As we near the end of 2018 I thought it would be a good time to take a look back at the goals I set for myself at the beginning of the year and see where I’m at.

Are there still goals I want to complete, are there goals that won’t serve me and I can ignore? How can my list influence 2019?

Today we’re just going to focus on my personal goals.

So, here they are:

[ ] learn to play a song on my ukulele

[x] participate in a race

[ ] keep all of my receipts

[ ] pay off my student loans

[ ] hang out with family/friends once a week

[ ] produce less waste/buy less plastic

At the moment the only one I have crossed off is participate in a race. I’ve actually done a few. I ran a 15k in San Francisco, a half marathon here in Des Moines and just did a sprint triathlon in Texas.

But…

There are quite a few others that are more of a ongoing goal than a one time thing.

For example, I’ve been keeping all my receipts in a manilla envelope in my desk, so I’ll be able to check that one off.

I usually stop to stay hi to my mom at her work on my way to or from either the coffee shop or library. I try to get down and see my sister usually every other week. We’ve been hanging out with Michael’s family as well. Friends have been a bit harder because we all have different, demanding schedules, but we make a good effort towards it.

And buying less plastic and producing less waste is definitely an ongoing goal I’m working towards. I will probably check it off, but it’s not like a concrete thing you know.

I won’t have my loans paid off by the end of the year, but I’m making monthly progress towards it. I’m below the $5000 mark, which feels great and I’d love to get down to the $4000 mark by the end of the year.

And I still have yet to learn how to play a song on my ukulele but there are still three months left to complete that. I’ll pull it out every now and then, pluck at it, and put it back.

So my list will probably look more like this (at the end of the year)

[ ] learn to play a song on my ukulele

[x] participate in a race

[x] keep all of my receipts

[ ] pay off my student loans

[x] hang out with family/friends once a week

[x] produce less waste/buy less plastic

Ok, so next year. I don’t have any concrete goals, yet.

I’ll have "do a race” again, because I feel like that’s a good goal, and one I can check off.

I’ll put something to do with my loans on there, whether I decide I want to try and pay off the last bit or whatever.

As for the rest of them I’ll definitely need to brainstorm what I want. And it also depends on what the rest of this year bring me and inspires me to do.

What are some of your goals this year, and have you hit them yet?