Q06

Describe one thing you'd like to achieve by this time next year. Why is this important to you?

I would like to have my business up and running, serving many clients, and providing the financial support to take care of myself and to get out of debt. This would be to fully step into my calling and support other women to embrace their own.

I want to have finished unpacking our house and feel truly settled. We moved over two months ago, and I haven't even finished unpacking my clothes. I know it will feel amazing to be free of boxes and suitcases filled with things and to have all our stuff live in a designated place. But wow, do I love doing anything besides unpacking.

I'd like to publishing something about Thomas Mann, and maybe a few other things too. Also hope to be something like good at spoon-carving and able to play at least half a dozen guitar pieces

By this time next year I want to be certified in Chaplaincy and Celebrancy. I want to do the work and "perfect" (going to HDS) is no longer an option. So I want to get certified and start doing the work. THEN, if I enjoy it and have the time/money later I can go back for my MDiv. I still think there's a part of me that wants to try grad school, knowing now I'm neurospicy, and see how that knowledge impacts how I school but that's not the priority. The priority is that I am a community member who is helping others grieve and celebrate.

It will be the beginning of another school year, and I want to feel balanced and brave going into it. Or, I want to be not working because I'm taking care of an infant, or about to be. It feels so important to enter the great stream of continuing to live and make life, though the costs will be great. It feels very important to achieve some kind of feeling of competence and balance with teaching, so that I can feel that it is something I can continue doing.

I'd like to find work that will make me feel fulfilled. It could be enough new clients to keep my calendar full, or something entirely different. But I want to feel more engaged, energized, fulfilled by my work. Mostly it's a grind right now trying to find clients. I'm worried that we've aged out of this business and we should both be looking for some other positions.

I would like to start marriage counseling.

Of course the first thing that comes to mind is to get pregnant. But beyond that: there are some home projects we have been meaning to do that have been put off that if they are not done in a year I would be pretty bummed about. Those are: renovating the upstairs bathroom, including installing a new shower/tub and sink vanity; putting a garage door opener on the right garage door; figuring out the leveling issue around the shed on the other side of the garage; and just in general cleaning up the front porch and making it a nice place to be. I really didn't spend a lot of time out there this summer but I think that's because it was very messy and just full of random junk that we had dumped there. I'd also love to organize the basement and discard/donate unneeded items. We have so much CRAP and it's only going to get worse once we start having kids.

I’d like to be more consistent with my side business and see it not only sustaining itself, but actually thriving. I want to be less reliant on an unreliable Tech sector.

A more intentional way I live my daily life, with attention to exercise, spiritual practice, service, connection, fun, and relaxation.

Declutter some of the house as it’s doing my head in lol 😂 xx peace of mind and space to move xx

Relief for arthritic pain and regain muscle strength. I've (finally) realized that this aging game ain't much fun but it beats the alternative. If I'm to continue to face it successfully, I need to assume my part of the bargain, responsibly--I've been coasting in the past. 'Time to really pay attention to the responsibility of daily living--diet, exercise, rest and stimulation. Also, supporting solid social responsibility is important to my personal well-being. If I'm in pain (or otherwise), I won't hibernate, but will consciously sustain and promote my social/personal commitments. Friends COUNT! PAY ATTENTION.

I wasn't able to crack the tutoring code, and I haven't been able to get Pochoir to where I thought I could, it seems like that would take much longer than I thought. But that's okay, because life has given me a new, important task. By this time next year, my baby, should the pregnancy go well (and so far it has!) will be 6 months old. I'll want him to be happy and curious and safe. Whatever I decide to do with work or business, nothing is more important than this baby.

I'd like to be just days away from my first trip to Israel (at age 79).

Same as last year because I didn't get there yet: I would like to be primarily, simply, sitting on the land. I set this intention because of it is my most compelling, and most unfulfilled desire.

I really hope I can organize a covid safe blood donation clinic. It's important to me because I like to create more opportunities and spaces to do things in a covid-safe way.

I want to figure out how I'm going to make a difference in the world. I suppose this is more specifically about how I'm going to make a difference in my university-- either through developing a program or getting a fellowship or finally committing to writing my book or something else like that. But I'd also like to figure out how I can make a difference in my community-- either through engaging with some non-profit or participating in something else with my shul (above and beyond taking the kids to Hebrew school or going to services). Also, superficially, I'd like to be more comfortable with my body image, if that means losing weight, accepting myself, pushing more movement options in my life and executing on them...

I'd like to improve my fluency at reading Hebrew. So I can be better at leading services. Or faster at preparing them. Or a more competent community leader

I would like to play piano regularly… With a frequency that fills my soul! And ideally can play for 60 minutes. 60 minutes is a benchmark for my typical playing. It would mean I am back on track with one of the most important things in my life. It fills me with so much joy and life.

I'd like to participate in life instead of watching from the sidelines. Depression has been a cloud surrounding me for so long, I need to find a way to shake it off. I'm going to attend shul services regularly and join in some of the social activities. I thing that will help.

Competency and comfort at my job - just started a new role 2 weeks ago. Fingers crossed.

Next year? - New job that pays better. Or same job that pays better. So we are not in debt. - Keep reading more books, get more educated. - Save more money. - Have better relationship with teen daughter, maintain with son. That's it. I don't have lofty goals at this point. Write a book before 40 but that's not this year yet. Let's examine last year goals: - I think have learned all of Tanach.---- >did not read more. - To have read a few more intellectual Jewish books. ---> read a few, not as many as I could have. - To have completed another surrogacy and paid off a chunk of the student loan debt.---> Doing it now, delayed since it took three times to stick, and not able to pay off loan yet since A I still underean and B DH lost his job. - To have saved up some more money in my IRA accounts and savings account. ----> I did in the IRA, savings, not really. - I'd love to say be financially solvent but that's not likely to happen until I get a job with a significant pay incease, but I am not ready to switch yet emotionally and I also need to gain more experience to even think about getting a pay raise. ---> Prescient, true. - I'd like to have a better relationship with my teen daughter. ---> This 100% happened, and I'd like to do better by next year. -I'd like to have all of the house cleaned out and organized, as I've been doing this year and really making progress. That includes: storage closet (mainly done), attic, basement, all the drawers. Lei's room who knows. A fun goal if tons of money randomly falls into my lap would be to renovate somewhat the attic and basement. Maybe I'll paint the kitchen cabinets this year. ----> I cleared a bit of storage closet, we cleared some of the attic, some of the basement, some of the garage, I did clean all the drawers. So, pretty ok progress. Did not paint kitchen cabinets. Still have the fabric wallpaper to put up in living room, did not. Did redo bathroom vanity and some faucets and now it looks quite nice.

I want to finish the music library project. It would be a real contribution, long lasting that will help people working with the music program tomorrow. After I'm gone, I hope that I will have been more of a positive influence than harmful or even just neutral. I don't believe in an afterlife or the rewards of heaven for 'good' behavior. Or following some arcane rules strictly. I don't believe that we are here for a reason or there's anything larger than us that has some unspecified purpose. I make the choice to try to be a good person who does good in the world. Every moment is a chance to do so. Sometimes, I succeed. Sometimes I don't. Each time is another chance to get it right.

I want to become more financially stable. Same as last year. I made some steps but there’s still a way to go.

One thing I haven’t mentioned is how we’re going to bring my mother home from the nursing home. I’ve been spending the past month or two getting her house ready for her to come home. We are having an estate sale, we’re getting a hospital bed, a wheelchair, and there’s a new woman living in the house besides Susie her name is Cerise. It’s a whole lot of work that’s intimidating to me because it’s on the phone with companies and making decisions like Wen is the estate sale. What do we keep? What do we sell. I have to order a pod to get everything in it that doesn’t need to be sold and won’t fit into Claude‘s room. I’m not good at making decision decisions so this is really been taxing to me. But it is important to get my mother home so that she can have more stimulation from people who are friendly with her. She needs daily stimulation to keep her mind more alert.

Eat vegetarian - I know in my heart that eating meat is wrong for me

Readiness to step onto Retirement…to leave my day job, no matter how comfortable I am in that seat. As time goes on, my readiness grows.

It’s a hard choice between raising a Series C/Project Finance for our first production site which would be a great learning experience, feather in my cap (for future work), and meaningful dent in the climate fight… OR… finding a spiritual outlet that involves community and a vision for my next chapter in life that is what my coach, Carol, calls a sabbatical in place. Assuming I continue working full-time, the goal is to make room for something that I have been putting off until a sabbatical and do it now. That “something” is some combination of soul-searching for purpose and finding community with others with whom I can get lost in joy (could be tennis, making music, or something new).

Take two vacations. Doesn't have to be much but I need to try and prioritize rest more than I have in the last 3 years.

Be more excited about my natives garden. I want to be able to spend time out there, enjoy looking at it and cut flowers to bring inside.

Hey, I guess I did achieve the big wall hanging in the stairwell. OK, now for MORE art.

I would love to have written the screenplay about polio and be shopping it to agents or studios by next year. I CAN do it; I just have to make the time to do it. I shouldn't take any more editing jobs until I get it done! I see last year I wanted to have a book I was shopping, and I do, my second poetry collection. So far, eight publishers have rejected it, but the wish wasn't that it be accepted, just that I be shopping one. I also wished to have a good daily writing schedule, time I give to myself and hold sacred, and not only am I not doing that, I am also focused on this very issue in therapy. I am annoyed I seem so stuck there.

Last year I wanted to plant a garden... I did not do that, not even close. This year I don't want to make any plans about achievements because it is too disappointing not to have done it. Instead, I hope to have achieved a better peace of mind.

By this time next year I would like to have a stable partner, find my person. This is important for me because I want someone who can share lifes ups and downs with me and eventually create a beautiful home and family together.

I’d like to be more established as a Feldenkreis practitioner, both teaching atms and doing FIs.

Settle into being a mom of two.

Honesty, I'm not really sure I have any particular hoped-for achievements by next year. I'm feeling good about the house, great about the family, really content with a lot of things. Maybe, like last year, I'll have a clearer sense of what any future career things might look like, but I'll also be ok if I don't. Also learn how to parent an elementary schooler better and get into more playdate grooves.

I want to move on. I want to be in the next stage of my life either with that one person I wanted to so badly I still want to or with a new person that makes me smile and makes me see the future but I want to move on like not move on from someone but to move on with my life the next stage

So many things! I can't limit it to just one. I'd like to have facilitated the leadership training for PCK and established a tradition of regular check-ins to create more community. This work in general is so important to me- I feel holy doing it, and I know we all do. I'd also still like to do something with my writing. I live in fear that it will somehow disappear if I don't have a physical copy of it. My writing is meaningful to me. It offers glimpses into my inner life, history and psyche. I want to have helped Colin and Jesse have a beautiful wedding, and be a supportive, loving mother-in-law. And, of course, I want to be healthy and fit! Maybe I want to learn how to blow shofar? Maybe I want to be taking drumming lessons?

Settled into CA with furnishings, career, clothing, activities, exercise and social life. I hope to spend more time now/this fall imagining what we want to create in terms of family life with my mother. Also, hope to engage with my mother and ancestry.com as well as update the family recipe book to include new recipes as well as start adding family stories. Just noticing that last year a big achievement will be to relocate to CA and move in and help care for Mom!

This may sound a bit frivolous, but I'd like to become conversationally competent in French. I learned French as a child, to some degree, and I have been slowly working on getting some of it back.

I want to have progressed further at work. I am trying to not put my life on hold while trying to get pregnant, and building my skills and reputation at work is a great way of not being defined by my fertility journey.

Get into a grad program in Europe. I need to leave America

A passport! A therapist! Dental appointments! All things long past due.

I want to either be pregnant, or make meaningful progress towards adoption. I've always wanted for children and after my family lost our fourth child in a second trimester miscarriage it is clear and obvious to us that four children is part of God's plan. My kids are excited to meet their someday sibling and my oldest often tells people that we will be adopting a little sister. It is a long process and once we move and establish a new home, I am eager to begin.

I would like to give my vegetable garden the attention it deserves: Clean it up, make a new raised bed with new soil, prepare it properly in the spring and plant thoughtfully. I want it to thrive again! I love the mood boost and connection that come from watching things grow and eating their fruits/leaves!

I wwould like to more fully recover more movemeneet. To be able to travel again would be great! I'd like to be able to walk a mile again.

I would like to have a regular yoga class once a week. This is important for the movement aspects but mostly the mental health aspects. In reviewing my journal, yoga and meditating was a daily game changer in my mood, ability to be present, ability to be productive. There were no downsides. I want to do this for myself because I deserve it. On a positive note - my 2024 answer was to have a weekly date night on the calendar by this time this year and guess what?! It is! Today is Saturday and we have a date!

I truly want to make each day count. At my age, it's getting harder not to think that time is limited. If nothing else, I want to have unpacked and organized all the boxes of stuff left from our move in 2021.

I’d like to join a Jewish community here in Oregon. It’s a missing piece of my humanity.

I will repeat my answer from last year, and the year before. I want to be in a mindful, monogamous relationship with an attractive woman, a partner that is accessible, responsive and engaged. You're out there, let's cross paths and begin the journey of connection!

I would like to learn to lean into being confident that we can live with the resources we have worked on cultivating in our professional lives so that we can move into a retirement phase that we both enjoy and feel comfortable, confident, and productive. I would like to see myself be less critical of some of my spouse's and my own shortcomings - especially with regard to weight management and health styles. HOWEVER, at the same time, I'd REALLY like to see. both of us achieve a healthy weight and lifestyle that is consistent with good movement, exercise, optimal health and wellbeing!!!

A year from now, I want my agent to start shopping around the manuscript I'm working on right now, and it will hopefully be my debut novel!

By this time next year, I would like to be back to work and have my life organised a bit better. This also means trying to manage the house, work, and archery, as this year I am missing the National championships for the first time since I started competing again. Being an archer has been a big part of my identity, and the times I was not shooting were among the worst for me from a psychological point of view. Also coachng archery had to be put on hold because of pregnancy and having a baby, and I would love to start again as last year everyone in the team I trained qualified at Nationals, and I would love to go back training a strong team.

I want to build healthier connections with people. I am choosing quality over quantity I want to pursue more meaningful friendships through mutual activites and engagement. And I want to pursue romantic relationships. We all have a desire to connect with other people on some level. I am no different. I simply want to add more value / richness with my relationship with others than I have in the past.

Just that bit closer to being in a position to retire. I am tired and the older I get the more cynical I am about anything career related. LinkedIn in particular is just so draining and false.

To get into a job which is not demanding like my current one. Which guarantees me time and no stress

I would like to continue to keep my healthy boundaries with my kids. Get new interests and friends.

I would like to be working fully remote and working on at least one form of a project (like a website, blog, social media account, etc) dedicated to nutrition for gut health. It is important to be because I feel like it is something I have put off for a long time because of imposter syndrome and never feeling "ready" to just start. It is also a potential area for passive income and growing connections, so I don't really have a good reason to not do it. It's also important for me to go fully remote, because although leaving my current job will be a difficult decision and bittersweet, I can't let that fear hold me back from making a decision that's best for myself and my future, where I can earn more money, travel more, and pursue new and exciting opportunities in my community.

I want to try to increase my income with my writing.

Here are my intentions for 5786: ahava ~ honor my loved ones deepen relationships with family members and friends by reaching out, making time, being present, listening carefully, and showing up in ways that they ask to be supported zerizut ~ channel my time and energy to what matters most does it bring me joy or help me grow? is it important to me or someone i care about? can i add value? should i invite someone else to do it instead? rachamim ~ self-compassion give myself permission to let things go, take time for myself, and admit that I am still a work in progress shmirat haguf ~ care for my body practice mindful and healthy eating, exercising, and sleeping

Next year I want to be comfortable with what I have have chosen to do, chosen to say, and to work on. I am tired of being disappointed with myself, thinking I can do it all and that I should do it all. It came to mind yesterday that perhaps I am doing the most creative work I could be doing, sitting with clients and guiding them through to themselves. If one or two paintings come to light, inspired by dream or an idea, that is wonderful. If a new poem bubbles up, well that is just what I do, how I process my life. I want to let the year unfold, be present as much as possible. Make sure I am saying yes to gathering, sharing food, and celebrating with my community and family. I hope we still have a fight for our democracy by this time next year. I hope the fascists will have been ousted in some impossible yet tangible way. I hope we overcome all the illegal vote obstruction and overwhelmingly vote MAGA out. I will continue to do my part for securing my constitutional rights and those of my immigrant, African American and LGTBQ+ neighbors. We are all in this fight together!

More improvement in my sport of choice, pickleball. Better relationships with my grandson Nadav and my granddaughter Dalia. Both are important for my overall good mental health and physical health.

I want to publish a book. I want to be seen as a writer

I would like to double my income. And to continue to increase it. I want to have the money to pay bills, save for future bills, and to afford paid experiences as a family.

1) Restore my health because I realize how much it has dragged me down physically, emotionally, and socially this past year. 2) Reduce my client load by 50% so that I have more “me” time and less stress. 3) Explore hobbies and extracurriculars, be it gardening, MahJ drop-ins, at-home crafts, or volunteering. Bonus: Learn to prioritize and have only one thing next year!

I'd like to spend my time doing something more productive and useful and impactful than what I'm doing today and I'd like to disengage or hugely reduce my engagement with the home owners association here.

By this time next year I will have completed my hypnotherapist course and have grown a social media account and a client base that brings me an income that gives me freedom to live my life the way I want. I will have put significant effort in building a business aligned with my values, connected with a client base that can afford my services at a rate that is aligned with the value I give my work and will feel free of my corporate past. It's important to me to start earning money in a way that 1-doesn't enrich people I don't believe should be richer, 2-that my time and effort contributes to do good in this world instead of pushing people even more into the bad habits that we all struggle with.

Stronger body composition because it means I'm taking care of myself well, mind and body.

As last year, regain some sense of balance. Going to Israel again will help.

A good balance in my life. More financials stability. Have been accepted to the nursing school of my choosing

I am not at a point in my life where achieving is a motivating factor. I feel no need for a bucket list, because I feel that that aids in interrupting the present. I strive to be where my feet are.

I want to have more clients in the coaching, tarot and astrology sides of my business. This feels so important to me, and nourishing for the people I work with. I want less of my income to be dependent on agencies and consulting work. I want to work with others more.

Have my book published because I think it will help my income and my self-esteem and be a legacy for my children.

I would like to achieve living here, on this earth in great health.

Get the hell out of Texas. Why is this important to me? Survival.

Handling my ADHD. I want to work on my waisting time, constantly being late and my hyper competition issues .

I want to burn the family that hurt my kid down. The adults are criminals that need to be held accountable. It's important because I don't want them to do this to another child. EVER.

I would like to sort all my boxes of papers and other stuff in the house and B in the B loft. It is important to me because they have been lying around for over a decade so those things can not be so necessary. And anyone else would just throw them away. Best b if I save what may be of wider value

I would like to improve my health in order to be able to be well on my way to decluttering and making repairs to my condo so I can move

I want to feel good about my body. I want to be financially responsible. I want to start taking dating seriously. I want to be on track for a promotion by year-end next year.

I would like to have taken steps towards writing my novel.

I’d like to weigh less. A shallow answer perhaps but I want to feel better and have more energy.

I want to ingrain myself more into the community around me. I've half-heartedly tried, but nothing lasting has come from it. I love this city, but I've been a bit isolated from it.

One thing that I would like to acheive is a strong, healthy, not-going-to-fall-apart relationship with soeone my age.

I’d like to have established a greater sense of community. I also would like to have a more confident sense of myself and have challenged myself to try new things whether hobbies, adventures, love, or career opportunities. I am ready to commit to some things with more depth and discomfort than before.

Get some repairs done on this apartment, get it painted, new carpet, etc. Start working on the other apartment. It's been a long journey and I still don't have a home of my own that I created from scratch.

I want to have a steady girlfriend that I can enjoy being with and who stimulates my imagination. This is currently a major gap in my life, which I feel every day. I also want to get a better paying and more satisfying job in my profession.

more money money money money moneyyyy! <3 financial security financial hygiene financial wealth good health better ankles and knees and be in great shape physically mentally emotionally psychologically

By this time next year, I would like to feel that I have achieved a better balance with self-care, including exercise and good sleep hygiene.

It seems boring that all of my questions are career-related, but I suppose that's the stage of life I'm currently in. I hope to be settled in a job, gaining knowledge and feeling more confident in my work. It would be nice if personal life things also felt settled, but they don't feel unsettled now. I am single, but currently okay with that. I like my apartment and the dogs are thriving. So, I suppose it makes sense that my focus remains on my career.

I want to finish my second book by then.

I want to lose 15 pounds and not have chub showing on my shirts and still maintain the bigger arms and chest that I have developed. I want to look and feel 100% confident when I am out in any situation, and I absolutely hate seeing the little blubber on my belly. I have never been even close to looking larger, but now I do. 230 pounds is crazy. I hope to be between the 215-220 mark where the tighter shirts show less chub in my stomach. I would also love to go on at least 3 dates with one girl. I did not do that this year. I may be picky, but I have my standards and I hope this can happen.

I was going to say I would to have built a half decent, presentable tech tool (like some software) that i, or others use After reading last year's response, I reckon making more friends would be better. More specifically, I'd like to have more people I'd feel comfortable inviting to a celebration of my upcoming 40th birthday

I want to get down to my goal weight of between 150 - 160 pounds and maintaining it— forever. I have lost 104 pounds so far. I went from 320 to 216. It took me from 6/24 to 9/25 — one year and three months. So, losing another 50 to 60 pounds is incredibly doable. It’s important to me for both health and beauty reasons. As I age, being able to move with ease is becoming increasingly difficult— weighing less will help to no end. Also, want the bi-lateral hip replacement will improve things on so many levels.

I feel like I've been saying this for a long time: I would love to be happier and more satisfied. I have so many great things in my life, but the combination of my horrible past and what's going on in the world around me give me plenty of reasons to be stressed. I don't want to be so stressed and worried any more, want to be happy / content, and satisfied with my life.

House project: 1. Living room 2. Boys' rooms 3. My office

I would like to re-achieve financial stability by this time next year.

The word “achieve” here is triggering to me. Maybe one thing I’d like to “do?” Still similar. This may be a cop-out (because it's similar to the answer to another question), but I'd like to get back in touch with Judaism, with that kind of community, that spirituality. I can see it coming into view, but I can't yet grasp it. I hope by this time next year I've taken hold of it. I'm starting to understand how Judaism is more important now than ever before. It is my way to fight back, to educate, to repair the world. It's a way to do my small part.

Looking back over my five years of previous 10Q answers, I see that I have not achieved a single written goal. Some, I’ve abandoned, some I am still working on, still others I am struggling to begin. Clearly, I'm setting these goals too high. It's okay that my goals take more than a year, more than five years--they are big goals! So maybe for this exercise I can find something more discrete, more one-year sized, to learn from the question and the failure. Maybe I can achieve a draft of a play, not a play produced, maybe a section of a household project, not the whole thing. The Trees submission package will be done this year, but it doesn’t even feel like an achievement, more like a late assignment handed in hastily. A first draft of the Hortense Project may be possible. Maybe I can get one household project laid out and ready to execute. But these humbler goals do not excite me. They are old and small. Maybe vegetables from our garden? Better confidence in my everyday value and goodness? One trip someplace fun to see a play of mine? Good enough?

I would really like to be an avid mountain biker that heads for the hills once or twice per week. Or maybe I will have done my first overnight bike trip by next year! Part of this is wanting to have another sport I can do outside, but a big part of it is wanting to have a sport I can do with Josh as sort of some bonding time. Since he is not stoked about most of my hobbies, but this is when he would be stoked about.

I'd like to have my house in better order, and clean out the "study/extra crap/cat box" room. I'd also like to start making stuff in the back room: turn it into a real studio.

I just hope I feel a bit more caught up. I kind of don’t think that that’s ever gonna happen, but I need to figure out a way to feel like there’s less of a to do list all the time. There’s always going to be, so I know that there’s not a realistic world in which there are no tasks ahead, but I have to find a way to feel more present and fulfilled daily and less like there’s a lot looming over my head.

I really want to go to Costa Rica in 2026 and study Spanish and Yoga on the beach! I have wanted to be fluent in Spanish since I was a kid, and I know that being immersed in it for a period of time is the best way for me to learn. Plus, I want to relax and have fun!

I don’t have a clear goal. Last year I did bond with a women’s social group, to my great benefit. And I enjoyed a couple of courses and my continuing passion for sewing. More of that, I hope. And how about some exercise -- practicing getting up from the floor, even gentle yoga at the JCC (with additional social benefits).

I want to feel that I’ve worked with others to fight for our democracy. I doubt by next year it will be clear if that’s been “achieved” or not. I’ve been thinking a lot about how to live in a way that I’m living IN and rising to the challenges of this historic time - not letting history happen to me. It’s not as if I don’t have personal goals for my career, family, learning or well-being but I don’t think they are achievable if we don’t stop the authoritarian takeover we are living through.

I would like to have gotten myself out of debt (due to construction costs) and put myself in a position to continue building wealth and cashflows.

I’d love for us to take Grace on her first holiday abroad. I hope I’ll learn that life changes for the best as a parent, regardless of personal sacrifice and evolving challenges. Yet I recognise that we must not lose ourselves in the process. We need to continue chasing our dreams and it starts with day to day habits and actions that are aligned with our values. If plans change and we don’t get to travel, I’m okay with that. So long as Charlotte and I maintain some of our identity as a couple and as individuals.

There are many things I hope to achieve by this time next year top of the list is finding a new job that excites me and aligns with where I want to go in my life. The second being I hope to fall in love again but hopefully with the right person but I am not going to put a timeline on that because I am going to fall in love with my life first. For me this means cooking more, taking myself on solo dates and trying new things even if it makes me uncomfortable. I also hope to find peace with my older brother right now I am so angry at him and his lack of help during this time past my moms diagnosis but in reality I hope he steps up. This isn’t an achievement but I hope that my future husband gets to meet my mom before she progresses too much because I don’t think she will want anyone to see her.

I want a job in admin. I feel sad about the idea of leaving Hamilton, but I also feel like it’s time to move on. I feel burned out in the classroom and that I’m getting stale. I need a new challenge.

Every year I've done this, I say that I want to lose weight. Like 70 lbs! And every year I come back here and I didn't lose the weight I wanted to. I think next year, I want to be more confident, more self assured, and have finally gotten my weight issues (whatever is behind the issue) resolved. Of course I do need more discipline to achieve this, but I'm thinking my mindset isn't where it is, in my self image department. I want to shine from within. And yes, I would love to read this next year and have lost all the weight I've been dreaming I'd do.

More gigs. I also lost half of my day job thanks to the government cuts. I want to be a more successful musician, there's no better time.

Again I come here with the same answer. Finish and publish that book, be a coach, have more income from what make my heart sing... And this year - i failed again. So my goals get carried onto another year once more. Yes, some things changed. We've got a puppy, we'rem ore in love now than last year, I'm more of a homesteady girl... But I'm still not sharing my writing and I AM SO OVER IT. Writing is my heart language and I am stifling, suffocating it. And it's suffocating my happiness. Time to shift and change babe. Nothing is goingto work unless you do.

I’d like the business to be doing more than barely hanging on. Becoming a mother has nearly cost me my business. Mostly because he came early and I had to be closed for three months unexpectedly. I’d planned for three weeks.

A comfortable routine. Does not have to be routine-y per se, but rather a framework that puts me in a healthy place, that makes me hopeful, that pushes me forward. I think i would like to learn more by myself - hebrew, design, tech, coding, health, math and physics tbh, rest. And then i would like to learn more in group setting - conferences, meetings, lectures.

I want to go to Australia. it is a place I have wanted to visit for a long time and never had the chance. I made it to New Zealand and had a stop over in Sydney, but didn't leave the airport. So that doesn't count. I was tempted to not get back on the plane going to New Zealand cuz I really wanted to go to Australia.

By this time next year, one thing I hope to achieve is that I'll have my Mat Pilates certification. This is important to me because I very much enjoy practicing Pilates. As I've been recently laid off from the start up, I was working at, I've had a realization that I don't want to just carry on working in different tech companies, not feeling passionate, it's draining to me. By getting my mat Pilates certification, I'm opening doors to other ways of income. I don't intend for this to be a full-time job, but I do plan to do this on the side in addition to other jobs. One thing that I really want to do is become a therapist, I'm currently exploring ways. I can go about doing that. The route that would make most sense is doing an MSW program. This would be two years of school full-time, and another two-ish years of supervision in order to become an LCSW. This means that I would pick up my life from here and move back to the states for school. It's something that I'm not opposed to, I've been living here for nine years, and I definitely need a change. But I'm also scared to start over again.

I want to achieve having a full semester of good clinical hours under my belt. This is part of my goal to become certified as a nurse practitioner.

I’d like to return to writing my book. There’s always reasons why I’m ‘too busy’ but it still feels like bringing it into the world is important. It’s theme ‘The Power of Connectedness’ is one that we need now more than ever in such a profoundly divided world and I believe that people are hungry for anything that might give them hope that we can find ways to work together despite our differences.

It's hard for me to think about anything but my career. It is exciting right now, and I think if there's ever a time to be obsessed with my career now is it. I want a second internship now, I'm full of greed haha. I would LOVE a space internship. I'm dreaming--trying to dream--of this analog space mission, of building the habitat for it. That would be incredible. I would like to win the Brooke Owens Fellowship. I would maybe like to be studying abroad for a second time for my last semester of college? I'm hungry and ambitious and have been for many years and this career and aerospace feeds it.

I hope to get back to writing fiction in a dedicated way, either though a workshop or solo project. I'd also like to get back to doing stand-up-- topics are always popping up in my head. When I performed, I rarely got laughs, but I always felt so exhilarated & alive, just for doing it-- no matter what. It's funny to have such love for something I'm not inherently talented at, but I do.

As people die around me my goal for next year… is to make it to next year. A friend is doing a 51 day cruise in the South Pacific. Maybe start planning a trip to Iceland or the like.

I'd like to have a functional budgeting plan for our family (and more generally, to have our financial documents in order and increase transparency with my wife). This year, our spending has outpaced our earning for the first time in a while. It's something I know we can get on track with, with a dedicated and concerted effort -- being more intentional with both spending and saving. It's a source of both pride and stress that I'm (able to be) the primary earner right now. I know my wife will take on more paid work this year, and I'm comfortable with my own earnings, but having and sticking to a formal budget will make things easier overall without having to (really) introduce austerity. I want to feel more comfortable, which means that we're living within our means and also that we can put money aside for the future.

Like to have my life more in order, less chaos. I'm still way too reactive and not proactive and I'm feeling like I'm not my best chaos Coordinator self and I want to be able to deal with things better.

By this time next year I intend to be well into the beginning of the YouTube channel that my dear and long time friend and I are began producing 6 months ago. The channel is for folks who need a bit of support around life questions, challenges, issues. I believe it will be of much help to "ordinary" people.

I hope to have my book being published. I feel like I need to leave something long lasting to my profession.

Escribir. Concretar mis proyectos de escritura Conquistar el miedo causado por mis propios pensamientos.

I'd like to read the Hunger Games in Spanish. I have learned some Spanish, but the first year has been a fucking whirlwind. First off, we moved to another country: second, we have more friends than we've ever had, I'm busier than I've ever been and I'm in classes.. So, Spanish is on the back burner for now, but I'd like to pick it up again when this class ends. It's important to me because I think learning a language is part of what makes me human. It helps bring you closer to a community. It's fun to learn.

i want to get into a program. hopefully it's one of the scholarship ones but even if not just something. I finally feel some kind of fire to learn and do again and have no where to do it after getting sick and having to leave the program i was in.

I would like to be working for someone else, whether within the same company or elsewhere. My current manager has become unpredictable and unprofessional. I am way overdue for a raise and I'm significantly underpaid. I'd like to have a month of expenses set aside. That's not much, but it's a lot for me.

I think my biggest goal would be to find both career stability and work/life balance. Stability is helpful for my ability to be present and mindful. Yet I also do not want to fall back in the habit of overworking myself, losing my sense of self, and having my life (and my relationships) suffer because of it.

I want to be free from all social media outlets. No more Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon

I would like to submit an article for publication. I would also like to pursue doing more art. I have not been as prolific as I had hoped I would be this past year.

I'd like to complete the better part of decluttering my house and out buildings. I want to be able to walk into a room and not feel 'crowded/overwhelmed' by the contents. I have no desire to be a minimalist. I just want to feel that I can relax and breathe in my home. We moved into the country so that we'd have the space to breathe. Where we weren't bombarded by traffic noise, police/ambulance sirens and flashing neon lights. Now It's time to give ourselves less 'noise' in our home. It's important to have the space to heal by eliminating as many distractions as possible.

I would like to have a permanent full-time job instead of working on a contract

LOL. A work-life balance that leaves room for exercise, reading before bed, decorating for holidays, doing small home repairs, walking to work, painting a picture. AND ALSO more connections with my colleagues around the world.

I want to finish all these certifications so I will have more income on which to live.

Passing my LMSW example and transitioning well to working as a clinical therapist. I spent enough time and money to get to this point of my education and career and now I hope I am able to do what I set out to accomplish

Student loan forgiveness. This should be done via PSLF by this time next year. With my student loans paid of and J's credit card debt (hopefully) paid off I will feel more comfortable seriously discussing and pursuing marriage and talking about where we might want to live more permanently.

I'd love to continue this positive trajectory day in day out...but I would like to achieve one or two of my ideals.. whether it is the Camino, experience a Pilates ground breaking experience in Germany, dive the beautiful Maldives... or chill on a long boat in the Uk. I'd like to experience one of them.. so that I'm setting my intention and making things happen.

Who knew that my narrowed focus would be on political organizing? This time last year I had just dipped a toe in. Now I am a full blown organizing force to be reckoned with. I think I would like to achieve making a difference in my community with regard to protecting my neighbors, friends and family from the abuses of the federal government. Feels like a big ask in this moment. We'll see next year.

I'd like for my daughter to have learned to go to sleep without me, so she can gain some independence and I can regain some of mine.

I would like to help the church I serve move from an entirely donation-focused income to broadening their income stream. We would do this by using the resources the church can offer (rooms, office space) to non-profits. This is an ongoing project, and one I hope to see come to fruition.

i'd like to have the chance to see my children even more fully realized. i'd be delighted if all of our parents were not only alive but comfortable and happy. i'd love to know that my husband was on a healing journey. this next year will be about health.

This time next year I want to find an exercise regime that makes me happy and energized. I've spent so much time thinking about my weight during my life. Now that I am at a place where I feel really good, I want to remember that it is exercise that partly got me there in the first place.

Manage household financially on my own

By this time next year, I’d like to have the ADU in my backyard framed in and closed in and hopefully even ready to live in. This is important to me financially so that I can see some return on the investment in building it and complete my transition to a simpler more efficient life. Also being able to share what I have with others, needing housing and living in a place with a nice view Matters to me.

I'd like to have done one pop-up market for baking. It's satisfying to talk to people who want to eat bread. Just small ]- a way to tell the Universe (and myself) that I am here and engaged with feeding people.

children/fostering baby

My first annual vows. That will happen this coming June, God willing. But that’s not really an achievement of mine. So I would say, with God’s help, overcoming my eating problems (snacking, poor diet, overeating). Finally, I want to walk at least a half marathon. So I have 3!

I would like to focus on the stoic virtues this year. I would like to achieve temperance in my consumption (eating, stuff, watching television). We spend too much time watching TV at night and I spend too much time eating and then regretting how much or what I ate. I would like to achieve courage in the wee hours when I disaster fantasy about the world and my job and my future. I want to be able to dip into a calm mind and sleep when I need to do. I want to achieve justice and start taking political action again. I have been silent in part because of legitimate fears of speaking out in terms of the political climate, and I want to achieve wisdom through stoic practice and daily reflection. I have started an evening reflection: Where did I live up to my virtues or what went well? Where did I fail my virtues or what didn't do well? And what will I do differently? In the morning I review my major tasks ahead and ask, What would happen if I allowed my passions to rule over my reason? What would happen if I allow reasoned action to guide me? I rehearse my day with these questions and tasks in mind. So I want that to guide each day and each evening.

By this time next year, I'd like to be better at singing. It's the next step in my musical journey, and I'm dead set on improving!

So many things, all of which feel minor, most of which relate to graduate school. I want to reach a calmer, easier, more stable version of school than the overwhelming waves of work from taking too many classes now. I want to outline a thesis and get a few scholarships and complete a respectable amount of fieldwork. In the non-academic realm, I'd like to summit more high mountains - perhaps forty of the Colorado 14ers? I'd also like to network more and make more connections that I can use to find jobs after I graduate (and also use to make new friends, perhaps, and learn about interesting work done by interesting people). We'll see if I think of more things before the gates close. These all feel small and trivial, but I suppose it's my space and I can do what I want with it.

Progress on my Grad program. Mothers grave marker completed and paid off. She's been gone for 16 years. Final countdown on leaving USA. It's been a slow path. But hopeful a door will open up abroad.

I would like to see about getting involved with the ACLU or similar organization so that I can "do something" rather than just complain about the current state of this country.

By this time next year, I’d like to achieve swapping my living room rugs! The new rug I bought a few years ago has been leaning against the wall in my studio apartment for some time. There have been times I’ve been unable to physically remove it due to my health. But I mostly haven’t been able to emotionally part with my current rug. I think it would be emotionally and organizationally healthy to achieve this.

I'd like to hopefully be finished my bachelor's degree by now. If it's not realistic, then I guess I'd like to be better at golf. Or maybe have read 50 books (not including school books).

Lose 50 lbs. Become a person who exercises regularly and hopefully has some kind of skin care routine? I realized the last time I felt like I was "thriving" was 2021, when i was eating well and exercising frequently. (I was also freshly medicated and working pretty steadily and conversing with friends, but I suspect the diet & exercise was a big contributor and one that I actually have control over.)

Estar en salud vibrante, equilibrio y bienestar en mi salud y cuerpo. Haber logrado claridad existencial. Arreglar mi relacion conmigo mismo y con Dios, sin conflictos existenciales grandes. Trabajar y avanzar bien en los temas que escribí en el libro de Photo Work despues del piquete del alacran. Todo es un work in progress, pero si que me gustaría avanzar mucho en estos puntos. En temas de achievments de otro tipo, me gustaría haber encintrado para este moemnto una galería adecuada y ad hoc a mi trabajo con la que pueda trabajar mejor y tener más proyección, ventas y éxito. También me gsutaría vincularme más con curadores, deales, museos, etc. Para esto tengo que trabajar en networking, y para eso tengo que trabajar en mi para vencer la inseguridad tan fuerte que a veces me sucede en esos ambientes.

I would like to host regular salon’s and Shabbat dinners to create community and conversation on a monthly basis. I would like to maintain my yoga/exercise practice and spend more time reading, meditating and off my device. I would like to get more involved with something like Limmd, Pardes or One Table Shabbat.

I want to finalize the divorce and have all of that behind me.

I want to be booked and scheduled and packed (mostly) for my trip to Scotland for Samhain 2026.

Experiences, the ones that I step out of comfort zones for, the ones that I remember for years, the ones that bring extreme joy and disbelief that it actually happened. This is important to me to know that I really got the most out of my travelling year, to know that I can do it and enjoy and live all by myself, still I've got a long way to go but I'm definitely doing it and improving (I hope) step by step.

I would like to have achieved a move in a positive direction career wise. I really hope I am managing people and doing a good job that I am happy in.

I would like to have gotten two A's in my Masters. It's important to me because I want to work hard at it and graduate with distinction.

I want to make more things with what I have in the house. I want to plant hydraengeas and peonies. I want perinneals to say, I am here. I still want to manage my pain better and to be at peace with my current lot. I always want to keep teaching and learning.

I’d love to be in a loving, committed, romantic partnership. With good sex. Ideally more than one, because Poly Life and my real dream is a throuple. This feels cliche but it’s true. Why is it important to me? I’m lonely. I have lots to offer. I want to be well-met. I feel like I am supposed to want to be happily involved in a primary relationship with myself instead. If I’m happy, I’ll take either option.

As always, until all the hostages are home, that will always be my goal. #BringThemHomeNow

I want this business to fly. I want to believe that my way of being and contributing authentically is wanted and needed by a subset of people. I want to feel valuable and work in a way that is healthy for me. I want to help others find a bit of freedom and acceptance.

Get back to university, or as a plan b, finally drop out of university and find a job that fits both my interests and my disabilities. Which is kinda hard. It would be good to "finally finish something", that's why I'm sticking to Uni at all, but right now I don't know if I can finance it. Also I need a suitable place to live first.

After several years of dreaming of an apartment with private outdoor space, and 2 years of living in a one bedroom with my partner, she and I are taking the plunge to buy something larger together. We are in the final stages of contract negotiation. In a year I want to be well set up and happy in my new home, and navigating it as well with my partner as we have since moving in together.

Marketing my new product. This is important to me because it is essentially the culmination and completion of my professional career.

Oh, it's always piano! But also, by next year, I want to have a functioning newsletter going for our church district. I need to have a purpose for my retirement, and I never know how much longer my job will hold out. So I volunteered to do the newsletter, hoping it can be fulfilling for me, and useful for others.

I’d like to have started working. I want to be able to bring more money into the house and develop a career for myself.

I'm moving into my brother's house post divorce. By this time next year I would like to be moving out of my brother's house. The only reason that I would not be moving out would be because I would have a definitive plan on owning a home or land for my tiny house. I don't want to be permanently in his space.

See my mom again? Turn forty (it means the earth continues to spin). Run the half marathon I signed up for (it might have been silly, but it’s not). Go on an epic vacation in France (for memories).

This is a hard question. I say that for the fact that I get so wrapped up in daily living and the hustle and bustle of the everyday life that I'm almost a robot. So, maybe one thing I would like to achieve is to set more goals and be more intentional about accomplishing them.

I'd like to be settled into my new accommodation, and having friends and family coming to visit me. I'm hoping to find some regular useful activities to do when there. I also hope that my Ivrit will be much better and less "broken".

I would really like to have a studio that set up so all I have to do is walk in and start to work. Right now everything is in a state of disarray.

I would like to run a marathon by this time next year. Maybe even two of them! For the last 88 days, I have run for at least 1 mile each day. As well as following a marathon training plan in the Nike Run Club app for the last two months. As such, I would like to see myself actually take part in a marathon. It will prove to me that anything is possible. To have gone from not being a sporty person most of my life to an indisputable runner.

Pretty lovely to look at last years goals and feel I've smashed them and more but nice to make sure I have balance too. Last year felt like what I was missing was the skills and network; now it feels more a question of confidence and self-actualising. I'm on the path already but plenty more walking to do before I feel like I'm just doing my thing (a few years I suspect!). Boring to always be talking about love in these questions and even worse to see it as an achievement but I really do think it's something that would bring so much joy and personality back into my life and that seems like a decent goal to have. Already finally returned to pottery a little - hope that continues!!

Have a new job that pays 20% more with equal or better benefits or complete some of the prerequisites for veterinary school while keeping same job with at least a 5% pay increase.

I would like to lose weight because I look ugly this big. Also, my body is pre-diabetic. I would also like to come back to work with more focus, a humane workload, and a calmer, kinder attitude. I won’t go back to last year’s ordeal and must figure out how to realize this. It will require deft communication because I don’t want to speak badly about co-workers but I also can’t handle working again with people who don’t do their job.

I would like to have conquered the desperation I feel in my relationship with my partner. I hope we can conquer it together, with the help of a new therapist who sees eye to eye with both of us. Through perseverance and dedication and love. But if I have to conquer it by ending the relationship, I want to have the strength to do that this year. I don't want to live like this anymore. I know I am better than this. I have worked too hard.

I would like to achieve certainty about myself and to stop doubting myself I think I’m in the right direction recently but I really hope that enhances during the year. This is important to me because I think I spend way too much time last year doubting myself and becoming a more insecure version of myself And I really hope that the confidence I gained this past summer really reflects for the next year and I become even more of the best version of myself.

This time next year, I want to be graduated from BYU and starting my first year getting my masters in social work. I want to be on the path towards independence and being able to provide for myself and Ben. I dream of being functional enough to complete a master's program but don't know if I'll actually be able to do it.

I hate that I'm struggling so much to come up with something concrete I want to accomplish. A few years ago I was so much better at this (I set 3 goals and accomplished them all!). I don't know what happened. Hopefully some introspection during Yom Kippur will give me some inspiration.

Finally, finally working through my body dysmorphia. Important because I have been dogged by it for probably 55 years.

having a baby. please.

Donald Trump in jail and a new administration in power. It's important to EVERYONE in this country so we don't wind up completely overtaken by a fascist dictatorship. I suppose I could come up with some personal goals, but honestly, my life is pretty good. There's nothing more important to me right now than doing my part to peacefully bring down this absolute dumpster fire of an administration.

The single most important thing I'd like to achieve by this time next year is finding a stable partner and co-parent to build a life with. This is important because I want to have children. I'm getting such baby fever these days, with all my friends having kids. I want a family and having a stable partner is step 1 of many...

I'd like to have a clear vision for my next step with my work. I've been obsessed with an idea for over 12 years now, and have tried several things, but none of them have stuck or worked. I'm trying to figure out right now why this is so important to me, why I don't just give it up and move on to my next topic. It won't let go of me, or I won't let go of it - not sure which is more appropriate....

Temp work, must find. Must be able to afford my Health Insurance and RA meds to stay alive. Goal witnessing my 2 month old grandson's advancement into old age! and having my own relatively healthy and active advance years

Last time I said that I achieved my fiber arts goals and would move on to something else. But actually, I stuck with fiber arts and found so many new ways to enjoy it and improve. So my goal for this year is to dive even deeper into spinning yarn and learn more techniques with more types of fiber. Lets see if I can spin some bison and yak! Its important because spinning has brought me closer to a group of friends that are fun and very supportive. I am just getting good enough to teach new people the craft and it feels great that things have come full circle.

I will pitch and publish a piece of writing in an outlet or magazine. I will start a newsletter for my own writing that is less reporting and more experimental w form maybe essays/other fun things. I will seek out classes, mentors, learning experience to hold me accountable + deepen my craft of writing and editing. I will take seriously my commitment to writing because untended it is a gift that will wither; because I keep saying I want to write and then not. Because I believe it to be a crucial way to help myself and others understand the world, and a balm to the noise and overwhelm of being alive right now.

I want to manage my digestive system in a way that I don’t get the IBS attacks anymore. I want to organize my life in such a way that it has minimal stress in order to achieve the former. It’s important to me to enjoy good health and live life at the fullest. Be present.

Make money on the podcast. I need to figure out ways to make money without having a "job."

Write the garden center development handbook.

By this time next year, I would like to be employed and on my way to becoming a lineman for a utility. I'm hoping LADWP, but SoCal Edison or one of the other local utilities would be fine. I finish school in December and I'm ready to move on to the next chapter of my career life.

I want to make sure I read my parsha every week and also get a better understanding of what Christians believe and why they believe it. Human sacrifice is strange to me.

I would like a new job.

By this time next year, I hope to be well established in my form of relationship anarchy within my new living structure and new concept of community within that physical living space.

Oddly enough, I think that I'm finally going to be living in a house that will be open and welcoming to all, and most importantly, where I will feel comforted and sheltered. It's not how I expected to get there, but my chances are now better than ever.

Easy answer. Japan. It’s THE bucket list item. I feel like if I commit everything extra to it I can make it happen for me!

Huh. The logical thing would be to write, "I would like to be pregnant". But no. I just want to be happier.

This answer has been the same for a little while now. I'm looking for a fresh challenge, and pursuing new jobs to get me there. The going has been slow, especially through the summer-fall transition. But I will continue to push for this, because I need this.

I would like to have a stamp in my passport. Being in the US is really wearing on me. If we can't leave for good yet, at least I want a reprieve from the weightiness.

I would like to have incorporated regular creativity into my daily life. Not only is this important for my mental health, but for my identity. Maybe this will include figuring out how to have a community creative project.

By this time next year I want to feel more confident in my path and my choices. I want to be pursuing joy and meaning in my career, relationships, and life. I want to have a clearer picture of the future.

I’d like to have moved out or be planning on moving out. This feels like a big step in gaining independence as an adult.

Fully engaged with academics working on the intersection of music theory and consciousness - not neurology, but "the really hard problem"

Well...I said exercise more last year, and I didn't do it, so let's try again and be more specific. Exercise (yoga, cardio, biking, fast walking) at least 2x a week for 30 min.

I have many things that I want to have happen by next year but all of them can be achieved by one thing: consistently showing up for myself. I need to prioritize me and my goals so that I treat them the same way I did my workouts last year. Only then (and with more boundary-setting) will I realize the goals I'd like to achieve, whether they're body-based (physically), race-based, relationship-based, or work-related.

I am happy to say that my goal of helping my daughter navigate her mental health issues seems to have worked. she seems to be in a better place-- there is still ups and downs, but more ups than downs lately. I hope to have the head space to focus on myself this year. Maybe nail my pickle ball serve!

I'm releasing the goal of completing my novel and instead embracing the goal of discovering a freer, more fulfilling creative practice. I would like to find joy in the process, experiment with various genres, and give myself permission to noodle. I recognize that this isn't a SMART goal, but I'm tired of the pressure measurable goals create.

Be in a functioning relationship and probably have a closer relationship to god. I want those because if I’m in a functioning relationship, they can be there for me if I ever have a breakdown or anything. And a closer relationship to god means that he can guide me through life.

writing my book building a regular practice/ regular teaching release my web site

As always, financial freedom! I believe that security and happyness, and a good sense of personal worth, derive from financial comfort - and recognition that that comfort looks different for most people.

Continue to add peace to my life and environment.

I still maintain my primary goal is greater closeness and intimacy with Karen (as facilitated by better communication). I also believe this year has shown some incremental improvement! Piano tutorials and voice lessons are still a fail, however. Yes, I copied last year’s answer!

Okay for real, I hate this question SO much. Im ready to find out why. What scares me so much about the measurements of achievement? I want to be evasive, or broad in my answers; love, happiness, money, etc. The truth of the truth of the heart of the heart is I want to be reliable to myself. I want to keep my promises to myself, but I don’t really ever trust that I can. So, let me be brave. I want to write the book. I will write the book. And then I can never doubt myself again 😉amen.

I'd like to have the first draft of my book written. I think the skills used in finding joy are so important - now more than ever - to help us understand ourselves, regulate our emotions, and connect to others. It is a powerful antidote to the toxicity of the world. Many have told me for a long time that I should write a book - I finally feel like I have something to say.

Only one? Finishing my class, going back to work, getting my book ready for publication.

By this time next year, i want to be in a new job - whether it's a new position at my current school or I move along to a new company/organization, I can't stay doing what I do on a daily basis. I feel my brain atrophying.

I'd like to have an art studio, and be making art again. Also, to have connected with other Alexander teachers, and possibly to be teaching again.

I would like to have my home in order and room 3 without clutter.

My dinners have been a big part of creating this, as has Otherworld, and hopefully I can include EartHand and Clown in the coming year. I want to have roots here that sustain me in the work that is important. I want to tie all of this to liberation work.

I would like to have 75,000 in the bank and feel secure about my future.

I want to be aware of my VAST/ADHD behaviors so that I can stop them before they become a problem. This will help my relationship with my wife more than anything I can think of because it will mean that I am a reliable partner.

I really just want to get more present and less anxious, so timed goals are tough for me. That said, I want to feel as much joy as I can at every single moment of every single day. What an achievement that would be. Take joy. Only connect. Basics for the win.

By this time next year, I would like to be pregnant with a viable pregnancy! However, I recognize that this doesn't entirely fit with the verb "achieve," as so much of fertility is outside of our control, even with interventions like IVF. I understand that a second (biological) child may not be possible for us given my age and prior miscarriages. I see that last year, I wrote about wanting to make more of a clear decision about trying for a second baby, so at least I can say that S and I are clear on what we ideally want. Now we'll see if it's possible, or if we will need to make peace with our family of three, for which, either way, I am still immensely grateful.

Planned vacation, maybe another national park. Time spent away from electronics and phones really recharges and refuels. What a beautiful country Gd has given us and we should enjoy the beauty and time with loved ones in the beauty.

I’d like to participatte in continued Buddhist practices and learn more about the religion I was born into.

I remain hopeful about being in a two-way loving relationship with a life partner. Partnership and sharing love and building a family has always been important to me. I feel partners can help one better navigate the challenges of life and can lighten the load/bring joy to help get through tough times. I would also like a clearer mindset around my future career path or to carry less stress if I remain in my current role. The work I do is impactful and rewarding but I would like to experience it with less strain, less worry and more finesse.

I would like to achieve less pain and better posture. I want to be a better listener and interrupt less. I want to be an inspiration to people of all ages. I want better boundaries and to be less of a people pleaser.

I want to achieve better sleep and less fatigue during the day by figuring out what solution or solutions works best for me.

As I reach the end of my career I've come to realize that my time to give back is limited. By this time next year I will be working at a purpose-driven job that serves as many people as possible. I don't know exactly what that service looks like, but I will figure it out.

I’ve been working on relearning my Hebrew. I hope by this time next year, I will have more prayerbook Hebrew so that I may better understand the prayers I am praying and/or singing.

By this time next year, I hope to have finished our sunroom so that it's a pleasant place to be, and I hope I spend time in it every day reading.

By this time next year, I want to be in the best shape of my life. With so much change around us — possibly moving to Florida, supporting Micah’s practice, and raising Madison Grace — stability may not be the word for this season. But one thing I can control is how I show up physically. My health matters not just for me but for my family. I want the strength, energy, and longevity to be fully present as a husband and dad. That means being able to keep up with Madison as she grows, and having the endurance for the future moments I don’t want to miss. It also means pursuing things that push me, like races and HYROX competitions, and doing them with joy. I don’t need a specific number on a scale or body fat percentage to measure this. Success will be knowing that I’ve committed to myself, my family, and my future — and that I’m living in a body that’s capable, strong, and ready for what’s ahead.

I'm not sure as far as long term goals at the moment, but I'd like to establish a solid morning/evening routine. I feel like building these consistent practices will help me figure out everything else once I get some basic logistics prepped in advance for the next day, or later in the day depending on what's going on within any given 24-48 hour window.

To plan my mikvah and beit din. I'm excited about the process of learning and then becoming part of the community.

I'll be married! That's an accomplishment, haha. But I think I'd really like to figure out a more solid plan for my career going forward. I'm considering going back to school, and if that's going to happen, I'd like to have started applications at least.

This has been a year of change so far - change in job, career direction, body composition, mental health diagnoses and worldview. By this time next year, I hope to have learned a lot more about my ADHD and what my triggers are - ideally I will be on medication and specialist coaching to support my management of the symptoms. I also hope to have successfully completed the first year of my MSc in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy; be settling into year 2 and see a clearer trajectory for my future career in the helping professions. I also hope to have built an unbreakable relationship with food that is conducive to remaining at a healthy weight and I am not reliant on skinny jabs. I also hope that my relationships with my wife and daughter continue to strengthen and we grow closer as a family

By this time next hear I hope to have finished all the traineeships I am currently doing as a Hospital Spiritual Assistant and as a Birth Doula so that I can concentrate on my work as Spiritual Assistant in Palliative Care and on the graduate degree in Philosophy I hope to be pursuing when I turn 70 next June.

I want to maintain and, where possible, improve my physical and mental health.

Same old story. Lose weight.

By this time next year, our first union contract with ILWU Local 5. By this time next year, A NEW JOB!! By this time next year, perhaps a pregnancy (God willing) or at least the active pursuit of one. All things in due time.

I hope to find some better balance in the day to day to day. My life seems guided by work that I don’t find meaningful enough and the medical nonsense. This isn’t a way to live. Italy was great! I hope I find another adventure.

A workshop. I still want to design and deliver a workshop. “Off Script” — the ultimate self care. What are the lines our culture feeds females? Those aren’t self care at all. At all. To find wellness, go off script.

I would like to achieve some kind of balance between work, activism, social time, personal interests, health, and rest. I also hope that I will find the person with whom I will raise children by then, if not sooner. And I hope I have my finances a bit more in order following a pretty turbulent year. I hope I am able to sing more confidently and perhaps with slightly more range. I still want to exercise and dance more, and to stand taller.

I would like to have a stable, reliable, and sufficient source of income.

Continue my journey and practices for Learning to move slower and at a more intentional pace that is deeply aligned with my integrity. it's okay to disappoint people, it's okay to feel disappointment myself.

I want to complete a draft of a book and find readers. This is something I have been working on for a very long time. The important aspect is defining a more limited and focused goal, making it seem more do-able.

10k a month for fun because life is short and I’m having a good time.

Be ready to run a 10k and be thin enough to have a good time. Running is always my route back to health and happiness.

I would like to achieve walking or exercising again. Maybe I'll join the gym. Being on the treadmill on the cruise was wonderful, so why can't I do that at home? Just do it, right? Maybe next year, I'll be writing that as one of my accomplishments.

I'd like to have a better relationship with rest. I will be married and want to have learned how to be a better partner with the transitions in life, such as finishing school together. I know we can do it.

The first thing that comes to mind is boringly always the same: to be more disciplined, patient, and joyful. I hate to use the ones I use all the time: to be fitter, lighter, more patient. Those are true. But here I"ll do this one: I want to be able to play American Tune very well on the guitar. To be able to play and sing it with no problems. And to have, say 20 fun songs completely memorized.

I would like to clear out my storage unit. It gets more and more expensive and I haven't done a thorough check of what is in there in years. I need to decide if I really need any of it or if I should rehome them.

I plan to have a clear business project to start executing it within a few months, or a year max. This is my move towards total financial independence!

Clean home office! I sit here surrounded by clutter; reasonably clear floors, but lots of paper on the desk

So. Many Things. I'd like to be driving. I'd like to make new friends in Pittsburgh. I'd like to have extensive gardens in the new house. I'd like to become competent at basic home repair. I'd like to become involved in local politics. All of these things are a part of settling in to a new city, living a new life. All of these things are within my ability. I hope. We'll see next year.

I would like us to be in a position financially so Diana can retire. I can do this job indefinitely. At some point I'll want to retire too.

By this time next year, I would like to deepen my practice of Judaism in a more intentional way. I’ve already begun taking steps, like watching services regularly and lighting Shabbat candles, and I want to continue building on that foundation. My goal is to relearn the holidays, not just the major ones, but also the lesser-known ones and their significance. I’d also like to begin studying the history and meaning behind them through the Torah and weekly parshas. This is important to me because it allows me to strengthen my connection to Judaism not only through identity, but also through active practice, learning, and tradition.

Have dates with each my two sons every week.

figuring out my lactose problem

Right now the goal I'm working toward is dropping the remaining 10 pounds that I still haven't lost and lowering my cholesterol naturally. The second part isn't really my choice, but I found out over the summer that I have borderline high cholesterol and I need to get it down by the time I have my re-check in February to avoid medication.

To be travelling to New Zealand. Its my dream trip. Or having a new house with a small garden for my animals

Have a smashing body! With less fat, more muscle... and not just a pound or two. I have 41.1% body fat that I wish to lower to at least 39. I have 24.8% muscle that I want to increase to at least 27.

I'd like to be a spry 80 by this time next year with better balance and stability so I can enjoy life to the fullest.

As much as I think it won't happen, right now in my heart, there is nothing I want more than to be a mother. This urge to start my family is so great that is cuts through me and it brings me to tears quite often. It has been the biggest struggle in my relationship - to feel so content and happy with my partner and still feel so lonely and incomplete. I know this is not an achievement that realistically I can get to alone, but for my happiness, I hope I at least have a time in sight on when it can become true.

I feel like I kinda had it all down, and now I don’t. So I had like my health and my vibe down and then I lost it. So what I think I’d like to do is brag less about how I figured everything out and fall apart less when it turns out I don’t.

I want a dead hedge in the front yard. This means installing some infrastructure and adding the sticks and other stuff. It will be a good visual divider of the properties and great for wildlife.

I want to be strong and fit. And know that I'm healthier than I have been in years for this little girl. I will not fail that child.

Great internal calm. I feel like I am constantly on a treadmill, and I do not like that.

Continued financial progress would be great, if my company IPOs that will have a big affect on our retirement, and getting additional money quarterly could help address the debt that seems to accrue every year. I feel like I'm close to turning a corner on money, I'm doing better every year and putting 14% to retirement a month, which is great. i continue want to work on my creative self. i took a drawing class earlier this year (let's celebrate that, how great!) and I'd like to take another one soon. Spending more time at museum events has also been very rewarding, that's my tribe.

I'd like to be more proficient at Italian. I've been doing duolingo for over 3 years and I want to have the confidence to speak more comfortable when I am there in March. I love learning languages and it will be fun to use it in real life.

I would like to increase me knowledge of church protocol. Try to get through The Keys without looking. Clean my house to start anew.

I would like to make more progress on getting rid of clutter throughout my house but especially in my spare room. I would like to have cleared out my spare room enough to move my spare TV in it. I'm already working out in it, so during my rest periods I'm going through, filing and/or trashing paperwork etc. I want enough space for a work out room.

I would like to finish my rough draft and at least one revision.

To fall in love and get married to a Jewish man. In a world that wants us gone, it feels like loving another Jew, marrying him, building a home together and have and raise Jewish children, it’s like my soul yearns to build the next link in the chain.

I’d like to be working on a book or journal for those with cancer

The same as last year - to be divorced and independent (or with someone else). To be employed.

I would like to have started the process of autism assessment. I don't know that getting a for-sure diagnosis (or lack thereof) will particularly change my life, but it will change how I see myself and understand myself.

I would like to be at peace with myself as I am. To stop looking back and comparing myself to who I was before the accident; asking myself to do more than I can; spend more time reading and less time watching TV/videos/movies; dare to be curious instead of hiding in assertions; accept as while and pure my own religious practice; be open and loving to people; walk more; do what I want and can the concept of should; remind my family every day in every way that I love them absolutely for who they are.

I honestly don't want to achieve anything other than be alive, happy and healthy. I hope to still be with my current job (b/c I like it) or a similar one (if I have to change for some reason) I want to stay in good standing with my family, my partner and my community. I'm tired of making big plans and having the universe laugh in my face. I'm okay with not having a lot of ambition any more. I want to focus on just being myself and loving the life I'm already in and making the most of it. There may be small goals to make sure I'm making the most of where I am at and who I am, but those don't have to be planned out today. That's the beauty of small goals, they can come along slowly and organically.

I would like to have presented a trial in court that I am VERY proud of. My professional life is important to me, and I have struggled a bit to do work I am proud of given all of the circumstances--Trump policies, how the office is set up, etc.

Physically, I aspire to be stronger and more supple in every part of my body, especially continuing work with my shoulders, chest, arms, and back. I'm still leading the Groovy Fitness class; and I want to exemplify an overcoming, optimistic outcome. People have difficulties to wrestle in our physical bodies; and when we work to overcome, it translates into other areas too - emotionally, mentally, etc.

One thing I’d like to achieve by this time next year is to feel a deep sense of balance in how I spend my energy. Over the past year, I’ve grown more protective of my time and my presence. I've stepped away from social media, grounded myself in community, and put my energy where it truly matters. By next year, I want to take that even further. My goal is to live with more steadiness and intention. I want to wake up feeling rested, strong, and at ease, and to go through my days aligned with what matters most. This is important to me because I’ve seen how my well-being ripples outward. When I’m grounded, I show up differently for my students, my family, and my community. It’s not just about taking care of myself, but about being able to lead, teach, and love from a place of wholeness.

I joined a game jam to finally finish the ttrpg game that's been in my heart for over 20yrs. I've picked it up and rewritten and rebuilt it, tested it, etc. It's good to go mechanically, everything is there, it just needs more writing and then being put into readable and playable format. Which is still a lotta work! And how easily I tire now, has made it a bit scary to tackle. But this jam appeared and I jumped in so now I'm trying. I have til March which seems like a long time bow, but it'll pass real quick. But getting this big project done and out there, even if nobody knows or plays it, that's gonna be a bug win for me and I really need some of those to try and remind myself I'm not a total failure.

I would like to be embarked on a writing project of some sort... either farther along in the Still, Life work I have started, or some other way, since I don't yet know if that is way it is going. I would like the exhibit at Aurora Gallery in May to be a strong, deep expression of my fullness, my journey, my pleasure and my skill in my painting, and in my writing too (whether it is implicit or explicit in the work)

By this time next year, I’d like to figure out what I want spiritually. I haven’t felt connected or engaged with my Judaism for the past few years, and I don’t know if that’s due to the congregation/community I belong to which is just not serving my needs or if there is a bigger spiritual issue. I also feel like I’ve lost my connection to God somewhere along the way. I’d like to get a better understanding of what’s really going on with me and identify a more meaningful path forward. It’s important to me because I feel like I’ve just been going through the motions, and that’s not very satisfying.

I will be retired and living in Spain! That has been my biggest goal for a few years now. Gots to get out of this hellhole! I hope to be able to sell a lot of my stuff to further build my nest egg. But even if I don't, it has already served its purpose, and other people can benefit from it.

I would like to be a mother by this time next year. This is my ultimate life goal, I want to be able to have meaning in my life and an outlet for avodas Hashem

I would like my house to be neater.

I'd like to have all the work on the house finished - insulation blown into the walls and attic, a deck kitchen off the back door, a cover for the hvac, and the greenhouse installed. Hubby's office downstairs needs some work on a soffit that was torn out to fix a leak in the exhaust vent. If I won the lottery, I'd buy a condo near my daughter in Minneapolis, just in case.

I'd like to be earning a consistent income within my business. Then I could stop stressing about whether or not I need to get a "regular" job and be able to concentrate on serving both my clients and the charities I care about.

Kick Trump out of office. Take back our country and be humans again who support each other. It’s going to get worse before it gets better. Personally I would like to get in better health but I am lazy and doing ok the way that I am. I would love to have a job again and contribute to society and my family. I would love to travel and especially travel overseas. But all this in due time. First let’s get rid of the monster controlling our country.

My doctoral dissertation. I have been committed to this idea/project since the mid-90s and have had many an internal and external battle to get where I am. I look forward to it being birthed and as amazing as I always known it is.

I’d like to get familiar with the CNC machines and the 3D printers on campus and actually make things on them. I want to gain confidence machining, so I’m more comfortable teaching the subject. Right now I feel like the blind leading the blind. This is a significant challenge for me, but it’s good to have challenges. After a year and a half of not working, I prefer a challenge to nothing.

I want to pare down the amount of STUFF. I have been the memory keeper of my family since my family of origin began actively disintegrating when I was in my teens. I also know what it's like to be poor, so saving things "just in case" is a habit that hurts now. I don't hoard (whew!), but I save too much 1) that no one besides me cares about or 2) that realistically I will never need again. So much stuff, and most of it has become burdensome but still exerts a strong, fear-based, emotional grip.

Setting up our new “home” at 4620 North Park and cherishing the new experience! This means, however, also making the decision to sent it sell our home at Drummond. Once I’ve achieved this home switch, I feel that the next chapter in my life will be open to less worry and more innovative experiences.

Just one? I'd love to have a hand in getting the House of Representatives back in the hands of Democrats. But that won't be done by this time next year, although I hope we'll be well on our way. Personally, the one thing I'd like to accomplish is traveling. No, wait. I'd like to be in a new home. Argh, no, I want to have published something that people pay me for. Okay, no, it's impossible to pick just one thing.

I would like to be physically and mentally strong. I want to be able to think critically and to have full use and management of my body. Staying intellectually engaged is important. All of this is important so that I can see my grandchildren thrive and grow.

By this time next year I would like to be making enough money to pay down our debt, while still being able to spend some time traveling.

By this time next year, I would love to have any organized space with no clutter. This includes a freshened space...paint, etc. I would love to incorporate hygge into our home. Learn about this and practice it. It's important because I have so much background noise in my head all the time. Having a comfortable, calm space will be grounding.

One thing I like to achieve by this time next year is not giving a damn and going with the flow. I care too much sometimes and does not serve me in the end. Keep my life simple and focused rather than enthralled by the world and high energy would be a better goal and substitute for myself.

I would like to make some significant progress in Swedish death cleaning/getting ready to move. I want to throw out the things I'm not engaged with, or start engaging with them again.

I have the same answer as last year, but I didn't expect things to take a year. I’d like to have a new job — one in which I can contribute, make a difference, and continue to learn and grow. I want to feel secure with the salary and benefits, knowing I’m still supporting my family. I want to feel less anxious about my employment status. I want to feel that I’m settled, ideally, until I retire. And, if I really want to work on this cookbook idea, I want to have the motivation to make progress, to make it a reality, to not just talk but to do. No more hiding behind excuses but really buckle down and take the leap.

Living in a new apartment or house. The environment at my current apartment is toxic and negative because I submitted a 311 complaint about a worsening leak in the ceiling beginning in October 2023. I filled the complaint in January 7,2024 .It had become much worse, pieces of the ceiling were falling off. Ask for help.

The last two years have been about me trying to get my financial house in better shape. I’m going to do something different this year. So, by this time next year, I’d like to be able to confidently say that I love myself. I can say it now, but it’s not confident. I have to force myself, in a way, to truly believe it. Next year, I don’t want the hesitation. I don’t want the silent question of, “But do I really?” to follow. I want to confidently and without reservation be able to say, “I love myself”. This is important because most of my life, I’ve quite vehemently hated myself. I’m in my (sigh) late-40s, and most of that time, I’ve not liked who I was. I always wanted to be someone different, someone that other people would like, even if it meant hiding who I really was. Sometimes I’d get comfortable enough to show who I really was, and very few have stuck around after that. So, I’m working on being authentically me too and dropping the mask I’ve so carefully layered on year after year. Ultimately, if I don’t unconditionally love myself, none of that matters. That comes first.

This is not an answer I ever dreamed I’d write until about a month ago. One important thing I want to achieve is selling our current home and moving back up to Michigan. This is important for several reasons. First, we’ve realized that as we’re getting older, our bodies are slowing down, and we no longer envision raising livestock on our homestead or a large garden. The food forest and large garden we created are too much to maintain, along with all of the fencing, lawn cutting, trimming around the buildings, etc. I still want to homestead, but on a smaller scale, like how I teach how to homestead in the suburbs. Second, our parents are in their 80s now, and I think it’s important that we move back to be with them. Their last couple of decades can be more peaceful, and we can still enjoy having them in our lives in person. Third, even though my husband loved living in Florida, I’ve always wanted to move back to Michigan despite the cold. I’m glad he finally feels the same way. A nice home in a small town with a backyard for a small garden sounds perfect!

The marathon goal hasn’t changed. Maybe by 30? I also want to be promoted by this time next year. I’ve been putting a lot of effort into work so I’m hoping it pays off.

Speak better Japanese.

Hey! We did that trip abroad! We went in May to London & Oxford, visited Miri & Danny, did the tourist bus tour in London, spent a ton of cash at the Harry Potter store at King's Cross, and walked our feet off (and enjoyed a couple of British pubs) in Oxford. Tamir also did a hiking trip in Czechia with his friend Guy, and I think that bug has been satisfied for a while. I'd like to get back to visiting the little ones more frequently, now that I am not needed at I&A's every week. I think Dvir has really gotten the short end of the stick this year, little honey that he is. I am plannng on making that a distant memory (for me. He won't remember anyway).

I’d like to really claim the sense of self I’m discovering. Be more selective with how I use my energy, for what/whom I give up my peace. It will be a great feat as a type A who likes to fix things, put others first, and control circumstances well beyond me. I’ve started the work but it will take a lot of healing trauma, self-awareness, and actively choosing different patterns for myself. That said, if I’m successful, it could be one of the greatest things I do for myself.

I’d like to join a synagogue. It’s important to me to find a second home in my residential area; a place where I feel safe and spiritually uplifted . I’d also like to join a fitness center so I can improve my physical fitness and wellbeing.

Move into sales. Have finished 2 papers to publish Move into a significant role SAMARTH- be there with him and for him Substantial financial planning TRAVEL to 2 sites on my bucket list Be nicer to my mother Try to get coaching done- preferably CBRE paid LEARN JAPANESE

Getting my PADI DM sorted out and able to scuba dive with confidence! I hope that my online business Tied by Tide will also start rolling with handmade accessories inspired by my island life here

Fighting knee problems and changing schedules and trips has kept me yet again from losing weight. I need to get up to full speed walking with continued PT and use that extra mobility to make a real dent in pounds. This is really hard!

By this time next year I'd like to deepen my friendships with women living near by. I have several deep friends from other places I have lived, but I want to feel more connected in this new location. I know it takes time and commitment. So, I am pledging to make a deeper commitment to this by asking others to join me in activities and quiet cafes.

I would like to have a new job. Money is needed in a capitalist society to survive. I would like my marriage to be in better shape, or find a way for it to be over. Neither of us are happy currently. I would like to have gotten my dual citizenship. This would allow me to return to the US to get a job, or just to live with my parents, if needed (which would end my marriage), but with the option to return if I wanted or needed to. I would also then be able to look into sponsoring my parents to move here if things continue on the way they have in the US. although canada is attached physically and deeply intertwined financially to the US so it’s a small improvement.

I want to meet someone, because I am a little lonely. I need company, I crave it.

I didn't achieve what a wanted last year so I will continue to try to go back to painting as it allows me to relax and find joy doing it.

I would like to be well into my book, and have 1,000 subscribers to my Doorway Moments program. I also want a clearer picture of where our ocean vacation(s) will be. And I am ready for at least two if not three or four additional mastermind groups.

By this time next year, I hope to be making money by whatever means possible while also having achieved something either in college or my personal life. This is important to me because I will finally feel that I am out of my parents' shadow and completely independent and well-rounded. I also want to be much more knowledgeable and well-versed in worldly issues as a whole.

By this time next year I would like to have worked on my self confidence and worth such that I feel truly at home in my body. I am so proud of myself for pursuing top surgery despite all the obstacles and the emotional turmoil it has brought and I really want to be committed to continuing to honor my pursuit of feeling aligned with myself.

I'd like to be in a loving relationship with a wonderful man because I can't imagine continuing on in life so lonely and alone. I deserve to be loved and have a lot to offer the right guy.

This is a hard one. I'm still adjusting to the changes to our lives with my wife's Parkinson's Disease and her move to assisted living. I'd like to get back to writing poetry. It's been my only creative outlet.

Could we be almost credit card debt free? Almost, because it is just, well, really high. Even though it's been that way for a while, the outlook is good--we've brought down expenses, my salary will continue to bump up each year, and my wife's writing is (for now, anyway) increasingly financially successful. Bringing down debt would continue to increase our overall stability in preparation for very uncertain times ahead--for us and for our kids.

I’d like to finally be able to pay down debt and hopefully moved to a better place

Get my driving license! I know I've been saying this for years, but it really needs to happen. With two kids we need it. It will help getting places, help with going on holiday, help with so many things.

better relationship with clutter and paper. So much energy wasted touching things> once, and organizing is not getting easier. Or ... finding a new country to live in/become citizen of. Really scary option ... but one all of my ancestors chose in the 20th century

This sounds frivolous, but I just bought a 1968 Harley Davidson - Aermacchi 125 Rapido, and I would like to have it rideable by the next "tiddler" run for the AMCA. It would mean a lot to me because I have been so stressed by my children's problems that I want to have a project that I can work towards with measurable results. I have been so fascinated and impressed by the AMCA members who can fix anything, and I would like to learn how to do something, if not everything, to restore a little bike. It's a completely different skill set than what I already have, although a little bit the same in that you have to think in a problem-solving way, 360 degrees over time. It's also important to me because I will be developing deeper friendships with interesting friends who are very excited to help me out and to teach me how to work on it without crying (me not them!)

I would like to create at least one quilt or embroidery for exhibition. I want to get my creative juices flowing again and focus on things which bring me joy.

Id like to be alive. And I want to continue to be able to stare down any antisemite, any hater of Israel, that gets in my face.

A life plan that includes a retirement date and action steps as well as financial stability and full legal and financial management teams in place.

Have the book out, or close to it. I have a come this far with it, and its on me now to not lose momentum because of so many other new things going on in my life.

I want to have clarity and definition about my relationship with my spouse, who is a very complicated and indecisive person. I also want do get started on house improvements.

I’d like to have expressd myself creatively more by this time next year. My goal is to do one art project a month, however small, to learn what interests me. I don’t consider myself creative, so I will start small with paint-by-numbers projects, a couple of music classes, a pottery class, a dance lesson or two and easy recipes.

I would love to be able to say I have meditated for a full year. It makes a difference in my authenticity and confidence. It helps to have my mind/body connection improving. I hope for more of this. I would also LOVE to finally be cleaned out and organized in my home.

better relationship with Noa and Rebecca

By this time next year? It'd be cool if I could say I was finally on my way to being an adult Bat Mitzvah. This is something I've always wanted, but have never seriously pursued. But now that I'm approaching 60, I feel like time is running out to do this, so if not now, then when? Last year, I answered that I wanted to start the podcast I'd been thinking about. I started it a few weeks later, and recorded four episodes. But then, in the face of the election, I felt powerless to continue it. So I suppose one thing I'd like to accomplish might be to get back to it and make an impact on combating the misinformation we are faced with on such a regular basis. I feel torn between "what's the point, it's just getting worse and worse" and "it's so needed, maybe my small voice could do some good.

I would like my husband to be happy. This is important because he is my husband, he deserves happiness, and it impacts the rest of our family when he is not.

I'd like to still be surviving if not thriving under the dismantling of this country and the seeming associated destruction of the world as we know it. I'll be thrilled to have kept my job and paid off the house, to have found it in me to stand of for both myself and the rights of others in my community.... and I would have liked to have purchased a heat pump for the house.

Finish my novel and research and start on my next one. Writing still is an activity that brings me much pleasure.

I'm in a place right now where my next year feels very up in the air. I don't know when or whether I'll be returning to work or if I'm leaving teaching entirely, whether I'm buying a home (where?) or staying where I am, whether I'll be more sick/disabled or feeling better. I hope that, by this time next year, I will have answers to those questions. It's scary and destabilizing to have several major aspects of my life—occupation & income, home, and health—so uncertain. I know my health will remain somewhat of a wild card, but I hope to have at least come to some sort of equilibrium there. And that I have a plan, even if not yet executed, for the rest of it.

I'd like to get my book published. This is important to me because it's a Jewish love story, and I think Jewish love stories are worth telling and sharing with the world.

I would like to complete my training on the Fascets Neurobehavioral Approach and begin my outreach by this time next year. I would also like to be more involved in advocating for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.

I would like to be able to have a conversation in Spanish with a Spanish speaker. It is important to me because there are many Spanish speakers in our community.

I hope to be making a living wage - doing something, theater or not. Bonus if the job is more than tolerable; if it is solely tolerable, then I hope to have the ability to use that wage to fuel my passions. I think that I have been undervaluing my skills, experience, and commitment to projects for too long, and I would love to move towards a more sustainable financial experience.

Physical goal: A 5K at. 17-18 mph pace A sprint Tri. In under 1:50 Emotional/Spiritual: to find a connection based on honesty and love 💕 with a sweet man Financial: decrease debt Professional: develop an Asthma Awareness and wellness for Dirt bike riders. Return to work , ideally 3 shifts/2 weeks Self Care: Travel : girls weekend , Family trips, euro trip.

Same goal as last year - I would like to have a fulfilling full time job, working for great leaders in a mission-driven company.

I hope to be retired and enjoying volunteering and some social activities, and maybe reading more. Important because I want to be able to have time to enjoy life before I'm too debilitated to do so.

To feel fitter in body and mind so that my quality of life is better and I don’t have so many negative thoughts.

I really hope I can say I have processed all of Sparrow's trauma memories by this time next year. I am ready to resolve all of our trauma history - That has been my goal for so long (decades) and the end is within reach. It will be an amazing thing to finally be free.

I hope to retire completely by this time next year. I might end up working "casual" but I hope to be able to fully retire. This "medicine" is NOT what I trained for or dedicated my life to.

Thin out possessions. My life will be better, simpler, calmer, easier to clean with less stuff. Someday I will want to or need to move from this home and I'd rather sort and make decisions myself than have someone else do it.

I want to experiment with new skills. That means doing a few mediation classes, employing the skills I am building in the NARM training, and maybe just maybe take some guitar classes and do an open mic night or two. These are important steps for me as I continue to emerge from the stasis of the last few years and into a new and more expansive understanding of what I can accomplish on this planet.

I'd like to have a settled, stable job with work that I am enjoying. Uncertainty is disruptive, makes it hard to focus. And I think I've "paid my dues", should be able to have work that I enjoy, with my experience.

To learn to rest and relax. Not to take the whole world on my shoulders and think that I am the only solution for all. It is important because I am exhausted.

I would like to be well enough so that I can go back to volunteering. Since I am a senior citizen and retired, I’d like to give back. My specialty is recording audiobooks for the disabled.

I would like to go on a vacation that my wife chooses. We now have the time and she always says she never got to choose

I would to stop mouth breathing by this time next year. I feel it would improve my all around health.

By this time this year, I had wanted to finish A Single Puffy White Cloud. I haven't. I have told the story orally twice recently and each time I move further away from the drama, the sex, the youthful stupidity, and what shines is the pure resonance of it. An ordinary miracle in a life that inspired a lifelong search for more resonance. By this time next year, I will have re-faceted it into its new shape and shared it.

By this time next year, I’d like to have finished a novella or novel.

Not exactly an accomplishment, but I hope that Trump and his cabinet will be held accountable for damages inflicted on the citizens and non- citizens of our world. It would feel like a huge accomplishment even if I am not personally responsible! I hope that we will start standing up to his disgraceful behavior, and vote against what he represents.

Same answer as last year: I ‘d like to commit to a regular writing practice. It’s important to me because I have a lot of material I want to write about and if I don’t write it, I will lose it. I used to do this but I stopped—don’t remember why or how this came about—and I want to revive it.

I want to learn the specific bidding rules for Std bridge. I want to be able to bid without using my book. I have learned by that not happening so far that I need to schedule this learning! It's important because I love the game and I want to experience being excellent at playing it. Aaaagh! This is a repeat of last year. :(

I have to clean up/put away/purge the boxes of stuff that's still left to put away. It's been TOO LONG. No excuses...

I'd like to have an ability to meditate for longer than a few moments/breaths. Then I could do the Alexander Technique for longer at a time and be more healthy. I'd like to hang on to that floating feeling I get when my Alexander Technique skill is working well, and yet I forget it so frequently, I'd like to sustain the remembering. That's meditation. That's staying with the moment.

profitable side business ego (it's what I've always wanted, I don't like reporting to anyone), security (I control my fate)

By this time next year I’d like to have my paperwork in control. It’s something I’m going to work on over the next couple of months, and if I do it right, it should last the year. It’s important to me because I don’t like the feeling of living near chaos in terms of my paperwork life.

We're planning a move, out of state, to be closer to our kids, grandkids, and other assorted family and friends. This means taking stock, planning the move, paring away at our possessions, and more! We've lived at our current address for 35 years. There's a lot, but it's important to be closer to family, and to have less stuff!

I want to have a completed draft of the memoir that I have already started. This has been a goal for a very long time. I don't really if it never gets published, I need to write it for my sake.

I'd like to be happy and healthy, and to have spent lots of time with my family, friends, and loved ones. It is not really an "achievement", just to live the good life and enjoy it.

By this time next year, I want to be living somewhere that is healthier for me.

I'd like to put my brother Gregory's artwork into the portfolios that Fran bought me for Christmas a couple of years ago. I didn't do it straight away because Moira discouraged me from going through his stuff in the immediate aftermath of his death on 22 August 2023. I then didn't use the portfolios straight away because they were a bit smaller than I had envisaged: I was thinking of those big, suitcase-sized portfolios that painters or architects carry around with them: flat leather zip-up cases with handles. To fit the artwork into these portfolios, I'll have to fold some of them. Many of them are already folded and in a bag for life. By the end of October, we will have scattered the final urn of Gregory's ashes on the isle of Arran. I feel (hope) that will unlock something in me to get on with some of my archiving. I've already gone through the pile once to take some pictures for Zoe, who wanted to use some of Gregory's artwork to print a custom X-Box controller for Richard. But I want to finally do something with Fran's thoughtful gift. I feel guilty that I haven't used them so far, that I didn't really speak up to say it wasn't quite what I had in mind. I'm sure they will be perfectly fine. They may even be better than what I wanted because they are small enough to fit on to a shelf and will therefore probably be easier to store. It would be nice not to have to look at them every time I go to my study. Another death-related task that I want to achieve by this time next year is to complete my living will - my advanced care plan - to say what I want to happen to me in the event that I become ill or incapacitated. There will also be the opportunity to note down some ideas for my funeral. These were things that I asked Moira and Sandy to do in the aftermath of Gregory's death. They eventually did do it, but my intention was that we should all do it: Laura, Richard, and Fran, too. Of course there's always more important stuff to do. It took me a similarly long time to organize my will. Sandy's already asked me if I've done my bit once or twice and I want to be able to say that I have. Finally. There are always so many fucking jobs to do!

I want to have been in the synagogue choir and sung over the chagim. I love to sing and for the last three years I’ve been unable to because caring for my son alone means I can’t leave the house when he is there. I am isolated, frustrated and lonely and I wish for better times.

Stop trying to make Elaine like me. Make more friends Be less intense Be less "me" - listen more

By this time next year I want to be financially solvent, with debts paid, savings on hand, money coming in from my business(es) and beginning my year of traveling around the world solo.

I'd love to finally clean up and clean out everything from Sandy's stay in the living room and in hospice at home. I'd love to be able to bring people into the house. I'd love to be able to use my other 2 bedrooms. This is my goal for 5786.

By this time next year, I would like to have the album I am working on released. This is important to me because I want people to be able to learn the songs I catch and sing them back to the Universe…

I have songs that I’ve written that need to be recorded. I’d like to have them all arranged and recorded by this time next year. They all are my “children” and I’d like my song catalogue to be up to date. Plus, Id like to finish the best song ideas I have in the works. And, it would be GREAT to have some of my songs reach larger audiences and inspire and serve them.

Really start disposing of my never to be used space taking possesions. Including my violin - or start playing it? Not possible.

I have a goal to connect with other family members who lost a loved one to skydiving. This is my goal for this time next year. We can support each other, share stories, and find out what happened in each other's cases. I am wondering how safe this sport really is. They evidently have no national oversight in terms of regulation. There is a national organization but no enforcement of regulation. What oversight should there be, if any? Second goal: Be MUCH CLOSER to being OUT of debt by a year from now. Cards paid off, Target paid off. Capital One cds. closer to paid off. School loans will not be paid off.

I hope to have published the Motherlode book to great reception. I think it's particularly important for me to feel like I am still an active participant as a writer and meaning maker because I feel so stifle in my ability to make basic decisions about the trajectory of my life in other ways. I think it will also be good for me to be in conversation with others about parental care and the inevitable passing of my mother.

I would like to be successfully renting out my house to a stable tenant. I’d like to be raising my newborn baby with Mike and utilizing Kayla as a therapist for postpartum support. I’d like to be in a position of harmony with the twins and our blended family. I’d love to be thriving as the woman of the house and rising higher than I ever thought I could in loving service to others. I’d like to be practicing steps 10, 11, and 12 with my sponsor Sara

I hope to take care of my ailing/failing husband with grace, patience, calm & pleasantness. I love him so much & his health troubles have exhausted me & my saintliness (never had much of that). I MUST do better. I must keep him alive & happy for as long as possible.

I'd like to have a consistent volunteer opportunity related to trees, urban tree cover, ecology and/r environment. Right now, it's one-offs when I reach out to folks, and I feel a bit lost. As bad as the country is right now, we still need a world to live in, and this is where I hope to make difference.

I would like to be more in tune with my program and I would like to feel better about my mirror-me. In spite of almost 4 years in program, I still feel like I haven't grasped it yet.

Hopefully I will have a home with my family finally and also will be nearing the end of my second year of therapy having done the more intense portion and I hope feeling better in myself and more in control and able to handle things more

Travel. overseas, in our trailer and in our country. And when possible visit old friends who may be available. Adopt a new dog - female, poodle mix - maybe as rescue. Both of these things to achieve reflect who we are at this time of our lives. Get the travel in and have a dog to share at home. Our time in life is getting shorting; but planning to be around 15 to 20 more years.

I'd like yto have an Art Store front set up to support the Angel Fund at my local grade school

Having made sufficient progress with the flute to feel comfortable to join the academia de jazz. And progress in speaking Portuguese, off course.

A job that compensates me for my worth. A new job with better pay and time off. After a year with two family deaths and Covid it’s become so important that I can take time off without pressure and anxiety that I’m the only one in the office that can do my tasks. I need ease and freedom and peace of mind.

Making memories with my Mother.

Finish the book and make money in speaking engagements and art retreats. Earning a living in a soul-sustaining way and helping people navigate the murky messes of life is my calling.

Confirm or rule on the genetic XXY thing. Necessary for addressing the depression problem.

So far, I've written and mailed thousands of letters in support of important campaigns and ballot measures. I would like to keep doing that in the coming year.

I would like to book an acting job. I love acting and it has been so long since I have booked something. It will be important to my self esteem and sense of self and it feels important to know that it is something that I can still do.

Teaching Mussar regularly

I would like to lower my cholesterol and reduce the incidents of irregular heartbeats. I want to stay healthy and active as long as possible.

I want to submit at least one research paper to a journal. I haven't done so in years, even though I have several projects that are almost done. I want to have actually finished something as a scholar.

I’m concerned with the day to day which is how I’m living now . I went out yesterday . Sat on a patio . Got some sun . Today I’m looking for inspiration to do something

I hope to become an adult bat mitzvah and I hope to find or be on the path to finding a job that jives with my actual skill set rather than the job I have now which is a combination of a lot of things that take a lot of effort for me: frequent task switching, being on the phone, and customer service. It's important to become an adult bat mitzvah because I am called to the Torah and it is time. We do it as a group adult b'nei mitzvah class at my synagogue. I think that's pretty standard across Reform congregations. It's important to get a new job because I am exhausting myself unnecessarily with my current job because it's not a great fit. We are getting a new EMR, so maybe that will help. The boss sure thinks it will. The township fiscal officer position is open, so I am going to try for that. I think I am finally ready to try for big things.

Continue real & meaningful relationships based on honesty and authenticity.

JUSTICE

I would like to be sleeping better. I think that would have a cascade effect on my general health and outlook.

I would like to achieve finishing the children’s book that is percolating in my mind. To continue to expand my art.

I think I give this answer every year - more time to read, less time on Facebook or other online junk. I rarely watch tv so I don't need less of that.

I didn’t apply for too many jobs between last year and this but part of it was committing to finishing this teaching year. I was happy to be able to volunteer with Emory’s Goizetta start me program and I feel like I was able to help out some with those mentees. I probably do need more help with interviewing and not “over sharing” or volunteering negative information about myself unprompted as I am want to do. This time last year I had just finishing secure another round of interviews for Paideia. While I’m glad that that didn’t work out to some extent, it was a blow at the time that it happened. I really thought I would get that offer and to this day I still don’t know why I didn’t get it. When I imagine a utopian education and an ideal teaching environment I do think about Paideai. Would teaching in the exact way that I want to and feeling like I was encouraged (not just able) to innovate change my perspective on education? Probably. Would it change what I want to do for these of my life? Probably not, which is what has bright me to the decision of ending my teaching career. Like when I left sales (although I haven’t come back), I won’t close the door entirely. I don’t know what the future holds but I do know that if I don’t try something else in my life and scratch the itch for a change I will regret it. I’m not letting knowing what’s coming next stop me from me from trying. If nothing else, I will earn a much needed break, which is not just about vacation or time off, but mentally resetting and figuring out what I truly enjoy and what to do with the rest of my life career wise. By this time next year I may be doing something differently and I may not, but the point is that I will have thought about it and deliberately decided to go back to teaching or trying something different.

The goal post has not moved since last year. I've almost sort of hit one part of the goals - but not in a way that is meaningful. And we have a loooong way to go on the other. This is going to require regrouping and rethinking what we're doing and how we're going about achieving that goal. But Like I said last year- we have to start somewhere. And I'm actually grateful to understand more fully what doesn't work and what is meaningless so we can build on that knowledge.

I would like to be fluent in a new language. It is important, first as a respected to this country’s people, but it would also make my life easier. And learning a new language is such wealth!

By this time next year I’d like to have stopped cursing to myself. This seems like a measurable goal (for a change), simple and yet meaningful. Why meaningful? Because I find myself cursing (in my head and aloud when I’m alone) more and more. This habit began during COVID isolation. Before then, I had never been one to curse. My mom was adamant about cursing being a sign of a poor vocabulary. It was forbidden in my home growing up, and more and more I hear it everywhere—on TV, in the grocery store, on the street, and among friends. Negativity is contagious and curses spread it. I vow to stop for the sake of my psyche. Join me?

Completing the course and passing the test for a Master Captains Licence.

Be happy Being my old true self Why Comes without saying

I want to learn as much as I can about birds. In the next year I want to paint as many bird paintings as I can to show the birds that live around me. I want to become a better water color painter. Also though I want to reach out to journalists and authors of books that I have been deeply affected by and tell them in a couple of sentences how important I think their work is or how much I liked it. I would like to do at least four of those.

Next year this time we will be almost to the mid-term elections. If it has become clear that they will not happen or be corrupted by the fascists, then by this time next year, I hope plans to relocate are well underway. After the end of 2026 might be too late.

Ridding myself of negativity yet being realistic. And getting in tune and open to what the universe is telling me

One is a goal I set on my birthday. I would like to be able to do crow pose by the time I turn 55. The why--it is a stretch goal that will require me to commit to getting stronger to achieve it. I think it symbolizes to me the ability to continue to grow and improve as I age. I love the way that I feel when I do yoga every day. And I love seeing my strength and flexibility grow.

Be healthier and my son be happier.

Not sure if this is positive but to keep my mouth and thoughts to myself and stop trying to connect with my wife and daughters who I feel dont listen to me and just shut me out. I keep talking go the Blessed Mary and Holy Trinity to give me strength and they do but its a continuous battle that has beeb around for years and dont forsee it going away or lowering.

I would like to read the Torah, every parsha next year.

I would like to be more present and more loved and appreciated

I would like to be in a new romantic relationship. The past few years have been up and down on the dating front. In general, I am always looking to expand my relationships, platonic or otherwise. But I am especially right now seeking a (more serious) romantic relationship to bring love and fulfillment in the upcoming year. Manifesting this into the world! <3

Find meds to help my autistic son because I would like him to be able to have more calm, happy moments.

I want to be able to do a trick on every apparatus in the mixed apparatus class. I want to have dedicated the time to myself in the next year. To be in, and connected to, and in control of, my body. I believe that will make me feel those deep desires authentically and believe in myself more effortlessly

I would like to have the farm projects completed: outlets, buildings cleaned out, trailers & Bobcat housed. (This doesn't include the main barn.) I want all of the junk GONE, and available spaces used more wisely. One big reason is that I dont want the kids (Becky's included) to be stuck with all the random stuff when I am gone.

have a full time Job as Behavior Technician. And eventually be able to move out on that career. Because I want to do and passion about.

A more full community I feel truly accepted into.

Have the Ohio Equal Rights Amendment and Right to Marry Amendment filed and approved for the November 2026 ballot. This could be a huge career break for me, and it could help protect Ohioans in the future, while we continue to work to end gerrymandering in the state.

Staying alive—beating triple negative breast cancer. I’ve always been honest because I’ve always bern aware of how hard it is to recall what WAS and replace it with what I THOUGHT had happened!

My goal is to expand my voice over business with more diversified clients. I have laid a lot of “groundwork” in e-Learning and audiobooks, but the results are still yet to come.

More therapy breakthroughs! I think I’m learning a lot about myself this year and it’s really changing my life. Only more to learn.

I'd like to learn to relax and do nothing at least once a day everyday. I'm too tense and it's hard to be present when one is tense.

I want to have successfully chanted from the Torah at my adult bar mitzvah and to have enjoyed leading the Shabbat service with my class of 12 people.

I always say “fix my house, be debt free, lose weight…” so I don’t really know. I’ve been doing 10Q for 15 years now and those things, I’ve learned, are never ending. So, I just want to be happy. That’s all. That’s my goal. Just internal happiness with whatever I am facing.

Between breaking my arm a year ago, and then Mom's health explosion, I have had little time or energy for making stuff. I also have very limited time to travel. I am hoping in the next year to do more crafty stuff and make that more of a routine. I'd love to do a trip for something crafty, but that may be overambitious for the next year, maybe for the year after that.

I’d like to move into a new house and sell my old one. My kids need more space and Danielle and I want a place together.

Make some progress on figuring out how to make my career more solid. Continue my resolutions of exercise and helping people (I know, that's three things)

The state of our politics is scary right now. I’d like to either have a viable exit plan or to have acted on that exit plan by this time next year. That requires a passive stream of income, so we can travel without slowing down our savings for retirement, college, etc.

I’d like to release my third book of poetry. It’s important as I’m trying to accomplish the goal of four poetry books based on the four seasons.

To get the house organised (tidying and decorating). Everything feels like it needs to be done at the moment and I’d like to be able to sit down with a book or study something without feeling guilty that I should be doing something in the house.

Oh gosh.. I mean it's always the reiterative "be more secure/stable/have things set up for a good life at 80." And how to get there TBD but hopefully doing better in directing myself there than last year?

There’s a time where I would’ve said I’d want to be recovered but I don’t know if that’s possible anymore. I’ll be done with grad school and I really hope I have the job I want. I desperately hope I find love.

Be in better shape because it impacts my mental and physical health. And just be happy again.

I would like to be more financially secure. I can barely pay my bills. It is a source of constant stress.

I'd like to help California, along with Oregon, Hawaii and Washington states, succeed from the US to either form our own state or join Canada. It's important to me to get my family out from under the increasingly authoritarian fascist government here in the USA.

I want to know where I want to live and be back on my way to having a home. It’s important for all the obvious reasons, plus, this limbo is no fun and not conducive to any productivity outside of moving related activities. Even my brain is stuck.

Last year we hoped to figure out where we wanted to live out our retirement years, but a first grandchild on the way has thrown a wrinkle into our decision making. Now we need to make same decision in conjunction with what kind of grandparents we will be called to be. Many moving parts. No definite answers. The thing I would like to achieve by next year is to be helpful to my children while at the same time making sustainable choices for our retirement years.

Continued progress on the "snow shoveling" tasks of sending the SF books to Brooklyn and running in another 40 towns in Massachusetts. Run a half marathon for the first time in seven years. Advance the financial planning function.

Get healthier, including weight, exercise, eating and brain function. Starting to feel fatigued easier, maybe from my bout with mono, maybe my age, maybe both. My back has good and bad days, hands are getting shaky, and getting a little brain fog from time to time. Must make a decision about staying in the house or going to senior living with more activity. Jared’s ghost is everywhere.

Knitting and needlepoint are difficult but still working on them. In addition to ongoing organizing and reading, I am involved in writing. I submit articles to our community newsletter and am adding to my life story. The goal is completion by July. Research and writing have become my passions, trying to understand the workings of the world.

I would like to recover my balance through Physical Therapy and enter my 80s in better shape than leaving my 70s. BYW, I read 112 books by the end of 2024 and I should exceed that number in 2025. I’m still fighting an up hill battle to lose weight.

I would like to have regular, casual, stress free fun times with friends and family. I'd like to have interesting, lingering discussions or long walks exploring new neighborhoods. I want to spend less money on things (if that's possible?) and more time with the small number of people who I can count on and who count on me. It's important because days like that make me happy. That's it. I want happiness and to bring others joy.

I just want more of the same, life , health and friendship, good mobility too. I would like to lose weight, I say that every year so it’s probably just an appropriate response to the question. I have a lovely life with Mark and the dogs, my family and Marks family and my precious friends . I am very happy with the path that I am on and I would like to stay on this path to awareness, deepening my spiritual life and bringing that into my moment to moment existence.

There are home improvement projects I would like to finish, so I can entertain in style!

I'd like to be comfortable with being still. I don't feel at peace or centered anywhere and I feel like I should learn to slow down

To find a new daily routine. For the last two weeks (first two weeks of retirement), my life has been preparing to travel. That isn't a routine. For the next 6 weeks, it will be all about the travel, but then what? My partner has his idea of what life will look like, what he needs with my Omnipresence - but while that is what he thinks is best for him, I am not certain it is where I will thrive or even survive. What does it look like? I am not sure yet - I guess it is an adventure that I have yet to take on.

More body regulation. If I can Betty regulate my reactions, my breath, my nervous system, I can be a better mom and partner. I should prob add getting back in shape to this list, as exercise will also help me regulate.

I'd like to have a will, advanced medical directive, and financial situation (retirement funds, savings, etc) settled for me and my family. I'll be turning 55 and there's no good excuse for not doing these things at this age.

I actually have a list of things that I want to have achieved by the beginning of March next year. I forget why I chose the beginning of March specifically - I think I read it on a Substack about making resolutions and giving positive structure to your life. My list is upstairs and I can't be bothered to go and get it, but off the top of my head there's various things on it like finish making my quilt, do a tarot reading without referring to the book, continue my streak on Duolingo (I'm on day 127 and feel really good about it!). One of the things was that I will be halfway through my no buy/low buy year, which would finish by 31 August 2026. This is something I've entered into with my friend Safak, and we've both committed to reducing our clothing purchases for the next 12 months. I've said that I will buy a maximum of 10 items, ideally second hand. She has given herself five items plus five items of cosmetics. I am also trying to reduce the number of books I buy because it is getting out of control. My tactic is to employ a two-week cooling off period between identifying a book I wish to buy and actually buying it. There are a few that I've had on my list for ages but I will hold them over for Christmas presents I think. It's not really that I'm trying to save money, although that will be a happy byproduct of this exercise. It's more that I want to reduce my consumption. I read someone (on Substack of course) saying that stuff = money and money = time, so essentially every thing that you buy is a physical expression of your time. Or something like that, I can't remember but I was very taken with the concept at the time. Anyway. I just want to live a bit more mindfully and for the physical expressions of my time to be more considered. Not to mention the environmental impact of course.

I would like to get more proficient in French. I studied there as an undergrad and I was almost fluent. I have visited Paris twice in the last three years and am going back next year. My dream is to live in France and I want to speak the language better.

Move to Toronto. I don't know if it is a long term move or not, but I truly believe the time has come to move out of the US for overall safety and success. This move terrifies me and the sheer logistics are daunting, but I think it is needed. A new city, new community, new friends. It's really scary. But I also think it is necessary and a proof to myself that I can do something like this.

I’m working on a third novel. I’d love to finish it by next year in time for Halloween, but it seems unlikely. In realistic goals, I’ll have gotten two raises at work by then, and I’d like to up my 401k contribution and my personal stock portfolio. It’s important to not be broke and desperate when I reach retirement age.

I would like to own a new camper either to start van life or to hit the road for trips on the weekends. I want to see new places, visit my loved ones, and enjoy what is left of my youth. I don't want to put it off for a day that may never come. I hear old people say that dreamed of doing that when they were younger and now they don't have the health for it. I want freedom to discover a wild version of myself.

Golf. Because it will mean that my ability to balance is back.

I want to re-write my novel and get it published, or at least find an agent for it. I completed an eight-hundred-page draft, way too long and probably boring in places, but definitely worth saving. I notice that last year I wanted to complete the draft, so I accomplished that! Now the next stage, fingers crossed.

I've accomplished so many of my goals in the last few years that I actually feel a a bit directionless. I feel grateful but also adrift. One thing I'd like to achieve by this time next year is to have reignited my passion and my drive towards a new goal.

I would like to be reconciled with my younger child. They put me on no-contact over a year ago, for reasons that are largely unclear to me. While I was not a perfect parent, no one is, and I have never felt that my sins against them merit the cutoff that they have subjected me to. Unfortunately, most of the reconciliation is up to them, since I am honoring the no-contact.

I'd love to have a fulfilling job that I am proud of. I want to be self sufficient

I want to finish a writing project. Whether it's getting my Holika novel through however many drafts to get it ready to submit, a complete season of my sitcom, submitting my memoir, or finding an agent, I want to move to the next step in the next year. Perhaps this long pause I've taken has been to ready me to dive back into my writing. The sitcom has been too closely tied to my mental state, which is why that took a backseat, but maybe working on it will help me push through.

You know what? I’m not doing this. I struggle with this question every year—either I have these big, lofty plans that never happen, or I have absolutely no clue. So here’s what I actually want to achieve: take up space, be myself, and stop worrying about what everyone else is doing or thinking. A little me time, maybe some popcorn that’ll hurt my tummy, as some supposed meteor hits us or the moon, or whatever silly, stupid thing is being reported as the end of the world these days. (And yes, I’m conveniently ignoring all the legitimate daily bad news.)

Stable work, not independent, ideally with benefits. The uncertainty and loneliness of this independent stuff no longer serves me for this stage of life. Too many loved ones left this year, I don't want to spend my days interfacing with a computer but with living, breathing, imperfect people. Also more tacos.

The completion of my space clearing by the Spring Equinox is very important to me. I want to make space for more creative endeavors.

I am celebrating the 50th anniversary of my bat mitzvah next spring. I read from the haftorah then but not the torah. My goal is to read from the torah for my anniversary. I'd like to say that I was able to do it and it will deepen my connection to Judaism even further.

Still finishing and publishing the City Book. Everything takes longer than expected. I keep wondering why I care about the book. Why does it matter, given everything else? I keep asking the question and answering it--it matters because it speaks to community, to how communities function, and how to get involved and why. Even if/when we are lost in the morass of fascism, sometime it may matter. And the reality is that nothing and everything matters.

Last year's goal was to get a decent job - which I did, then it went down the toilet in January - still met goal, I'm STILL employed - no commission yet, but what I REALLY hope to achieve by this time next year is a HUGE settlement $$ in my civil case against AZ and APEX so I WON'T EVER HAVE TO WORK AGAIN! More realistic goal for next year, one way or the other is to MOVE somewhere depending on the financial situation. Santa Barbara if we WIN - or out of California, maybe Arizona or Nevada where we can live comfortable on just our Social Security so I WON'T EVER HAVE TO WORK AGAIN! Then, I can make a "new" goal of finishing Bourbon for Brunch - #2 in the series and Aliens of the Universe v Earth - and THEN have enough money to really market them with a PROFESSIONAL PR company - not all these Chatbot solititations I've been getting! Realistic goals v dream hope goals - bottom line, goal is to just be ALIVE and HEATHY this time next year!

Every year, I say I will work on my weight. I try but I don't get there. I will continue to pledge effort toward this healthy goal, honestly trying to make headway.

Having more male friends, not those that only talk about sports and cars etc. some that talk about life

I would like to achieve sound body and mind collab. Having some mental rest from how much work it is and was to get my mind and body straight into the best shape I have ever been in. I would like to be clear about my financial future. I would like to possibly have a great boyfriend.

I would like to be settled in to my new home, with a clear view of what is next. I also really hope that the liberation work I am doing is still moving forward.

All from last year (get fitter, listen more to S&S) plus complete Remento - because the the girls want me to, I agree it’s worth doing for the future - and won’t get easier……

Retaining my sanity and one friend who's still with me while my husband dies. There's really nobody I can fully rely on in my city or country. So, I want simply to be sane and self sufficient and strong for my husband in his time of dying.

I would love to be in a super healthy relationship, be financially secure, and me and Maury and my loved ones to be in great health. Not necessarily in that order. I guess that’s not one thing. To make it one thing I want to achieve abundant security. It’s important to me because I feel like I’m at a crossroads where I need things to get really good. I need God to show off.

As ever I would like to weigh between 90 and 95kg. I believe this would solve my blood pressure issues. This time