2016 goals/resolutions/thoughts

For part of 2015, I was working on my 23 before 23 list. That was my first bucket list, and I really enjoyed working on it and seeing the progress I made on it. But after I finished, I knew that I wasn't going to do a 24 before 24 list; I knew I wanted to make adjustments.

For one thing, I wanted to switch from birth year to calendar year because it's easier to say "In 2015 I . . . " than "In my twenty-third year I . . . ". (This switch means I've had a much less eventful second half of the year . . . with no new list to propel me forward, I've pretty much just been working on one thing--decorating the house!)

The other main thing I wanted to change was how many tasks and the timeframe for said tasks. I mentioned this after I finished up my 23 list, but giving a year-long timeframe for several tasks just didn't really work for me. So in 2016, I'm going to have a huuuuge list of possibilities, but each month, I'll choose just one to work on (I guess I could choose a second if I finish the first), so that by the end of the year I can hopefully have at least eleven concrete things to show for the year (maybe twelve, but hey, it's already February and I'm just barely getting this post done!).

I do have some main goals that I want to permeate the whole year. I know goals are supposed to be specific and these are kind of vague, but oh well. I think it depends on the goal, and maybe I'll be more specific when I'm thinking about them personally rather than posting about them publicly.

• Center my life in Christ
• Be more healthy
• exercise regularly, eat less junk and more healthy stuff
• Be happier and enjoy right NOW
• Get more organized in every aspect of my life
• Fully finish decorating the house and installing the yard

And the things I have to choose from for my one additional task per month are:

• Cut back on social media usage
• Focus on consistency
• Come up with a meal-planning strategy
• Pick an annual party to throw
• Try something new
• Read a book
• Go skinny dipping
• Throw a dinner party for friends
• Do karaoke
• Join a sports team
• Splurge on something that will last me years
• Sign up to be a mentor or spend some time volunteering
• Go on a cross-country road trip
• Attend a major sporting event
• Take a class that’s totally out of my element, like improv, golf, or pottery-making
• Unplug for a full day, or maybe even a full weekend or week 
• Take a dance class
• Say yes for an entire week
• Learn to drive stick
• Take a photography class
• Learn to can food
• Do whole30
• Pay for the person behind me
• Get ready every single day for a month
• Organize my closet and get rid of anything I don’t wear
• Create a look book for my clothes and accessories
• Stop being a slob
• Reconnect with an old friend
• Throw a Pinterest-worthy party
• Learn a song on the piano
• Sew something
• Open an Etsy shop
• Create a cleaning schedule
• Memorize “The Living Christ”
• Memorize “The Family: A Proclamation to the World”
• Go on a weekend trip
• Learn a new make-up technique
• Learn how to do a new hairstyle
• Get Zumba-certified
• Recover the jump drive
• Compile a recipe book with all the recipes I actually use
• Learn to garden
• Mend all my mending things
• Pick a Christ-like attribute to work on
• Run in a race
• Focus on reaching out to people
• Focus on being a missionary
• Focus on giving more love to Russ than usual
• Focus on service
• Do something drastic with my hair
• Whiten my teeth
• Find a lipstick or two that work for me
• Travel to a new state
• Organize/print ALL photos from 2003 - 2014
• Organize 2015 photos and make a photobook
• Figure out what we’re going to do for Christmas traditions in our house
• Start a New Year’s tradition
• Visit the Red Butte Gardens
• Get parents’ VHS tapes onto DVD
• Digitize all photos before 2003
• Find a "thing" that is mine and my mom's (like something to do together)
• Find a "thing" that is mine and my dad's
• Buy a new purse
• Make a date night list/box/jar
• Pare down my Pinterest boards/pins
• Play glow stick hide and seek
• Find a signature fragrance
• Go one month without getting fast food
• Go for tea at the Grand America
• Mail a care package
• Throw a surprise party
• Meet up with Laynah again

They are a bunch of random things, but they all have some element of fun or importance to me. I obviously won't get them all done this year, but like I said, hopefully eleven or twelve of them at least :) And then I can just keep going next year! Plus I can add to it whenever :) Where should I start? :)

What are your biggest or most frivolous goals this year? Both are important, I think :)

**ashleynicole