Happy New Year! I hope you had a lovely new years eve and haven't got too much of a sore head today. We spent new years eve at home as usual scoffing buffet lunch, drinking a glass of rose and I brought in the new year with my nose stuck in a book.
Every year I like to jot down a list of goals of what I want to achieve for the year ahead. I acutally spent some time yesterday listing them in a notebook and now I wanted to add this this list here to share with you my plans.
This year I have split my goals into 5 categories it may look like a lot however I do feel that they are achievable.
Me:
- Read more and share my reads on here ( I plan to share what I've read every 6 months)
- Sort out my finances
- Get rid of clutter
- Meal plan
- Give blood
- Get a new tattoo
- loose at least 2 stone
- Plan Blake's 4th Birthday party ( In December) in advance
- Write in my Happy Journal each day
Blog:
- Increase my DA ( highest its been so far is 31)
- Join in with more linkys
- Focus on the Tactical Tuesdays linky I co host
- Grow my social media ( By the end of the year I'd love to have double the amount of followers with any luck)
- Grow my views
- Get into a better routine of blogging
- Batch blog/ schedule posts
- More blog collaborations
- More sponsored work
- Be more blog organised ( I'm awaiting a planner I have ordered)
Finance:
- Budget
- Put X amount of money away each week and 4 weekly
- Put a % of sponsored post money away into savings each time I'm paid
- skim my bank
- Do a weekly or weekend spending ban
- find ways to save more on bills
- find ways to make a bit more money
- save £1 coins into a tin
As a couple:
- Go out for Afternoon tea
- Try out at least 2 new restaurants
- Take more photos of the 2 of us
- Do something special for our 10 years of being together
- Go to the cinema
- Go Bowling
- See a show
As a family:
- Go to Mead Open farm
- Go to Whipsnade zoo
- See in the night garden live
- See Teletubbies live
- Go to the beach
- Have at least one holiday
- Go Swimming
- Go to Rushmere
- Visit Gulliversland
-Visit Cadbury World
- Visit a National Trust place
- Have a picnic
- Visit the splash park
- Visit soft play a few times outside of Leighton Buzzard
- Eat out at least once for breakfast
So what do you think of my 2018 goals? Do you think they are achievable? What are your new year goals?
