I shared my word of the year for 2023 on my most recent post. My word of the year is Space and I designed my goals around that word. I choose 3 goals for the year – space for living, space for love, and space for legacy. These aren’t giant finish line goals for the most part, but regular habits or rhythms I think will be important to focus on in order to cultivate more intentionality in my goals.
Space for Living
Space / Home
- Doing my third round of the contentment challenge in Q1
- Donation pickup 2x a year
- Powerwash the house
- Organize the Garage
- Create a space for both Teddy and I have to have our own space
Finances
- Focus on continued margin in finances
- Grow investments
- Savings toward future goals
Recreation
- Spend time outdoors and camp
- Visit at least 1 new state and National Park
- Quarterly retreat for rest and relaxation with Teddy
Personal Growth
- Quarterly space for me to write, reflect, and learn
- Quarterly focus for reading, journaling, and learning
- Document books, podcasts, and other learning
- Practice Sabbath weekly
Space for Love
Loving God
- Reading the Bible chronologically throughout the year
- Praying daily
Loving my home
- Making my office space one I enjoy spending time in and provides a space for creativity
- Schedule opportunities to share my home with others and create spaces for community
Loving my self
- Determining monthly fitness focuses – running, peloton, hiking, ect.
- Focus on healthy routines including sleep, food, and my morning and evening routines
- Weekly planning
Loving others
- Continued training for Remington
- Being fully present without distractions on a phone
- Continue to host and participate in bible study group
- Date night with Teddy weekly
- Daily prayer with Teddy
Space for Legacy
- Continue to add to my commonplace book
- Write more intentional blogs on learning and reflection
- Make blog adjustments with a legacy focus
- Continue writing project
This isn’t an exhaustive list of my goals for the year but gives you an idea of what that looks like. For most of these goals, I keep a spreadsheet of each month of the year and then put in there what types of things I would be working on during that month.
For example in January, I may put something like the below. Those are the main things I want to focus on during the month. Those that are a once and done like a donation pickup or a quarterly getaway, I will schedule in my calendar and ensure they happen. The weekly items, I will also add to my calendar but weekly. Same with the daily items. While it may seem like a lot, it’s its only a few items daily, some weekly, and then a few that happen once during the month.
- Quarterly getaway with Teddy
- Schedule donation pickup
- Follow weekly running plan
- Take boxes to recycling from garage
- Read Tranquility by Tuesday
- Begin downloaded course
- Complete Powersheet tending list
- Begin Space Devotional
- Contentment Challenge
- Daily prayer with Teddy
- Weekly Date Night with Teddy
- 2 Friend Dates
This is the way I plan each month during the year. I use a paper agenda from Hustle Sanely for the year. I used the same brand last year as well. So I will plan out my month in my calendar and then will make sure toward the end of each month, I do that for the following month. Again, these are the big things I want to make sure happen. Everything else can be planned around them.
I’ll share updates on my goals throughout the year as well as an upcoming blog with a further breakdown on how I do my weekly planning. Stay tuned for those!
