Wow! Can you believe today is the last day of 2025! I have to say that 2025 was a fantastic year for our family with so many good things including:
- Halie graduated high school and had a successful first term of university.
- Anya turned 16 and got her license the very next day!
- We enjoyed a trip of a lifetime to Venice and Paris, and we were jointed by my mom and dad.
- We had a lovely celebration with our family and friends in the beginning of summer to celebrate Halie's graduation.
- Mr. and I celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary.
- We spent time at the lake and have both continued to enjoy our jobs and our personal lives.
- I accomplished my first sprint duatholon in the spring and a half-marathon in the fall. And I will complete another December Running challenge with over a 100 km, strength training once a week and pretty regular stretching.
- My photography side-gig, A&H Snapshots, had a fantastic year and I hope to maintain the same level of clients as last year.
Now let's look forward!
Last year I made a switch from long-term goals to quarterly ones, and I really like this system for myself. It feels more intuitive and responsive to the things I am leaning into in the moment and where my family is at. So here are some things that I am loving and want to keep doing:
- Reading daily (I aim for 20 min./day)
- Exercising vigorously 4-5x/week (running, spinning, strength training)
- Walking with my husband & dogs (3-5x/week)
- Blogging 1/week
- Book Club with the Ladies 1/month
Specific goals I have for the winter this year:
- Iron Slug Challenge in January (3.8 km swim, 180 km bike & 42.2 km run/walk)
- Do the "Up For Anything: A year of creative living challenge"
- Planned family time/activity 1/month
- Skating
- Cross-Country Ski - specifically go to ski Eb's Ski trails
- Snowboarding/Skiing - mountain trip or local hill
- Winter Wonderland Mini Photoshoot with A&H Snapshots
- Get away to the cabin
- Host a friends gathering
- Take myself on a Blogging Coffee Date
- Host neighbours for a visit
- Visit my in-laws
- Do some AI photo training course
- Begin booking some things for our Montreal trip for Summer 2026
- Make photobook of Europe trip from 2025
- Pre-plan & pre-book to have cleaners 1/month
- Plan some races for the year and summer dates
- Volunteer Gigs: Social Media manager for 100 Women Who Care & Golf Tournament for Literacy in June
Long-Term goal:
- Update our wills
- Meet with a financial planner
Now it's your turn.
Do you set goals?
How do you do them?
How do you track?
What are some of your goals?
These are some great goals and I love your Bingo sheet you made for yourself too.
ReplyDeleteGreat goals! You can workout!!
ReplyDeleteJennifer
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Thanks! I work out lots, its my mental health strategy.
DeleteYou guys did have a great 2025. Lots of milestones. I enjoyed 2025, too. Especially the second half. Hoping 2026 will be just as kind and gentle.
ReplyDeleteProud of your success with photography. You have such a good eye. Wish you could take some family photos for us. I know they would be lovely.
Hope you can find time to read everyday. Such a wonderful way to unwind. I do my reading mostly at night on my Kindle or listening to Audible books at the gym.
Followed the link for the creative living challenge. Looking forward to following along on your adventure. I have a couple of books with daily/weekly creative activities. I need to get back to using them again every morning. They helped to start my day out right.