A List of Goals You Can Set Next Year

The new year is finally here and that means it’s that time of year again to figure out what has and hasn’t worked out this past year and how to improve going forward into 2024.

Boldly claim your stake in the land of dreams waiting to become real.

If you feel self-conscious, timid or even foolish about letting others know of your dreams, take heart. That’s normal.

Now we understand keeping it quietly to yourself to allow incubation in the womb of dreams, maybe best for some. However, too often, we keep things quiet because we’re not truly committed.

For example, if you’re thinking, “I need to lose weight”, but don’t say it out loud for fear that family and friends will hold you accountable. Or worse, you keep it quiet so that others won’t think you’re a failure if you skip the exercise and indulge in a treat.

So assess that for yourself. Reticence may be an indication that you would benefit by letting your goals out and in the open. It’s in sharing aspirations that they begin to make sense, take form, shape up and reveal their place in your life.

Whatever it is for you, we hope this life goals article will give you food for thought and en-courage-ment to create your own list, and then work it daily.

What are your goals in life? You might start a rapid brain dump of anything that comes to mind, and then, when you get stuck, enjoy perusing these lists for ideas to spark your own.

An assorted list from many people to stir dreams and stoke resolve to create and achieve your own goals.

• To homestead and be self-sufficient. 
• I want to grow my own food and be energy independent.
• Build a turnkey, self-sufficient cabin garden and farming homestead community on ~100 acres.
• Travel to New Zealand and stay for several weeks.
• Own and run self-sufficient “Doomsday” farm with fruit trees, greenhouse, and a huge library.
• Meet a notable person you admire (author, musician, producer, speaker, leader etc).
• Plant a sustainable community garden.
• Learn to scuba dive.
• To have a large organic garden, with a year-round greenhouse, that produces most of our food.
• To live in a place part of the year where I can surf, windsurf and paddleboard daily.
• I will exercise 3x per week for three months (and re-assess after that.)
• I will drink eight 16 oz glasses of water each day.
• I will eat three meals a day that are balanced and healthy, and one snack.
• Be a good boss/employee.
• Build strong work relationships.

What are some of your new year’s goal ideas that you want to accomplish next year? Let me know in the comments!