New Year's Resolutions Check In

[ysabetwordsmith]

We made it to the end of April! \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. We've also gotten through the secdond month of spring. If you're doing seasonal goals, you may have finished the first of your spring ones and/or be looking ahead to the summer batch.

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
New Year's Resolutions Check In February 28
New Year's Resolutions Check In March 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)


Three Weeks for Dreamwidth is running April 25-May 15. What posts are you making only to Dreamwidth during this time? What are your Three Weeks goals?  See this community's introduction post for Three Weeks and the first of the goal-setting framework posts.




Your Resolutions

Many people like to make their resolutions in April. Others refresh their goals.

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 has sprung in the Northern Hemisphere, 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.


Explore some ideas for the month ahead ...

8 Ways to Create Summer Structure for Your Child

150+ Achievable Monthly Goal Ideas to Improve Your Life

Gardening Tasks To Do in May

How I Plan for Summer

How Not to Fail the 1000 Hours Outside Challenge

How to Plan a Vacation (with Pictures) -- wikiHow

A Just-Structured-Enough Summer Schedule For Kids

May House Cleaning Checklist: Keeping Your Home Fresh and Organized

May Nature Calendar: 31 Days of Nature Activities
 

Comments

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

See my goals for 2025 here.

A detailed list of my accomplishments is here.

Completed: 25 previous + 2 new = 27 total
Bee plants in prairie garden completed
Street fair completed

Begun: 27 previous + 2 new - 1 completed = 26 in progress and 7 completed
(most of these cannot be finished quickly)
Began Three Weeks for Dreamwidth.
Began sewing projects.

[smallhobbit]

As someone who sets their annual goals in April, mine are here and I've also set the next 6 things for 25 things in 2025 here

Go you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm delighted to see variety in when people set their goals. :D

Re: Go you!

[smallhobbit]

I think if I want have successful goals then they need to fit in with my life.

Re: Go you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Absolutely.

I've spent decades working on my goal setup, and I'm still discovering new things that make it work better.