If you have been following along over the years, then you know that the year end brings us to another goal setting SERIES. This year I am switching things up and it will be a two part series. In this post I will review my wins for 2021 as well as the areas I fell short. In part two I will review my goal setting process and offer a FREE workbook for download. I will also share my 2022 goals and #2022Feels. If you are interested you can check our my full January 2021 Goal post here.
This year my my core feeling focus was; community, Connection, Freedom. My word for the year has been Relationships.
I hope you follow along and we can work together to make 2022 OUR best year yet!
FIRST IS HAS TO BE SAID…..
2021 continued to be a tough year for the world, but resilience was everywhere- if you were looking for it. There is no denying that climate crises dominated making itself more evident by the day.
But like with subsequent years 2021 has also been a year of tremendous learning and transition.
For me 2021 was supposed to be about Community, Connection, Freedom, and Relationships. I happy to report I was able to achieve my objectives, perhaps not always as I originally set out, but sometime the detours get you where you want to go faster.
2021 GOAL:
FITNESS GOALS:
Community – Races and fitness classes returned to so I was able to achieve this In person rather than virtual.
Connection & Freedom: For years I have wanted to incorporate yoga into my fitness routine but could never find the time. I finally figured out I can replace my post workout stretching with short yoga sequences raging from 5-15 minutes depending on how much time I have. I prefer Yoga with Adriene, her page makes it super simple with practices organized by length and format.
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
Community & Connection: I don’t think I can claim to have deepened personal connections as that seems rather lofty. I can confirm that I spent more time with friends and family this year.
Freedom: – My goal was to read 14 books, half of which would be for enjoyment. I am happy to report that although I fell shy at 11 books they were all for enjoyment.
FUN GOALS
Community– Rather than create an online book group, I chose to feature my process in a Instagram story highlight. I chose this method because It it would require less of a time commitment – freeing me up for more reading. I was worried that it wouldn’t meet the community objective, but thankfully my online community was game and stepped up to engage recommending books and other authors.
Connection: I want to spend more time with my other interest groups. I was able to spend time with my Mama friends throughout the last half of the year, and rather than spend time with my fellow “oilers” I found a new connection in a running community that was able to gather regularly outdoors.
Freedom – this was kind of a gimme goal pretty easily achievable through the spring and summer months. We explored the sunshine coast three times this year and even completed a hike to the Skookumchuck narrows. We visited many local beaches and parks including Whiterock, Tsawwassen, and Vancouver.
BUSINESS GOALS
Community- I alluded to the fact that Adrian and I might start a project together, and although I am not yet ready to talk about it i am happy to report that progress has been made- even if its at a snails pace.
Connection: bit of a flop here, I got up to about 20 pages but stalled trying to translate from German, plus there was the whole planning a wedding thing . Hoping to come back to this in the new year.
I found an online community that engages and supports each other which has been transformative for me in so many ways.
FINANCIAL GOALS
Connection: I wanted to be more connected to my financial situation and review this with Adrian regularly. Honestly we didn’t really do this , we did make some small steps but we still have a long way to go here.
Freedom – I wanted to become more financially informed, this 100% did not happen.
CLOSING OUT 2021…….
2021 was considerably better than 2020 and i am cautiously optimistic that 2022 will be better yet. As we close the door on another year of Fitness, Family, and Fun, we open another door to a New Year of possibility.
Wishing you a Joyous New Year!
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