I look forward to the start of the New Year and my opportunity to re-evaluate my goals and plans for the coming year. For me, it’s about goal-setting and the like rather than giant RESOLUTIONS. I like to go through my mental bucket list and see if there’s anything I can accomplish in the coming year.
I’ve been so busy with work that its been hard to focus on the “what’s next”. It took a few days for me to be able to decompress and reflect. This year was way too busy and not keeping track of things in a physical way created a feeling that I had lost whole months. Does this happen to you?
There are a few things that have topped my list though.
Get back on my bike. I love riding bicycles. I’m not an athlete about it. I just like the feeling of pedalling, the breeze in my face and the quietness of being on a machine that is human-powered. Bicycling has the added benefit or being a physical activity which I need to do more often. I sit on my duff way too much.
Find a planner/calendar system and stick with it. I am often asked to review planners which makes it easy for me to jump from system to system and then abandon them. I’d like to stick to a system for a whole year and be better about tracking day-to-day events. I tried Austin Kleon’s system (also this link and this one) for a bit in the past and I like the concept of it but need to find a different way to keep track. I need to integrate it into my daily carry somehow. Whether this is three notebooks in a cover (like a Traveler’s Notebook or a Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter) or three separate books, I don’t know. If anyone has better recommendations, let me know.
Make time for personal creativity. Last year, between work and my blog, I didn’t have much time for anything else. I didn’t have time to knit, read or do any of the other creative endeavors I wanted to explore. This year, I want to carve out time for this since it’s important to me. I have a dress half-sewn, the start of material for collage projects and many, many balls of yarn patiently waiting to be knit into something.
I’m sure I have smaller goals I’d like to accomplish, but these are the big ones. What are your goals or plans for 2019?
What is tha olive green notebook cover in the picture, if I may ask?
It’s a Traveler’s Notebook Cover from Paper Geek Co. on Etsy.
All terrific goals! Like I said to Laura, I feel like a slacker! But I have already made headway in cleaning out my studio this week, so I’m good with small bites. Will look forward to seeing the results of your creative endeavors!