Today we turn the calendar to January 2025. For many of us, it’s the end of our holiday vacation and we’re headed back to work tomorrow. I’ve had a nice, long, not at all fun vacation but the pain from my dental surgery is mostly gone and I’m grateful.
Today, I start my January No Spend Challenge and couldn’t be more excited for the personal growth and good things that will come from this. I have referred to this a lot lately and will talk about it in depth tomorrow if you’re interested.
This month I will also begin planning my 2025 adventures. After all, having something to look forward to is a key to happiness and having adventures to anticipate is one of the happiest things in my world. Some of those adventures will be close to home and others a little further flung. I did less than normal in 2024 and I’m sure that’s partly due to a lack of planning. I won’t make that mistake again.
Today I will start working on my January goals. I set new goals every month and they tend to be related to a theme. Mine are mostly connected to my No Spend Month and help to support that endeavor.
But first, I will spend much of today relaxing and reading. I struggled to read last year but seem to have gotten my groove back in the last few days. Here’s hoping that can translate to lots of reading for all of 2025! I have a backlog of good books collected last year so I need to get busy.
Friends, today is the first day of the rest of your life. Whether you spend it reading or adventuring or just muddling through, I hope you make it a good one. You get just one life to live. For some, that’s almost too much to endure while it’s not nearly enough for others. Let’s pack our days with the things that bring us the most joy, peace and fulfillment. Let’s not waste a single moment on things that don’t matter. No one arrives at the Pearly Gates complaining that they should have worked more or spent more time arguing with their family over what they heard on the news that day.
This life, this day, this moment – it’s your adventure. Make it fun. Make it a great year.
Happy New Year! Best of luck setting good intentions and goals for January. Life is a gift that should be enjoyed!
Happy New Year! The best we can do is try!
I look forward to following your blog in the coming year and reading about your endeavors. Hope you have a great 2025!
Have a wonderful new year! I look forward to reading about yours as well!
Monthly goals and preplanning the year’s travels sound like excellent tactics, Brandi. We can all stand to eliminate some of the negativity in our lives. That’s my biggest goal for this year.
Enjoy that book!
I find it easier to realign my goals each month. My short attention span can manage 30 days better than 365! Ha!
Best wishes with your goals. That negativity one is hard but it’s important.
Best new year wishes!
And to you as well!!!