Each year at about this time I mentally close off to the year that was...in this case 2024. It's a conscious thought that comes after a few weeks of reviewing and measuring what I've achieved against the goals I set for the year. Part of that is looking into the next year to see what may be possible, what I want or need to achieve, and setting goals with plans attached for the upcoming year and I'm now complete and I'm feeling good about what has been and what is to come.
That said, there were goals I've not achieved for 2024, some of them remain completely undone and some are partially met; I set my goals high so I'm not altogether dissatisfied, although there's always a little disappointment in not having attained my yearly goals.
I'm reluctant to open up too much about it all but can divulge a couple; I set this topic in the #weekend-engagement topics for this weekend, link to it here and while I usually don't join in on my own concept figured I'd give it a crack.
One of my major goals this year was to make a change of profession which I achieved. It wasn't easy of course, but it needed to happen and was worth the effort I had to go to. I've been rather content since then and even though I desperately needed some time off (which I'm enjoying right now) I'm looking forward to getting back to it for 2025 so that I can push on with my master plan. So...job done.
A second goal for the year was that I wanted to get my master plan down on paper, Excel spreadsheets to be more accurate. I used the year to gather information and do research around exiting the workforce and while extremely complex I've managed to put together the vision, some goals and plans that will take place over the coming years and have plotted the journey out. My plan (goal) is to exit the workforce many years ahead of the government stipulated "retirement age" and to gain back time, my life, well before I fucken die. I'm really chuffed to say that the goals (quite a few within this overall goal) were ticked off so...job done.
I've had a few failures in 2024, not huge ones, just minor goals that time and circumstances didn't permit me to get to or complete. Some will carry over to 2025 and some will fall by the wayside as unimportant. I think it's really critical to know what really needs doing and, if something doesn't hold value, to have the flexibility to pivot away to something more relevant or important; wasting time with the unimportant things is a waste of life.
So that's about it...a few failures or changes of direction and some major things ticked off as job done; overall it was a productive, if somewhat lifechanging, year and I get the impression, based on my goals for the coming year, that 2025 will be similar.
How about you?
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