so it's 2024..
happy new year!
happy 2024:)
it honestly doesn't feel like a new year to me.
but that's kind of the reality, january 1st is just the day that comes after december 31st, and fundamentally nothing really changes except the date.
don't get me wrong, i enjoy counting down and celebrating when the clock turns 12, but i noticed that i tend to put a lot of pressure on myself with big new year's resolutions, and get frustrated when i can't accomplish the goals i've set.
so from now on, i want to try to just think of january 1st as kind of a checkpoint, and set smaller goals as well as some over-arching ones, but never ones that i feel aren't feasible or ones that may be anxiety-inducing.
for example, the past two or three years, i set a goal to journal every day.
but doing something every day is harder than it seems, and sometimes i didn't have anything to write because i just stayed in bed all day.
slowly but surely i started to journal less and less and at the end of the year i was always disappointed in myself for it.
so here are my goals for the year:
- read at least 1 book
- finish at least 1 programming project
- get a new job
- take more pictures with friends
- watch at least 1 graphic design tutorial/course video
- keep going to the gym
- survive
i kept everything at one because those are definitely more achievable goals, and once i achieve one goal by doing just one thing, the sense of accomplishment will help boost my self-esteem. hopefully.
and once i achieve a goal, i can build upon it and make another one!
no one said you can't do that!
anyways, i hope 2024 is kind to us all, and that it's a year filled with good things.