This new decade I will... a thread for big but attainable goals

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Run the London marathon. Currently a big fat couch potato who gets out of breath running for the bus, but I’ve lived near the route for two decades and it’s caught my imagination.

Write a book. Have never written anything longer than an essay, but have read a lot of books and thought, “I can do better.” Let’s see if I can.

Get new letters before or after my name (not including Mrs, although staying married is definitely at the top of my unwritten list).

What are your big goals for the new decade? (Let’s limit them to three year to encourage prioritisation and actually achieving them).

Get my PhD (hopefully starting September 2020).

Great thread! I was reading last year's NY resolutions and i have managed 1.5 out of 3. As it's 2020 i feel i have to try and achieve something great but what to do with so little money? A good question! I would like to apply to Garden Rescue but too late for applications so i'll have to try and rescue it myself. That's enough for me tbh!

1. Learn to play the piano at a beginners beginners beginners level within 3 years. 😂
2. finally get accepted into the level 3 course that I’ve worked hard for.
3. become proficient in another craft based hobby, perhaps cross stitch? I’d like it to be useful and environmentally friendly which is quite difficult! Lovely thread 👍

Lose several stone (hope it doesn't take the decade!!)

Become teetotal

Overcome my self consciousness about my Psoriasis and take my disabled baby swimming (its wonderful exercise for her low tone! Currently dad takes her but I want to join a weekly class with her)

Finally clear our debts (3 children, 3 maternity leaves, 2 house moves and going part time means it may well take the decade to do this!!)

Learn to drive (I live centrally so there has never been any need but now I have kids so public transport isnt as easy)

1. get a dog
2. see the northern lights
3. retrain

It’s almost impossible to get a spot in the London marathon unless your capable of raising over £2000 for charity (if you secrure a charity place)

So may I recommend changing your ‘run the London marathon’ to ‘run a uk marathon’

Lose 8 stones
learn Portugese
drive myself alone first to my son's house 150 miles away
drive myself alone to my bedt friend in Wales

Continue to keep up exercise and healthy eating

Stop drinking.

Run a 10k race
Rediscover my love of cooking and baking
Take my children on a flight again

This is a lovely thread.

I would like to:

• learn Polish
• bake and a decorate a tiered cake for a special occasion
• learn to draw or paint, something arty

Become debt free, reach my target weight, learn a new skill/hobby (undecided on this at present...maybe a language, thinking about getting into gardening?)

I'm going to continue with weight loss and getting healthier. I want to do that until that becomes my normal way of life

I also want to develop a gratitude habit to enable me to appreciate life more

I did the London marathon one in 2018 - yes I did raise £1500 for a charity very very close to my heart and intertwined in our lives. I applied for - and got - a ballot place last year, so I will be running again for the same charity but without the financial obligation.

Mine is to save money by not getting takeaway so often and cooking at home.

Also get some sort of domestic organisation going!!

Good luck to everyone on here

Mine are:

Build my new business into something succesful

Become awesome at sewing

Practice yoga regularly and have made significant progress by this time next year

1. Lose 11 stones of cheating fuckwit.
2. Mend myself and my kids after the deep damage he caused.
3. Press ahead with my PGDip when my decree absolute comes through (please God any day now)
4. Prove to myself that my life isn't over at 55 because of point 1

Go to the base camp of Everest
Become more environmentally friendly
Be happy

Pay off all debt

Visit Australia

Get a new job

Build my dream house

Have children

Have a baby and buy a house. I'm properly excited at the prospect 😊

Become debt free
Reach my goal weight
Two's enough for right now!

great thread!
Run my first Marathon - Im signed up for manchester next April
Finally get to the next and final stage on my career ladder and get a decent payrise!
Pay off creit cards
Finally afford a holiday abroud with dc.

The usual ones that are there every single year... such as pay off debts, eat better quality food, move more, lose a bit more weight, try to save and take DD on trips overseas. Some years I achieve them, some years I don't! But the big one for the decade for me would be that I really really want to move to the countryside.

Buy a house
Finish my degree and finally become a teacher
Go to Disney
Go to New York

Decide what I want to be when I grow up (am 40 this year, probably need to hurry up a bit!). Retrain as necessary.
Get to a healthy weight and stay there
Learn to play piano