Here's to having fun in 2017!
I wish I could combine my work and personal ones together, but I tried that last year and it got too crazy for me. I keep my work one on my desk at work, and my personal one in my purse/home office desk. I left my personal one at home a few times last year when I had work stuff in it and ended up kinda screwing myself over as a result. Lesson learned!
Hey! Happy New Year, lady! <3 Thanks for stopping by! :DDD
- Anna
http://www.melodicthriftychic.com
Happy New Year to you, too!