I recently turned 25. I'm going to be honest I never really had intentions of being this age, if you get what I'm saying. My five year plan ended at 19 and hasn't reset.
I turned 25 and I feel like I just woke up. It's time to take life serious and actually give it my all. So, these are the 26 things I want to work towards within the next year. A five year plan seems too scary so, I'll be working in one year increments from now on.
Run a Vintage Booth I've wanted a vintage booth for a while now. I think it would be a lot of run resetting and designing the layout of a booth and I could make some side money while doing it. I'm working on the logistics of it right now and looking at different venues. We'll see what comes next.
Actually Read all the Books I have I regularly buy books. I have at least 10 books on my shelf that I haven't even cracked open yet.
Lose Weight I'm unhealthy. I want to finally get healthy and the way for me to do that is to get in shape.
Purchase my Own Home I've always wanted to own my own home. I want to be able to just be me in a space that is completely my own. No others but my husband and my cat. My life has always been a whirlwind when it comes to living situations. It's always changing and always bringing in new characters like a failing sitcom. I want that to end, for good. I have a couple of options I've been eyeing for a few months now, it's just about getting the down payment setup.
Stop Buying Sh*t I Don't Need I have a real issue with buying things I don't need just because I fear not being able to find it again. I waste a lot of money because of this weird form of FOMO. It's time to stop and just put money into savings rather than sh*tty corporations pockets.
Purge Unneeded Items I have a nasty habit of holding onto things out of random sentimental reasons. This has lead to me having a ton of random little things that build up to a large unnecessary mess. I want to sell off and donate all my unneeded junk.
Make a Real Income from Poshmark I see so many people making a full second income from reselling on Poshmark. If I could just make an extra $500 a month from Poshmark, I'd be content. I just want to be able to pay one bill every month completely from my Posh income. Maybe eventually go full time reselling if possible.
Start Eating Less Processed Foods I currently eat a lot of highly processed food. Either while I'm out or while at home. My biggest goal is to stop eating out entirely and start cooking everything that I eat. It's taking small steps that I'm already in the works on.
Stick to a Real Schedule I want to keep to a schedule with listing, blog posts, content posts, and everyday life to do's. I want to start keeping up on things throughout the week instead of doing it all on my one to two days off a week.
Move up in my Career I took huge leaps in my career over the last year. I went from being long term unemployed to being an assistant general manager of my own store. It's wild. I really think my promotion has been about pure luck. I want my next one to be about my skills and achievements. If I can't move up, I want to at least be in the process.
Stick to taking Daily Vitamins I was taking my vitamins everyday religiously. I felt so much better physically and mentally. Yeah, it doesn't sound like much but when you wake up in the kind of pain I've been in for years, even slight relief is life changing.
Stick to Daily Skincare Routines I've been so used to not being able to afford to rebuy my beauty products when I run out. This leads to me saving it and never even using it. I can afford to rebuy lotion and face cream for the first time in my life. I have to remind myself this everyday when I get ready. This skincare routine is less for my skin and more for me.
Learn to Maintain Relationships I have a hard time texting people back and starting conversations outside of situations where I have to be around those people. I want adulthood friendships.
Start Doing and Sharing my Art More I f*cking love doing all types of art. Painting, drawing, photography, digital art, sewing, ceramics, needlework, and so, so many more. I stopped doing all of it because it didn't feel important anymore. My own happiness didn't feel necessary. I'm working on teaching myself that my own joy is part of success in all aspects of my life. I feel like if I share my art and sorta create a form of accountability I will participate in art more.
Go to the Doctor I haven't been to a doctor in 5+ years. Thanks to the lovely American healthcare system, I haven't been able to afford to even go for a check up. I haven't been able to get new glasses for me or my husband in a couple years. I finally have insurance, starting in January. We're moving up, ya'll.
Find my voice I have a really hard time speaking up for myself. In the position I'm in at my job I have to have a voice and I have to use it regularly. I'm learning but not really progressing, yet.
Upload More on Redbubble I've been selling on Redbubble for a little over a year now. It's a nice little extra $20 a month. I want to start uploading a lot more and possibly be bringing in a bigger income. This ties into the next goal.
Get my Car Fixed Currently, my car needs several repairs. I need to replace my broken key, fix the drivers side window, the sensor needs replaced, the gas cap needs to be replaced, the bottom of my front bumper needs to be repined, and I'm sure I'm missing something else that needs to be fixed.
Get Closer to being Self-Employed While my job has been life changing for the better, I hate it. I hate working 45 hours a week, I hate dealing with sh*tty coworks, I also hate cleaning up after others and getting all of the blame for those mistakes. All of the woes of middle management, I'm over it. I know I wont be self-employed by the years end but I want to at least be closer to the goal.
Actually Explore the City I'm Living in I've been living in my current city for nearly two years. I haven't explored past my job and the grocery store. It's obviously affecting my mental health. I think it's time to peek around and see what there is to offer here.
Start an Instagram for Norman Listen; I love pet Instagrams. Norman deserves to be a kitty celebrity.
Get Out of my Social Media Comfort Zone I'm uncomfortable with sharing my face, my voice, and any kind of footage of myself. I want to stop being so scared of sharing me. I want to make my income from the internet and it's looking like the quickest way to do that is sharing visual content.
Get Out of my Style Comfort Zone I've always just worn tee shirts, jeans, and sneakers. Always. I'm trying to slowly branch out into trying skirts. dresses. blouses, and even *gasps* heels.
Re-Sticker my Car I haven't shared much about this but I sticker bombed a couple panels on my car. I messed up a bit and didn't use fade resistant stickers. So, they're now super faded and they just look awful. I want to redo it with full fade resistant stickers.
Resolve my Symptoms of Trauma I have childhood trauma. A lot of the sh*t I went through while growing up, wasn't okay. It took a lot for me to get to the point that I can accept that one fact. Everyday I'm working through it crumb by crumb. I know in one year I won't be fully okay; I may never be okay. But, I want to be okay with myself.
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