Goals 2025

[Weedygarden]

Instead of resolutions, I set goals for myself. Do I always achieve them? Not always, but I do make progress.

Anyone else have some goals in mind for this year?

I have a couple goals for this coming year and may add more.
1. I am going to plant many more seedlings this year and with a friend of mine, we are planning on having seedling sales in the spring. Tomatoes, peppers, basil, cabbage, and more. I planted a lot of seedlings a couple years ago and gave them away to many people. My whole purpose was to practice for growing seedlings to sell. She and I will each have a weekend at our homes, and then we will do online sales on social media. She lives around 10 miles from me, so having different locations will help.

2. Continuation of restoration of the upper level of my entry way/stairway. It took me one summer to do the lower level, first floor a few years ago. It also involved lots of suffering with carpal tunnel, pilates classes, and chiropractor visits. Scraping walls is hard on the body. House was built 130 years ago with plaster walls, wallpapered several times, a layer of some finish was put on (about 1/8 inch thick), layers of paint, and then pieces falling off here and there. Back stairs need the same thing, upper level, but that is secondary to the front stairs.

3. Continuation of going through everything, deep cleaning, organization, purging, labeling, closets, drawers, cabinets. I made great progress last year, but I do have a ways to go.

4. Working on amending a couple garden beds and planting perennials (vegetables and edibles).

5. Adding to my notebook of my home and property. Adding sketches and drawings of measurements of things like garden beds, windows, rooms, infrastructure. It is an ongoing work in progress.

 

[d_marsh]

Buy a house / townhouse / condo in the city.

Buy some rural land / cabin / trailer / camper.

Get my life, preps, guns, etc. squared away as I feel like I have been living in a nice hotel for the last several months.

Try and reduce my awesomeness by 10-15% so other people feel better around me.

Drink more highly quality H2O.

 

[old tex]

I'm planning on installing handrails between my computer couch & my beer frig. SAFTY FIRST!!

 

[Mountain trapper]

Buy a house / townhouse / condo in the city.

Buy some rural land / cabin / trailer / camper.

Get my life, preps, guns, etc. squared away as I feel like I have been living in a nice hotel for the last several months.

Try and reduce my awesomeness by 10-15% so other people feel better around me.

Drink more highly quality H2O.

Good luck with trying to reduce your awesomeness. I've never been successful yet.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Every winter we make a couple lists of building projects and equipment purchases that we need for the following year. And make an estimated cost for these needs. It's a good way know what to expect.

 

[Pearl]

I'm planning on installing handrails between my computer couch & my beer frig. SAFTY FIRST!!

And don't open the beer until you are seated, wouldn't want you spilling any!!

 

[elkhound]

be the best version of myself i can be !!

 

[Weedygarden]

Buy some rural land / cabin / trailer / camper.

Buying land is something that has been on my list for a long time.

I had a student whose parents had land somewhere in the mountains. They bought a large camper and parked it on their land. One time they went there for the weekend and the camper was gone.

Another story that was online was similar. A family had land in the mountains. They bought a storage shed to use for a cabin. They went to their land one time and it was gone. I do think they eventually found it, just a few miles away.

 

[UserNameTaken]

My goal is... making it to 2026.

We have to decide pdq whether to stay here or go... but go where? If we stay we need to do a major reno on the house, to make it habitable in increasing extreme weather and heat. Add solar, mini-splits, more shade, a covered car port / rv port. Wife wants a guest house / art studio. All in all about $60k+ and that's doing our own work, and the comps don't support the investment.

Meantime my first major goal is taking down the Christmas lights... before July.

Have a great New Year everyone!

 

[Pearl]

I'd say clean the big storage shed, but I might bump that 'til 2026!!

 

[Pearl]

I do have a few goals! One is slowing down the summer beer drinking. That's not hard for me, just do it! I do want to get rid of clutter in the big shed. And I want to do something different with my hair!! Has to be easy!!

 

[sonya123]

my goal is to not run out of money before I reach social security age, so we need to keep better track of it , no more trips to Europe either and son needs to get a job
Plus my ongoing diet goal

 

[joel]

Add to my orchard & wood lot.
Get another Conex.

 

[Binky]

(1) - Downsizing and getting rid of a bunch of stuff that I no longer need.

(2) - Gardening is my never ending life long passion so my goal is to do more gardening and growing of new plants that are adaptable to the climate changes that are happening in my location.

 

[Mountain trapper]

My building goals so far for 2025 are:
1). Finish the new shop
2). Finish fencing about 10 acres for pasture pigs
3). Rebuild the corral by the barn
4). Put in about 2 miles of additional fencing
5). Add 2 more windows in the barn
6). Build a duck pen, complete with pond
7). Build some rabbit hutches
8). Build bbq pit
9). Tree thinning, ongoing project

That's all that's on my list for now. I'm sure I'll be adding to it. It's nice to see the list getting smaller.

 

[snappy1]

Spend as much time with DH as possible while he is still here.
Maintain weight loss.
Continue downsizing, including the shed.

 

[Morgan101]

I have never been a goal setter. I tend to take things as they come one day at a time. It has worked out so far. Life has really thrown us some curves we have had to work around.

If I had some they would be simple; maybe lose weight and improve my golf game.

 

[Amish Heart]

Spend as much time with DH as possible while he is still here.
Maintain weight loss.
Continue downsizing, including the shed.

Ditto all that, except I need to start the weight loss.

 

[old tex]

I do have a few goals! One is slowing down the summer beer drinking. That's not hard for me, just do it! I do want to get rid of clutter in the big shed. And I want to do something different with my hair!! Has to be easy!!

The best way to cut down beer drinking is to not keep it around. I'd be happy to store it for you. I've got somewhere that I'm sure will keep it from spoiling. (burp).

 

[Pearl]

The best way to cut down beer drinking is to not keep it around. I'd be happy to store it for you. I've got somewhere that I'm sure will keep it from spoiling. (burp).

That's the problem, it doesn't stay around

 

[Bacpacker]

Top two are to complete my cardiac rehab and to get back to work.
Everything on top of those are icing on the cake. Lots planned, but will take that as they come

 

[RJ2019]

1. Finish my degree
2. Get another job
3. ???

 

[Weedygarden]

Not even 2025 and I am getting stuff done. I realized yesterday that I need to get rid of or replace a couch, three stuffed chairs, a dining room table, an ornately carved trunk, and an antique cabinet that I had used for shoe storage.

I do have a goal of getting myself a piano, a used Spinet. The guy who owned the twin house to mine had one and when I saw where he had put it, the idea of putting one there hasn't quit.

 

[teeceetx]

And don't open the beer until you are seated, wouldn't want you spilling any!!

Or just install a mini keg in a small fridge next to your couch/chair, so there is no need to get up!

 

[Pearl]

Not even 2025 and I am getting stuff done. I realized yesterday that I need to get rid of or replace a couch, three stuffed chairs, a dining room table, an ornately carved trunk, and an antique cabinet that I had used for shoe storage.

I do have a goal of getting myself a piano, a used Spinet. The guy who owned the twin house to mine had one and when I saw where he had put it, the idea of putting one there hasn't quit.

I reorganized my prepping room, did inventory, and I'm almost done cleaning the pantry! Pearl is killing it this morning (now afternoon)!!! @Weedygarden , sometimes just looking ang knowing what needs to be done is a good kick into gear!!

 

[Mountain trapper]

Just added one more thing to my 2025 list. I need to build a parking building for my tractor. It will need to be 16'×24'. Not really sure where to build it yet. It will need to have power for the engine heater and battery charger.

 

[Weedygarden]

I reorganized my prepping room, did inventory, and I'm almost done cleaning the pantry! Pearl is killing it this morning (now afternoon)!!! @Weedygarden , sometimes just looking ang knowing what needs to be done is a good kick into gear!!

I agree. Once I get started sometimes, it gets to be a bigger project than I even considered. I am now considering getting rid of even more furniture.

 

[Weedygarden]

This isn't mine. Someone I know shared this, and since I know him, and know somethings about him, it brought tears to my eyes. He is a Columbine survivor. Years ago he told me that he breaks out in a sweat even just talking about Columbine. When we experience things that are traumatic, we don't just get over them. They are with us the rest of our lives. Anything else in our lives that isn't or hasn't been good, gets caught up in the trauma. I'm glad to see that after all of this time, he is seeking recovery and healing relationships. I do know that he has been in therapy for a few years, but not the whole time since Columbine. He went to Columbine a couple years ago on April 20, the anniversary of the event, hugged the former principal and cried like a baby.


"This is a long post and not worth the read.
I wrote a lot of New Year’s resolutions down at the start of 2024 and I completed a few of them. In 2023 I was coming out of a long depressive episode, feeling broken inside in a lot of ways and I wanted to fix it. One of the things I didn’t have on my radar to be fixed was seeing my dad again. It has been about 6 years since I had seen him and to be honest I didn’t really feel the need to see him again because we had a rough relationship since I was a child. But I kept having vivid dreams/nightmares of him and felt like I was being called to go see him and try to mend the relationship.
We met at Olive Garden and had a lot of hard uncomfortable conversations while being surrounded by mushy pasta and curious ears. I let him know I love him and I forgive him and I’m sorry for being a pain in the ass son. We listened to his stories of his childhood abuse and it showed me how he’s just a broken little boy wanting to be loved too. It made me sad while encouraging me to keep healing so I don’t lash my insecurities out on others.
It was odd sitting across from an 85 year old man who terrified me my entire life and finally seeing him as he is. Maybe he was just a broken little boy who needed to be loved but only knew anger. So while he’s still here I’m gonna try to show him love. I don’t really know what it looks like, but I’ll try.
My 2024 summed up would be the prison route. I got sober, found God and fell in love with the Bible, started a weekly gym routine and gained 20 lbs, spent time in nature with boards under my feet, got chickens and planted a garden, was kinder to people and I’m feeling my curmudgeon heart soften.
I think my biggest take away is we are all broken humans needing grace and forgiveness. So I’m gonna start 2025 with more grace and forgiveness. Starting with the people that drive slow in the fast lane, psych, I can never forgive them."