To ask what your goals are for 2025?

[MumOfOneAllAlone]

I may be being unreasonable given that we've still got Christmas to go. I've just been hit with a wave of inspiration that very likely will die down by this evening

I'm also addicted to mumsnet 🤭

What do you want/need to work on in 2025? For me, i want to learn French and finally finish decorating my house.

I also want to practice being mysterious and less of an open book. I do have a tenancy to spill my lore to strangers irl as well as on mumsnet

If you've got time on your hands this afternoon, please do tell x

Less booze.
Get my new carpets I’ve been putting off this year.
Actually do the jobs on my 2024 to do list! (Mainly decorating and minor house jobs)

I have achieved practically everything I wanted to achieve this year. I have kept up with my French language lessons, continued with my fitness and introduced reformer Pilates and Callanetics, have taken some extra qualifications , travelled abroad by myself.
Next year I would like to start reading books again. I used to be a voracious reader and could sit down and read a book for hours.
Currently I can’t even manage fifteen minutes.
May start practising the piano again
I just want to take things easier next year

Get the roof, electrics and heating/ bathrooms done -we moved in October and there’s a lot of work to do and I’m kind of paralysed by fear of stuff going wrong or discovering other stuff that needs doing. This is kind of inevitable so I know I just need to start and face the music and teeth sucking by tradies.

Decide if I’m going back to employment or not ( currently freelancing for a single client but it’s increasingly sporadic as they have got a few new headcounts). If I am then do something about it. If not then embrace early retirement.

Get my GFA marathon time so I can do London 2026 which has been a long held ambition and will be 20 years since I ran it last. In reality this means running 10 mins under the published time so this is going to be quite an ask of my creaking and increasingly crepey body 🤣. However, I’m about to move up an age category so there will never be an easier time to do it for the next 5 years.

Stop buying books and read the ones I bought and havent read.

Thank you so much. I've just seen that you're on meds too, it's tough isn't it?

I wish you all the best with your goals too, here's to us having a healthier, happier and less challenging 2025.

Keep going and keep smiling, we can do this !

Find a job in a nice team with less WFH
Eat healthier lunches
Cough up for dental work I really want
Start exercising again and be consistent with it
Go to the theatre as much as I can afford
Continue changing all my beauty and household products to cruelty free options

That reminds me. I went to the theatre for the first time in years last month and loved it so I'd like to go more too. Last minute ticket was only 7 euros too!

My aim is to feel more fulfilled. And like a previous comment, I'd like to live, rather than merely exist

I don't have a plan to achieve this, it's more of an ongoing adjustment.

Then I have aims that are due to situation. It's likey I will return to work this year , after being a sahm.

Had a quote of £1600 for stairs and landing carpet and one bedroom - have to rip up the current carpet myself and the underlay - salesman got shirty when I asked if I could use the current underlay and said that the carpet would have no warranty

Looking for other options 😬

Yes girl, 'life is for the living' is my mantra for 2025

Sounds like you don't want to go back to work - fingers crossed that, if you have to, it's a peaceful work place with a great culture for parents x

I want to start overpaying on my debts. I want to buy very little which is hard as I’ve gone down a couple of dress sizes so I’ll need some summer bits. Only purchase makeup, toiletries etc that run out. Eg. I have LOADS of different types of moisturiser. Only when they are all gone can I buy another.

I've got two books I want to finish by the end of the year - doubt it'll happen as my sole focus right now is stuffing my face 😫

Fingers crossed the work situation resolves itself for the best for you

Oo mastering your own puff pastry sounds good - even the chefs seem to advise buying it - i love baking as well

Fingers crossed 2025 is the year of freedom for you

I'm with you 100% on this - i want to do exactly the same

You get nothing in this world being nice, unfortunately 😕

I do want a new focus.

I want a fun , interesting job with convenient hours , friendly colleagues and organised management. Then someone to pick up the load at home, while I haven't been there.

I doubt that will be the reality.