Happy New Year! I hope you have big plans for 2018 because I know I do! A couple days ago I posted my 2017 year in review, yesterday I shared my 2018 vision board and why my word of the year is REACH, and today I’m sharing my goals for the new year!
Keep reading to find out what my goals are for 2018 and be sure to leave me a comment with some of your goals for the new year.
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I made goals in six different categories and used verbs to represent those categories. I decided to use verbs for my category headings because I think it will help me remember that achieving my goals takes purposeful action toward them. These goals also laid the foundation for creating my 2018 vision board.
I’m excited to get to work on these goals because WOW I can already tell this is going to be a great year!
CREATE
Blogging goals
- Devote time every day specifically to working on blog-related tasks
- Schedule it in like a class and don’t double book that time!
- Start earning money
- Affiliate programs, sponsored posts, original paid content
- Develop a social media schedule and stick to it!
- Introduce at least two new free content upgrades
- Grow Instagram following to 1K
- Grow email list to 200
LEARN
School goals
- Don’t skip class unless I’m sick
- Stay on top of readings and assignments
- Make the Dean’s List next semester and get good grades in grad school
SAVE
Finance goals
- Find a financial tracker and actually use it
- Set savings goals once I’ve assessed how much I’m making and spending
- Make more money than I spend every month
- Save up enough to buy a new phone
BREATHE
Health goals
- Do at least one healthy thing every single day
- It can be eating a healthy meal, exercising, going to bed early, choosing fruit over chips, etc.
- Drink a bottle of water every day
LOVE
Relationship goals
- Go on at least one “real date” with Brendan per month
- Spend quality one on one time with at least three friends per month (and Bren doesn’t count!)
BOOST
Personal goals
- Create and stick to morning and night routines
- Include skincare, reading, journaling, gratitude journal, unplugging
- Start habit tracking
- Use my catch-all notebook and make a bullet journal inspired spread
- Read 24 books
- Take more photos!
- At least one photo or video per day
{What are your goals for 2018? Tell me in the comments below! I read and respond to every single comment.}

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