To ask what your goals are for 2025?

Lose about 7kg before my holiday in May.
I have no problem with exercise, I love it, but I have an outrageous sweet tooth that undoes all of my hard work at the gym.

I need to get back in the gym to build some muscle, run my first marathon and ideally run it sub 5 hours.

Complete my second and third half marathon quicker than my first.

Be more organised (every single year I say this but I'm still as scatty as ever!!)

Self development, in every way.

I share a toddler with my ex of over 10 years, who went from an absolutely lovely guy (or so I naively thought) to a sex/OLD obsessed, cruel, lying cheat who left me drowning in PND with a newborn. He then got with and impregnated a woman when our little one was only 11 months old. It completely destroyed me. I only now feel ready to resume normal life as I've spent the past almost 2 years in what has felt like survival mode.

I swore to myself that I would, one day, get back to the best version of myself and fuck him kind of thing, and now I feel that that time has come for me!

So, my goals going forward are -

Health and fitness. I've recently started working with a PT and am doing 2 x strength training per week plus 10k steps on most days when DC is at nursery. I plan to keep this up and begin to work on my nutrition.

Appearance. I really let myself go during pregnancy, in part due to his nonsense and feeling completely lost and unsupported. I ended up gaining around 2 stone, with hyperpigmentation all over my face. The greys are coming in thick and fast which I attribute to all the stress I've been under for the past couple of years. So I've ordered a few skincare items (tret, along with some k beauty serums/essences) and the current body LED mask. I've also booked myself in to the hairdressers for a good cut as I've not had one in god knows how long and my hair is quite ratty with split ends, as well as a colour. I'm going to keep this up every 3/4 months.

Mental health. I've been on antidepressants since my little one was born and have recently connected with a therapist who is great, however I think I have quite a lot of work to do, not only in regards to the stress I've been under the last couple of years, but childhood trauma. So I'm aiming to do 1/2 sessions a month, finances permitting. I also have a list of self help podcasts/audio books lined up on Spotify

Career. I'm starting a single masters module in Jan which will hopefully help with my career development and I can hopefully go on to complete the full masters at my own pace. I'm looking to go up the bandings (NHS), in quite a niche area, so this will hopefully assist.

So yes, quite a long list, however I'm feeling ready and motivated to fully engage in moving onwards and upwards.

Really sort my fitness and diet out. I was doing so well this year then I broke my leg and just completely gave up on my fitness and diet.

To leave teaching. It’s long overdue.

Hoping DH passes his driving test in January so we can get a 2nd bigger car, as little Aygo is not ideal with a toddler in tow.
Start TTC DC2
Finish painting our house, we still haven't finished painting after moving in December 2020! 😂

Lose exactly one stone.

After a year of drifting at work (I work on commission) I want to attack it head on and have a really good year

Not drink any alcohol (gave up in September)

Get new blinds for the living room (with said commission)

Do one new or scary thing a month. I have sorted Feb but need to plan Jan / the rest of my year.

Keep up strength training twice or thrice a week at the gym.
Declutter my house
Start a side hustle.
Make a few more good friends

Finish the horrible cancer meds I am on - due to be completed in August and getting progressively more difficult as the side-effects get worse
Retire in July - 2 years too early to get my pension but I want to have some good retirement time with my husband
Try to get a bit fitter when I stop taking my meds and start to feel a bit better
Have more cheap little holidays when I stop taking my meds and start feeling a bit better
See more of my family when I stop taking my meds and start feeling a bit better

I think there may be a bit of a theme going here.....

Find a part-time job
Engage more with the community where I live by volunteering in foodbank/community cafe
Spend more time in nature & walk in countryside more regularly
Find a way of strengthening my relationships with family & friends
Look after my health, this last couple of years I've got quite neglectful about caring for myself.

I want to be as happy as I can be in 2025 and enjoy life more. I slipped into a bit of a rut of not doing anything fun so I want to change that.

I want to make my relationship a bit more of a priority again as I have slacked on the effort.

I want to look and feel good as vain as that sounds. Eating better, drinking more water, exercising and having regular beauty appointments.

My house is a new build blank canvas so I plan to paint each room and add lots of finishing touches. We did most of the garden this summer so there’s only a few things left to do outside.

The usual save money.

Get stronger...im only 45 & have struggled the last few months with sciatica it's awful. Need to move more, lose a bit of weight & work on my core

Cut back on alcohol a bit

Other than that I'm hoping for a year where all of our friends & family thrive. The last 2 years have been tough with losing close family members. I feel like we need a bit of good luck on that front.

My main goals for 2025:

• Have a better work life balance
• Start my divorce
• Save money
• Eat healthy meals
• Don't be an open

My main goals for 2025:

1. Have a better work life balance
2. Start my divorce
3. Save money
4. Eat healthy meals
5. Don't be an open book

Get my salary to 50k ( I’m on 42k) and buy a house.

Pob lwc!

I’m weighing up whether to retire but I’m only 56. I’m quite lazy so don’t think it would bother me much not working but just a big decision. Financially I can afford it. I wouldn’t pay any tax either or NI so my contribution to the country would be done until I get state pension. Not sure how I feel about that.

Try to save some money and reduce debts. Also get on the move more, not from a looks perspective but just to be a healthier mum for my little, but very active toddler.

1. get back into strength training
2. drink more water
3. spend min one hour per day doing something just for me and doing it on my own (e.g. going to a coffee shop on my own and enjoying a coffee rather than having it on the go/ reading in peace without interruption a/ an evening class/ long bath etc).

I want to lose some weight. Go to bed at a sensible time, less time on the computer, more time on my hobby.

Get back in to exercising, I miss it if I'm honest, I used to exercise 5 to 6 times a week and then stopped. Now I've lost 3 stones, I need to tone up and get stronger again.

Find my motivation to do the above and to just generally be more productive with my time rather than bumming about on here and Facebook!

Earn money again. I've been out of work since maternity leave/losing my job to covid. So either by finding a job or being savvy with vinted or something.

Stop watching tv in bed, very bad habit I've slipped back in to so I need to get some good books to read instead.

Double our savings
Continue on health eating and lots of sleep
Most of all, I want to find a hobby. My kids are growing up and I have time and money again but no idea of what I what to do with it. I want something interesting to occupy my spare time that isn't in front of the TV or at the gym.

Survive
Stay healthy (ish

Continue to improve my fitness levels - add more strength training.
Lose another stone in weight. Drastically cut down on sugar.
Learn to read music again ( Who knew you forget if you don't do it for 40 years).
Learn a new instrument.
Do lot's to try to improve my teen's mental/social wellbeing and confidence (sneakily).
Continue all the good habits I've started this year, after taking early retirement. They've made the world of difference.
Learn to cook/bake
Learn to decorate.
Transform my garden
Pick up another voluntary role - thinking possibly Samaritans.
I intend to be busy 🤣

1. maintain all of my important friendships, something I’m finding harder as I get deeper into parenthood.

2. lose 7 pounds and 1 dress size (for health and confidence)

3. start or complete a work based course for future career development and increased salary.