Goals For 2024

Hello lovely readers! I hope the new year has been treating you well so far! Today’s post is long overdue, as I was supposed to do this right at the beginning of the year… But hey, better late than never!

In today’s post, I wanted to go into further detail about my goals for this year. I guess you can also call this an accountability post for when I’m feeling unmotivated. So far, my goals have been treating me well! But I know, it’s still early yet, things can change..

Anyway, without any further ado, my goals for 2024:

Write One Short Story A Week

Yes, I’m tackling the (for me, at least..) rather ambition task of writing a story a week. I’m not limiting myself to word counts or lengths. It’s simply “as long or as short as I want it to be”. And so far, it’s working out really well! We’re in the sixth week of the year, and I already have five completed stories to my name, and I’ve made a start on Weekly Story 6.

Of course, I will allow myself breaks for possible burn-out. And there may be weeks where I simply have no time to write. So I’m not being too hard on myself for those things.

Focus More On Gaming

Most of my free time is taken up with reading, simply because that’s one of the things I enjoy doing most. However, I do also enjoy gaming. Books always take priority over gaming…but not this year! There are a few games coming out this year that I have my eye on, and I’ve made the decision to do less reading so I can play more games.

I’m still planning on reading this year, just not as much.

Learn To Play Guitar

I owned a guitar in my teens, but because I didn’t have a good teacher, or the right resources, I never got anywhere with it. It’s one of those dreams I kept in the back of my head, thinking I’d never actually get around to it.

Now I’m ready for another go. I don’t actually have a guitar yet, I’m still looking. I’m going down the acoustic route this time, just because it’s the type of music I think I’d enjoy making.

Again, like the writing, I’m not giving myself any definite goals. I have no idea what is idealistically achievable in a year. Could I learn a song? Should I just stick to theory? I still don’t know, so “learn to play guitar” sounds safe and vague.

Take Up Crochet

It was actually last year that I wanted to learn to crochet. I gave it a go, trying a video tutorial, but I didn’t get on with it. I abandoned it, thinking that maybe, crocheting just isn’t for me.

But I’m also a little stubborn, so I want to give it another go at some point. A few people have even offered to help teach me!

Job Hunt

I’m hoping to find a new job this year. I’ve outstayed my welcome at my current job, this will be my 15th year there! I’ve been there since I was 16, it was only supposed to be a temp job!

I have a plethora of reasons for wanting to leave. Benefits being taken away, little to no support, always expecting 100% when I don’t always have the resources and man-power to give so..I could go on.

The main reason is simply that I’m not happy there anymore. I dread going to work. I know it’s just something you have to do, but surely, the least I can hope for is to be in a job I actually enjoy?

I’m beyond anxious about the thought of going through the process, especially the interviews (how do you make people like you??), but again, it’s just something I have to do. Hopefully I can find something for myself soon.

And that about wraps up my goals for this year. Hopefully by the end of 2024, I’ll have achieved some awesome things for myself.

Soph, signing off!