New Year's Resolutions: 2025 Edition

New Year's Resolutions: 2025 Edition
Yes it's that time again! Write your resolutions below!

In my mind, it's still April! I can't believe it's nearly 2025! A new year means a new you, and you can interpret that however you want! It can be scary at times, but growing and changing is a part of life. What are some of your plans for this upcoming year? Is there anything you want to accomplish? Please share below! I can't wait to hear from you all, and I wish everyone a lovely new year!

If you're out of ideas, or you're curious what other people said, here is the link to last year's thread! Lots of great resolutions there!

I want to find more time for writing and reading
I want to redecorade my room so I will feel better in it
I want to work on my English
I want to take better care about my mental health
I want to…well, figure things out in my friendship with CH
I want to contiune being local (friendly?) cryptid crow of YWS
I want to make my collection of sHINY lIttLe ThINgS bigger…nah, those are just my crow tendencies taking over…
I want to join some roleplay and figure out how does whole RP really works
I want to record at least seven episodes of my podcast and write script for more
I want to experiment with different genres while writing

Eeeeh this is so exciting!! Okay, here are my goals/plans/resolutions/hopes/dreams for 2025:

currently a wip

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Mental:
*Continue my 2024 resolution of meditating daily
*365 more days of Duolingo 0v0
*Continue to spend at least an hour outside each day

Academic:
*Continue in-person, full-time school in September
*Pass my Praxis test
*Finish my incomplete classes with at least B pluses
*Keep by GPA of at least 3.0
*Get into English teaching program

Personal:
*Get my full driver's license in the US
*Buy a car
*Get a job and start saving money

Fun things:
*My 3 month trip to Zambia!
*Travel to Japan!
*200 hours of volunteering! (not including time in Zambia)
*Pet cats

My new years resolution is to:

WIP

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• Get better sleep
• be consistent with yoga practices
• find time to write more
• stop procrastinating on final papers
• become healthier overall
• Practice Arabic and Moroccan dialect
• Keep a positive outlook on life
• Study outside of my dorm more often
• Practice my skincare consistently

I want to finish On the Overmorrow. I want to make Wind Ensemble. And most importantly, I want to make it into the newly-created Trombone section for Marching Band.

Since I finally have a full-time job as a science teacher, my resolutions have changed somewhat for this next year.

1. Plan/write for an hour a week, if not more. Preferably a couple days a week, but at least on the weekend.

2. Workout every morning (before work), for at least 15 minutes. Preferably at least 30-35 minutes, but I can also plan to go on a walk after work when I get home.

3. Every weekend, dust/clean the house, water the plants, and fill up water bowl/hummingbird feeder.

Might add to this later

2025 Resolutions

Research
Intention: Delve deeply enough into the literature of my topic that I can rant about it to someone for 20 minutes and they will listen
Reach (notes + outlining + transcribing + writing) word count goal on 65% of days (anticipating some days will involve non-word-count work that is harder to measure)
Intention: Learn how to interview people (ask to practice early in the year)
Intention: Learn how to use recording equipment (ask to practice early in the year)
Visit relevant location at least 1x a week

Personal Development
Skim/ partially read 10 non-fiction books: skim about one a month, with two months of skipping
Finish 12 fiction, poetry or other books: finish at least one a month
Go to 30 non-compulsory gatherings/events/opportunities
Learn to sew - spend 1 hour fortnightly trying to mend things
Adjust this list of resolutions in April, in July and in October

Health
Have quiet time in a green space 1x a month
Do 30 minutes of cardio 3x a week
Reflective journaling 1x a week
Practice visualisations again until I have 5 or so that I can rotate

Work
Intention: Develop my communication skills and resilience: learn by observing senior colleagues and also putting it into practice
Reflect on my work experiences within my reflective journaling practice

Language Learning
Develop NZSL skills: practice on my own for 15 minutes on Friday nights

YWS
Get my next blue review star
Keep Squills running throughout the year
Intention: Get more YWSers to engage with Squills (goal: aim for 9 or more guest articles)
Write 7 Poetry Windows columns
Win one of the social/ comment-based badges in NaPo

Writing
Put together a small collection of short poems
Draft 50 poems for Project Vows
Alternate between personal writing days and ‘public’ writing days

Social
Run and complete an RPG campaign with my friends
Catch up with old friends / friends I seldom see x 3
Intention: ask people more questions and listen

HOBBIES
Practice Every Musical Instrument Regularly
Finish a Crochet Project
Read 3 Books (audio or paper)
Make SERIOUS progress on poetry project
Submit 12 Poems
Complete a scrapbooking project
Continue to be active on YWS
plant some things outside

GROWTH
Write / Learn a New Song
Exercise when the weather is nice
Get SOMETHING PUBLISHED
Meet more regularly w/ friends
Run a YWS Event
Use all my continuing ed time
Take a class of some sort

ADVENTURE
Visit my mom + dad + sister
Visit a Gordon Ramsay restaurant
Visit a Family Tree location of interest

VAGUE / LIFESTYLE
~ BE CALM / BE FAITHFUL / BE OPTIMISTIC / BE GROWING / BE AMBITIOUS ~


2024 LINK

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Writing Goals
~ NO * 1 Poem every week
~ NO* 1 Squills article every month
~ close enough-kinda * 30 Poems in April
~ NO* Update 24in24 log once a month
~ NO* Finish Monthly Musings AND Print personal copy
~ NO* Finish Another Poetry Project
~ NO* Submit a Poem to publication contests monthly
~ close enough-kinda * Get 1 Poem Published
~ COMPLETED* Assist in getting at least 2 COOP Editions Completed
~ COMPLETED* Write at least one more KB article
~ close enough-kinda * Run at least one YWS workshop

Work Goals
~ close enough-kinda * Run "an event" with 100+ people in attendance
~ COMPLETED* Run two studies during the year
~ COMPLETED* Make some progress on beautifying the gathering area
~ NO * Use all continuing ed time off
~ COMPLETED* Publish some academic writing or another newspaper article?

Life Goals
COMPLETED* GET MARRIED
COMPLETED* GET HOUSE
COMPLETED* DON'T STRESS ABOUT TAXES OR WEDDING TOO TERRIBLY MUCH