New Year's Resolutions Check In

[ysabetwordsmith]

We made it to the end of February! \o/ If you have completed any of your short-term goals or subgoals, and/or you're still chugging away at your ongoing goals, then pat yourself on the back. You worked hard for that. About 95% of New Year's resolutions crash and burn before the end of January. If you're still going, you have beaten the odds!

This year I'm trying something new, continuing to track goals at the end of each month. So far it seems to be helping, so that's encouraging. I'm looking at my goal list more often and trying to keep ticking off more of them.

These are the previous check in posts:
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 4
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 10
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 17
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 24
New Year's Resolutions Check In January 31

For more ideas on New Year's resolutions in this community, see:

2025 New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals

New Year's Resolutions for 2025

Signup Post: Accountability Buddies in 2025 (1 seeker)

Our most popular challenge is:

Signup Post: Fannish 50 in 2025 (52 participants)

marchmetamatterschallenge is now open with the first check-in post up.  See that post for details on how to participate.  Let's save some meta!


Your Resolutions

Some people prefer to set goals in February instead of January, which is fine. It's a short month so it's easier to get through. It's after the holiday crush too. If you set goals in February, you can share a link to your new list.

Other folks are working on their New Year's resolutions from January. Find ways to keep going. What progress have you made?

Did you set any outdoor goals? It's easy to overlook those in December-January when the weather is frigid. Now that spring is around the corner, check to see if you have goals for gardening, yardwork, nature trips, etc. If not, you might want to set some goals now. Spring cleaning is another good topic to check. Here are some ideas on setting monthly goals.

Do you count New Year in March?  Multiple cultures do this, often on or around the Spring Equinox.  If so, you might like to set your New Year's resolutions on that occasion.


Explore some ideas for the month ahead ...

8 Useful Monthly Goals for March

How Not to Fail the 1000 Hours Outside Challenge

March Goal Setting: How To Make Goals You'll Actually Stick To

March Moodboard + Monthly Goals

Powerful Tasks for Your March Gardening To Do List

Comments

[smallhobbit]

Looking at the first 9 of my 25 in 2025, 3 are completed and the remaining 6 are all progressing, with 3 more due to be finished this month.

Wow!

[ysabetwordsmith]

You're going fast!

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

See my goals for 2025 here.

A detailed list of my accomplishments is here.

Completed: 14 previous + 6 new = 20 total

Begun: 24 previous + 2 new - 0 completed = 26 in progress and 3 completed
(most of these cannot be finished quickly)

[mythicmistress]

I'm 0 for 50 on my Fannish 50 posting...

Is it too late to expand my theming? I'm struggling to come up with posts. (Then again, I'm probably just overthinking things...)

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I'm 0 for 50 on my Fannish 50 posting... <<

That happens to a lot of people. This is the month of marchmetamatterschallenge so you might be able to find support or inspiration there.

>> Is it too late to expand my theming? <<

It is not too late. You can always adjust a goal if your first attempt isn't working as you hoped.

>> I'm struggling to come up with posts. (Then again, I'm probably just overthinking things...) <<

Browse through the signup post, where there are many ideas that might help nudge your muse.

[matsushima]

Thank you for the reminder! I didn't set specific goals but I'm doing a monthly <a href="https://matsushima.dreamwidth.org/433939.html>qualitative self care assessment</a> (locked - but I'm open to adding).

Go you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

That's totally fine. Do what works for you. Congratulations on keeping up with that.