2025 Goals Recap

 What a year it was, by the way! Nick graduating, college starting, both M & I finding new jobs, Sam swapping colleges, and lots of other adventures & misadventures along the way. So grateful for the many amazing moments along the way. 

Here's how I did with my goals for the year!

Financial:

• Continue to pay for both boys college expenses - Yes!
• Get a new job - Yes!
• Earn $3000 in side hustle - Yes, $8937
• Stay on top of food waste by doing monthly pantry or freezer challenges - generally did pretty well. Produce tends to sneak up on me if I'm not careful. 
• Once I get a new job, figure out a revised savings target. - Maxed out 401Ks, HSA & to put money in the boys 529s up to the corporate match

Family:

• Both boys successfully in college - yes, and they are both enjoying the experience they've chosen 
• Optimize points, perks & miles for travel. Track value over the year. - yes, and saved a ton. Our BA flights actually got cancelled, so I'm now dropping this to the revised total (I had to pay to book with United). We will use the BA miles another time! - Saved/redeemed $19,437 worth of value for the year. 
• Plan & have two fantastic trips to Europe - ah, 2025 started out with some big dreams! But, life and all of that. Instead, we will be doing New Zealand in February and Greece in June of 2026. 
• Figure out/plan for remodel - this is on pause, as we are both super busy with work.
• Enjoy Nick's senior year - yes, we got so much fabulous time with Nick & his friends. No regrets!

Fitness:

• Lose 10 lbs - I gained five pounds this year, so definitely not the direction I wanted to go
• Strength train 100 days - 152
• No S diet 150 days - 85
• Average 12,000 steps/day -12,323
• Meditate 100 times - I stopped about midway through the year, but did 38 meditations 
• Try a new workout - I tried a couple of new workout templates (strength & treadmill) & started spending a lot of time experimenting with hiking harder terrain, longer distances & prepping for our trip. 

Personal:

• Language lessons 100 times - I stopped after we decided not to go to Spain, and completed 31 language classes. 
• Declutter 500 items from the house - 385/500
• Take a college class - I taught a class, but didn't take any, although I've just started on a Coursera AI class
• Get together with friends - I had so many amazing memories with friends in 2025. I feel really blessed. Lots of casual stuff (hiking, workout classes) & a few bigger moments - Las Vegas concert, wine tasting, and a 10k trip, and more that I'm forgetting!
• Get better at pickleball - I think I played 2x with a friend, but definitely not enough to improve!
• Try something new & uncomfortable - taught a class, invited friends who don't know each other on a  trip, branched out & met new friends, getting a new job - definitely YES! 
• Say yes to more adventures - yes, see above. Lots of adventures in 2025, but a few highlights are planning NZ with M & the Las Vegas concert trip with friends. 

What about you? How did your 2025 goals go? Did you have some wins, and things you want to focus on again in 2026? Let us know so we can cheer you on!