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What are you all hoping to work towards for 2025? Not so much New Years Resolutions but more along your short, or long term goals.
Personally, I have 3 goals:
Focus on uni/studying, getting my placements done and ensuring I am making the right decision for a career change.
Write the next two books in the VDV series and release 3 of them (2 to be written and one already written).
Take steps and make plans to move back to Melbourne/Victoria, hopefully being able to do so by end of 2025.
I think those are great, realistic goals!!
Mine are:
re: notepad. I am always thinking up great ideas while driving or, like you, before sleep. And it's always "Ahh I'll remember it."
Do I remember it? No.
Great goals, and do-able!
I think mine are:
Saying ‘investigate’ makes it seem less scary, lol
Change is indeed scary, but you got this. If I can do it, anyone can that's for damn sure.
Try to get back down to around 100kg....currently at 110 so only need a few good shits.
Take every course or training offered through work to beef up my CV and get a permanent higher position.
Call out shitty and entitled behaviour in public more.
Have a major Xmas lunch and you'll be right under 100 lol.
Probs a second kid, hopefully without the stress of making the first. Continue to save for my dream car. Improve overall fitness (good news there is I have a very low starting point so the only way is up!)
What's the dream car?
WRX, I am a basic bro haha
Motivate some of these fatties on here to move more and eat healthier. Myself included. After I finish the tin of Danish biscuits on top of my fridge.
More travel
Support my daughter who will be doing VCE next year.
Oh VCE. Good luck to her.
Thanks. Good luck to me. She can be a nightmare at times.
I’m up for any motivation you can provide, lol (says the person who’s just had a wine to help deal with the dusting & chores)
And my kid’s also starting vce so I should add that one, too
Hahaha. Just letting you know it's pizza night tonight because it's that time of month and I don't care.
Good luck!
What kind of movement do you think will float your boat?
Strength and resistance training
Nothing wrong with a cliche being a motivation point. Healthy life is healthy life.
Try and save money
Be happier and less stressed about all aspects of my life.
Be a touch more active.
Those are admirable and definitely achievable goals!
Run a 5km.
Feel more certain about my career path by doing further study / getting work experience.
Make at least one new friend.
Make my retail job a secondary job.
Cry fewer times than I did this year!
Edit: I've noticed a lot of people wanting to start an exercise habit! Maybe we could do a daily or weekly exercise accountability thread?
I’m pretty settled in where we are now. Likely won’t be moving again. We have lived overseas and all around Australia (even Tassie!)
It’s time to stay put for a minute and looking at getting some upgrade projects around the house completed. The new cladding was just finished off today and looks great.
Laying low and avoiding drama. “ Being present “ as they say.
Where have you enjoyed living the most and the least?
Melbourne is the best and Darwin is good but it takes a special individual to embrace that small town heat for anything more than a few years.
What kind of performing do you do?
I'm a musician. So it's a split between solo stuff and playing in bands.
I sing and play guitar.
That's so awesome. Good luck with it. I hope you do take the plunge and do more.
I really appreciate it. Since I got into corporate work, balancing art and work life has been difficult.
I totally get that. It's hard to make time for the things we love to do.
Many others that I hope will follow on from that.