2024 was a transformational year.
I definitely went into a chrysalis in the Spring, and emerged like a soggy butterfly by Autumn. My writing took a large brunt of the hibernation, and I’m not rushing to get it back up and running for 2025. This year is about regaining my balance, however that ends up looking.
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Reflecting on 2024:
Intuition: 2/3 goals achieved.
i. Read 6 books (& Take Notes): – I completed 4 books this year – reading is something I am focusing on for 2025. But officially, I did managed 66% of this one.
ii. Continue Weekly Therapy: – I count this as a full 100% win. I attended 105 sessions over 28 months, and am really exploring life without therapy, as my mental health has been fragile since the year I moved in with my now-ex-partner. It’s so nice to have *me* back after a decade of living in that trauma.
iii. Return to Daily Journaling : – I think I did this enough to count it a success, although it wasn’t exactly 365 days of the year. I feel I used it as needed.
Creation: 1/2 goals completed.
iv. Track Fiction Wordcount: – I technically did this, but that’s because I wrote a total of 2,577 fiction words in 2024. And only 330 of them weren’t poetry/songs written for catharsis. Yup. Me, who used to write 100k-150k a year without issue only wrote 330 words this past 12 months. Oof. What a realisation. So let’s count this 50% because I did definitely ‘track’ them…
v. Weekly Integration: – I’d say I managed this one about 50% too – I have a clear place for my notes which I can access to review them, although I’m not sure I’ve saved half of what I’d planned to in there.
Stabilisation: 2.5/3 goals done.
vi. Build on my Healthy Habits: – I continued my intermittent fasting for 16 hours overall [344/365 days], so this is a pure tick.
vii. Movement 3x a Week: – This I didn’t manage 3x a week, but I have learned a lot about how to make this one realistic, especially in the winter, I’m saying this is about 66% done.
viii. Create a Cleaning Routine: – Another variable one, but I did definitely build up a routine – even if I didn’t quite do it 100%, I did create and manage a lot of it with help from friends and family.
Connection: 3/3 achieved!
ix. Socialise Monthly With Friends: – I got pretty good with this in 2024, thanks to 5 months off work and socially prescribed treatments by my ANP, and friends actively inviting themselves over when I was struggling. <3
x. About Reinvention and Creativity: – I got much better at connecting – I sent 19 email newsletters not 26, but it beat 13 in 2023. I recorded a couple of episodes for the podcast and then got a new microphone for Yule.
xi. Access Nature: – I did pretty well at this one until the end of the year. I think I can tick this off, even if I didn’t quite manage every single planned outing, I was outside a TON this year, and it’s staying on my list for 2025.
Integration: 1/3 goals achieved.
xii. Build on Skills: – I did not complete either of the two courses I really wanted to in 2024. I passed 365 days of daily Duolingo in July and am still on a streak come January 2025. Thus I guess I managed 33% of this goal as I did complete a Certificate in Counselling Skills and release a new course in my business.
That’s 9.5/14 which is really not bad in my opinion 🙂
How many of us can say we achieve 68% of our goals?
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The Year’s TA-DA List:
– Visited Avebury, Woodhenge, the Hawk Conservancy.– Separated from my old partner, although stayed friends.
– Switched up my medication.
– Saw my Best Friend get married to her Best Friend. <3
– Attended an Equine-Assisted-Learning course.
– Took courses on befriending myself and connecting with my inner child.
– Took an active speaking part in 3 Druid ceremonies.
– Asked my now-girlfriend out. Met each other’s Parents.
– Saw 30 Seconds to Mars (again!)
– Completed a Certificate in Counselling Skills.
– Attended a ‘Wild Day out with Wolves.’
– Met some US Friends I hadn’t met before when they came to England.
– Smoke and my Granddad passed away in the same 24-hour-period.
– Finished weekly therapy.
– Managed 4 bouts of G.I. Stasis (2 for Bramble and 2 for Hawthorn.)
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Publications This Year:
- I published 3 Medium articles in 2024.
- I wrote 19 newsletters, which you can sign-up to here.
- I wrote 15 posts on my Patreon.
- I published a workbook for managing Creative Fears and my Managing A Full Mind ecourse.
- My short story “Ready for Combat” was published in FLAG: Vol 2 in November.
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So, 2025… What Do You Hold In Store?
My word for 2025 is “exhale…”
I’m keeping my goals a bit more structured, but also simpler for 2025.
Inhale. (Practical Steps)
* 1x a month – Declutter / Explore Options to Move – I currently live in sub-optimal housing and would love the bunnies to have their own room. I need to go through the stuff from my old home and downsize a bit.
* 2x a week – Complete Courses (EJL1, Core100, NP) – Some of these were started at the end of 2024, and some have been on my list a while. I’m booking in time each week to get these done.
Pause. (Grounding)
* 2x a week – Meditate for a minimum of 3 minutes each time.
* 1x a week – Rest night (read/write fiction or watch Youtube/Twitch) – Currently pencilled in for Thursdays in lieu of my therapy.
* 7x a week – Skincare routine AM and PM
Express. (Physical Health)
* 3x a week – Move my body (Staff, Shivanata, Archery, Yoga, Walk, NFA.)
* 6x a week – Continue Intermittent Fasting (16 hours.)
* 5x a week – Eat only healthy breakfasts (No junk before midday.)
Speak Up & Sing. (Creativity)
* 1x a week – Connect with people (Patreon/Podcast/Newsletter.)
* 1x a week – Commune with Friends and/or Nature.
Stretch Goals:
* 5x a week – Eat only healthy lunches.
* 2x a week – Rest Nights a week.
* 1x a week – Work on OBDO course.