For some reason, I am not feeling too motivated to do much this month. Starting to feel a little bit of burnout. Setting small goals that I can easily achieve.
- Read 7 books
- Run 30 miles
- Run in Orlando, Fl
- $400 grocery budget
- Get my taxes done
January 2024 Goals Recap
- Read 5 books * I read 6 books
- Run 30 miles * Finally reached my running goal
- Universal Studios to celebrate my daughter’s birthday and my birthday x Didn’t get to go
- Save $100 for Orlando trip in February x Didn’t get to do this
- Disneyland/DCA trip to celebrate my daughter’s birthday and my birthday *Went for a few hours
2024 Goals and Bucket List
Here are some goals and bucket list items for 2024. Some are easy to achieve and some will take a little more work.
Personal
- Read 50 books
- Write a book
- Learn how to make bread from scratch
- Go on 5 hikes
Family
- Trip to San Diego with Selena
- LA County Fair
- OC Fair
Fitness
- Run 250 miles
- Run full marathon under 6 hours
- Run a half marathon under 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Run a 10k in under 1 hour
- Run a 5k in under 30 minutes
Business
- 1,000 Athena Rose Instagram subscribers
- 500 Selena Sweets Instagram subscribers
Travel
- Visit Disney World
- Las Vegas
- Christmas in Solvang
Financial
- Pay off Target CC
- Pay off Capitol One CC
- Pay off Chase 1 CC
- Pay off Chase 2 CC
- Pay off Amazon CC
- Pay off Walmart
- Save $3,000
YouTube
- Have 1,000 followers
- Monetize my YouTube channel
Things I Don’t Own as a Minimalist
I am not 100% a minimalist, but I started my decluttering journey exactly two years ago, in 2022. I am a work in progress and my end goal is to be minimalish, not 100% minimalist, but as much as I can be. One thing I know I won’t be minimalist in is books, I love my books and have somewhere between 600-800 books and don’t plan to declutter them any time soon. Luckily my books don’t take up much space.
I do plan to be more minimalist when it comes to my family’s clothing and shoes. I live in a small one bedroom apartment with my 4 year old daughter. I have given away so much clothes in the last two years and plan to go through our clothes once again this month.
One major thing that I don’t own as someone on the minimalist journey is a tv. Almost everyone I know owns at least one tv, many of them own 2-3 tvs. I choose not to own a tv because I feel like it would look too clutered in my home. I also own a laptop and can use that for entertainment if I want to watch YouTube or a streaming service. My mom gave me her screen projector which we use to watch movies.
Another thing I don’t own is a microwave. In the 7 months that I’ve lived in my home, I havem’t felt like I am missing out on not owning a microwave. I feel like it would be too much clutter as well. I know if I bought a microwave I would end up buying more freezer meals and I know they’re convenient, but I would rather make my meals from scratch.
Those are the two major things I don’t own. I plan to go through my kitchen and see if there’s anything I can declutter, such as extra plates and kitchen appliances that I rarely use.
2023 Goals and Bucket List Recap
Here’s how I did with my 2023 goals. Spoiler alert, I didn’t accomplish most of them.
Travel
- Weekend in San Diego x Didn’t get to go to San Diego
- Trip to Las Vegas x Didn’t go to Las Vegas either
Fitness
- Run 200 miles x Only ran 133 miles
- Run half marathon under 2.5 hours x Got close, but didn’t reach this
- Run 10k under 1 hour x Got close
- Run 5k under 30 minutes x Almost did this
- Run full marathon under 6 hours x Not even close
Personal/Family
- Read 50 books * Easy goal, read a little over 100
- Get my own place * Finally got my own place, I’ve been living there 7 months now
- Go on 5 hikes x Didn’t do a single hike
- Make bread from scratch x Nope
- Publish 1 book x Nope
Business/Financial
- Emergency fund $3,000 x Nope
- Pay off Dentist CC * Did this
- Pay off Target CC x Very close
- Pay off Walmart CC X Nope
- Pay off Capitol One X Nope
- Pay off Chase 1 X Nope
- Pay off Chase 2 X Nope
- Pay off Amazon CC x Nope
- Become monetised on YouTube x Nope
- Reach 1,000 followers on Instagram x Nope
- Reach 1,000 followers on TikTok x Nope
Out of my 23 goals, I ended up only accomplishing 3 goals. Maybe 2024 will be better.
