There’s something I love about January. It’s not just that I’m a sucker for fresh starts, though I totally am. I love the feeling of drawing a curtain on the hectic holiday season and focusing on sinking deep into normal everyday life and dreaming about what you can make of a fresh year. Okay, so maybe a lot of why I love January IS that it’s a fresh start. This year I did Powersheets and planned out overarching goals for the whole year. I hope this will give me focus and help me build momentum as I set goals each month this year. It may be January 16, already, but better late than never. Here are my January 2020 goals!
Cultivate our Home
It was really difficult for me not to try to do everything at once for this goal.
- Declutter + organize key pain points: bathroom, bookshelves, kitchen
- Set up a paper system for mail, forms, etc
- Buy some bins, clean out, and organize the fridge (I bought ones similar to these and love them so far!)
- Figure out a mindless + easily doable cleaning schedule
Engage my whole heart with God
It was hard to know where to start with this goal, so I followed Emily Freeman’s advice and just wrote down the next right things.
- Create a prayer/gratitude system – Last year I used the Val Marie Paper yearly journal and looooved it! This year I wanted something more portable so I’m working on implementing a system in my bullet journal.
- Read Women of the Word (next month I plan to implement it!)
Connect with Loved Ones
This isn’t a huge focus this month since we just reconnected with many of our loved ones over the holidays. Something I do plan on doing this year is sending out birthday cards for everyone in our family. Last year I purchased enough cards at the beginning of the year so that wouldn’t be a barrier to sending them. (Who actually remembers to buy a birthday card at the grocery store? Not me.)
- Purchase and designate birthday cards for the whole fam
Strengthen my Body
- Go on 16 runs this month
- Set up reminders in my phone to pack exercise clothes the night before
- Sign up for a race
Explore our Neck of the Woods
- Print adventure list and put it somewhere visible
- Put our next adventure on the calendar
Be a Memory Keeper
- Start a note in my phone with pics I want to take when there’s good light (sadly it’s always dark when I leave and dark when I get home at night)
- Think about a good routine for posting. At night? In the morning? Only on weekends?
- Share 20 pictures on Instagram
Deposit my Words Online
- Plan time slots to blog every week – not sure yet if these will be the same every week or if I need to plan time slots each week.
- Start a note on my phone with the next 5 posts I’d like to publish AND the next 3 small tasks I need to work on. I’m hoping this will make it less overwhelming for me to jump right in even if I don’t have a ton of time.
Build a Local Community
- Research meetups and/or book clubs and/or Bible studies in my area
- Contact a handful
- Put one on the calendar!
To be honest…
Since I’m posting this halfway through the month, I already have a number of these tasks completed! The momentum feels amazing and I can’t wait to see what the next couple of weeks (not to mention the rest of the year!) brings. What are your January 2020 goals?
