2017 Year in Review - Goals
Dec. 31st, 2017 05:12 pmUsually I do a check-in and post the next year's goals all at once. This year, I'm doing the check-in today and the goals for next year tomorrow or Tuesday.
Do regular life check-ins. I did two things around this: one is that I created weekly check-in sheets. The other is that I added weekly and monthly tabs to my daily goals tracking spreadsheet. I originally intended the weekly check-in sheets to be more of a reflective exercise, and then they started to feel like kind of a slog instead. Looking over the collection of them all at once, though, I think that's more about the year than about the exercise itself. Most weeks, my didn't work was one or both of (a) staying up too late and (b) being cranky - which really brought home to me how much that was not a temporary state of affairs. This is not great about my year, but super useful for thinking about 2018. I thought the weekly tab for my daily goals spreadsheet was useful as I went along, especially when I got to reflect on the ways I spent time strengthening connections each week.
Create and strengthen connections. I did so much of this! When I made a highlights list of this year, almost all of the things on it were about relationships and connections. I made new friends from one of my book clubs who I've hung out with somewhat regularly, and I really enjoyed hanging out and talking about books with both book clubs. I have a better relationship with my brother, and I had a lot of fun having dinner with my family on a regular basis. I had a really great, ongoing email thread with![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lakeeffectgirl, and I did some real sharing about myself and how I felt with my whole group of internet friends. I got to spend some quality time with my childhood best friend and her family.
Go on vacation/take time off. I took at least a few days off every quarter, which was good for me, and something I will do again in 2018. Molly and I took a vacation that was a mix of hanging out at my house and going to the beach in Monterey.
Attend to my spiritual life. Doing something inspirational every day as a goal felt more oppressive than inspirational. I made an effort to make it to the new rabbi's monthly contemplative service, which I found really inspirational and something that lit me up inside. I'm not exactly sure how to carry that concept forward, but I want to, because that feeling was one of the very best things about this year.
Make time to take in art. Oh dear. I didn't do well with this one, which I think makes it clear that it wasn't something I really, genuinely wanted to do.
Speak up. I'm still struggling with how to do this. I wrote something non-fiction every week for just a few weeks, and then dropped it. I do still want to write more non-fiction, and I've been working on doing that on DW more.
Take care of my health. I did not get the gum grafts. I did start taking melatonin before it got really hot, and it helped for much of the summer, and then I was a mess in September and October.
Do regular life check-ins. I did two things around this: one is that I created weekly check-in sheets. The other is that I added weekly and monthly tabs to my daily goals tracking spreadsheet. I originally intended the weekly check-in sheets to be more of a reflective exercise, and then they started to feel like kind of a slog instead. Looking over the collection of them all at once, though, I think that's more about the year than about the exercise itself. Most weeks, my didn't work was one or both of (a) staying up too late and (b) being cranky - which really brought home to me how much that was not a temporary state of affairs. This is not great about my year, but super useful for thinking about 2018. I thought the weekly tab for my daily goals spreadsheet was useful as I went along, especially when I got to reflect on the ways I spent time strengthening connections each week.
Create and strengthen connections. I did so much of this! When I made a highlights list of this year, almost all of the things on it were about relationships and connections. I made new friends from one of my book clubs who I've hung out with somewhat regularly, and I really enjoyed hanging out and talking about books with both book clubs. I have a better relationship with my brother, and I had a lot of fun having dinner with my family on a regular basis. I had a really great, ongoing email thread with
lakeeffectgirl, and I did some real sharing about myself and how I felt with my whole group of internet friends. I got to spend some quality time with my childhood best friend and her family.Go on vacation/take time off. I took at least a few days off every quarter, which was good for me, and something I will do again in 2018. Molly and I took a vacation that was a mix of hanging out at my house and going to the beach in Monterey.
Attend to my spiritual life. Doing something inspirational every day as a goal felt more oppressive than inspirational. I made an effort to make it to the new rabbi's monthly contemplative service, which I found really inspirational and something that lit me up inside. I'm not exactly sure how to carry that concept forward, but I want to, because that feeling was one of the very best things about this year.
Make time to take in art. Oh dear. I didn't do well with this one, which I think makes it clear that it wasn't something I really, genuinely wanted to do.
Speak up. I'm still struggling with how to do this. I wrote something non-fiction every week for just a few weeks, and then dropped it. I do still want to write more non-fiction, and I've been working on doing that on DW more.
Take care of my health. I did not get the gum grafts. I did start taking melatonin before it got really hot, and it helped for much of the summer, and then I was a mess in September and October.