It took me a long time to figure out my goals in the beginning of 2020. Looking back I liked the why that I I separated them into areas of my life. Many of the goals were ones I had been ones I worked on before or variations of older goals.
In the mid year, I went over them again and marked where I was in the goals at the time. After ruminating on that for a while, I made some additional goals for the end of the year.
Now I want to reinspect them. I’m curious to see how the orginal goals progressed an the end of the years. I also know that I didn’t revisit the later mid year goals I had set. Let’s take a look.
Creation Over Consumption - I’m not sure if I’ve created too much so far this year, but I have had more time to create and relax and let my brain work towards a creative direction. - I think I’m ready to modify this goal in the new year, but I do think I made strides in this in the end of the year, especially starting Mad Cat Quilts BookTube!
Be More Self Sustainable - Overall, all the progress I made in there goals was halted when I was back to work more full time and as Summer progressed. In the Fall, it was still hectic trying to transition out of my job. Below are a few notes in specific goals.
Live slow -Lockdown was great to reassert this goal!
Forage more - Another happy circumstances of lockdown was no shopping, foraging was the only option.
Grow more food -Our garden is huge!
Build a greenhouse - Almost done! - More on this in the Mid Year Goals.
Cook more - I have been cooking more and we have been eating better than ever!
Beach more - In the beginning of lockdown, it was easy to walk to the beach just about everyday. Now that the Summer tourists are here, and not following social distancing rules, we have pretty much stopped going to the beach. While that is sad, I’m excited for Sept, when we can go often again.
Cat health - Quarantine was an amazing time to get to spend with our cats. Being home all the time really allowed us quality time and enabled us to focus on cat health. - We had high highs and low lows this year. If nothing else, 2021 should be a little calmer on the cat front.
Work less - Wow! Now I need to figure out a way to do that all the time.
Spend less - Yes!
House Projects -We haven’t made much headway on any house projects so far this year. Perhaps that’s something to focus on for the rest of 2020? - This mid year assessment held true for all these things.
Kitchen
Basement
Woodstove - I still really want this as a goal. We need to get a new roof, so it makes sense to get a wood stove installed before then.
Piano
Clean and reduce
Travel and Explore - Well, this is where covid 19 got in the way of our plans instead of helped them. We have not been able to travel and explore too much this year. There are a lot of changes that we have adopted during this time that we want to keep, but being able to travel is something we want to take up again. Travel in the next few years might look quite different but we will see as we go. - Yep, travel is on hold…. I have some ideas for small travels in 2021.
Explore where to have a vacation house
Johnson family trip
Bermuda
NOLA
Read 1 Book per Month -I totally nailed this goal this year! - What an amazing year for me and reading, I can’t even begin to explain how happy I am about it. At the time of this goals check in I’ve read 58 books this year.
Shroud for a Nightingale - This book was read.
Salt -On my list
Magical Herbalism - Yep, and I’ve read 18 other books this year so far.
Exercise - Lockdown was great for walking and health, but afterwards things fell down a bit. I am excitied to build habits that last in the beginning of 2021.
Walk - Such a good year for this so far!
Swim - This is something that I would still like to explore, but the virus has put a damper on seeking it out.
Stretch - This might be the only goal on the list that I wish I had done better on.
Health and supplements
And here are the mid year goals I wanted to focus on:
Reduce Work, Increase Creativity - My immediate thought is that this didn’t happen, but when I think about it more, I really did. I can’t wait to expand this even more in 2021.
I’m working on some long term creative plans. I would like to know, even when I’m stressed with work, my creative endeavors are not the only things that suffer.
Continue to Read a Book a Week - Done and dusted!
Since lockdown began, reading has been a great joy.
Clean and Declutter - Slowly but surely chipping away at this one, in the last few weeks, I’ve felt it’s on the upswing.
Being home a lot makes me think we need less things.
Finish the Greenhouse -Done!
Gotta get that greenhouse ready for Winter.
Focus on Family and Cats - I do think we did this. For family, it’s been tough, as we have mostly been sequestered. In the time of Covid, not seeing your family is taking care of them. For pets, we had a great loss in the second half of the year and are still feeling the effects (if anyone knows a pet grief counselor, send them my way). But we have new joys too and cat family is always a priority.
There could always be more of this.
Get Back to Sewing - I see-sawed on this goal. I’m hoping to do more in 2021
I’m hesitent to say i’ve restarted, but I’ve restarted.
Incorporate Stretching into Daily Life - Still can’t make this a daily routine, but maybe 2021 is my year.
I really feel that this will be important for my future.
Mental Health -Hhmmmm, I forgot about this one. I should get back on it.
I made some strides in this in the beginning of the year, but I want to keep up the momentum if possible.
OK, informative and interesting as always! Let me ruminate on these so I can set some goals and make some habits in 2021!!
How did your goals look in 2020?