My End of the Year Goals and Monthly Updates

While scrolling on Tumblr one night, I came across a post stating, “What will you accomplish in the last three months of the year?” That post came at the perfect time because I needed to hear that. Well, see that not hear. I had so many ideas and goals that I wrote down, but I never looked at my goal list. I just kept going day by day without acknowledging what I needed to accomplish.

 

So, I decided on a different approach.

 

I am placing my goals here and updating them monthly!

Yes, I can make a poster board with my goals or a dry erase board with the goals displayed. However, this approach is a bit more beneficial for three reasons.

 

1. I can look back on this post a year from now and see my progress.

2. It keeps me accountable because I have to keep updating this blog post.

3. It forces me to work harder because I want to see constant growth in the things I do.

 

Along with updating the post, when (not if) I complete these goals, I will provide tips on what I did to discipline myself to do it. Just in case we share the same goal or something similar.

 

Well, let’s get started!

 

1. Get 500 monthly views on Pinterest

10/10/21- 17 views

Goal Completed: 10/18/21

Tip: Keep creating pins as consistent as possible. Views currently at 799 views. POST CONSISTENT!!! One of my pins got a total of 477 impressions which helped out drastically. 

 

2. 15 Blog post total on Michelle Grace

10/10/21- 4 posts

11/10/21- Still at 4 posts while working on one

12/30/21- 7 Post

 

3. Read a book

10/10/21- 0 books

11/10/21- Page 71 of 325

12/30/21- Did not finish reading book

 

4. Read 5 Bible Plans on Youversion App

10/10/21-0 plans

11/11/21- 1 plan

12/30/21- 2 plans completed

 

5. Have a total of 60 likes on Tik Tok

10/10/21-38 likes

11/10/21- 53

Goal Completed:11/14/21- 86 

Tip: Keep posting Tik Toks, Use trending songs and use hashtags. 

 

6. Renew my nursing license

10/10/21- Not done yet

11/10/21- Not done yet

Goal Completed: 12/30/21

 

7. Create 30 pins on Pinterest

10/10/21- 2 Pins

11/10/21- 28 pins created 

Goal Completed: 11/13/21 

Tip: Keep Creating pins. Find ideas for pins on Pinterest whenever you do not know when to post. 

 

8. Complete 2 challenges

10/10/21- Have not started

11/10/21- Not Finished 

Goal Completed: 12/24/21- I went a month without drinking soft drinks and I saved $4,000 

 

9. Practice editing 3 photos

10/10/21-0 photos

Goal Completed: 10/21/21

Tip: I played around on Adobe Lightroom to figure out what works for the photos. I am definitely not a pro, but I learned a lot while editing these photos. Here are the samples. 

 

10. Read 3 books of the Bible.

10/10/21- 0 books

11/10/21- 1 book

12/30/21- 2 books

 

11. Practice 5 Makeup looks

10/10/21-0 looks

11/10/21- 2 looks

12/30/21- 4 looks

 

12. Get 100 Impressions on Pinterest.

10/10/21- 45 impressions

Goal Completed:10/12/21

11/10/21- 16,802 

Tip: Actually creating pins, especially Idea pins helped a lot to get to this point. 

 

13. Declutter entire apartment.

10/10/21- 0 items

11/10/21- I lost count but last i Checked it was over 200 items 

Goal completed: 12/29/21- My apartment is completely empty because I moved out of it! 

 

14. Cook 7 meals that i never made before.

10/10/21- 0 meals

11/10/21- 2 meals

12/30/21- 5 total new meals

 

15. Try 3 different photography techniques and take 3 photos for each technique

10/10/21- 0 photos

11/10/21- 0 

12/30/21- I started food photography but I got really discouraged. 

 

 

That should keep me productive for the rest of the year. I am honestly excited to see how this goes since this is new for me. If you have any end-of-the-year goals, I encourage you to do what technique is best for you and go for it! I would love to hear what you have accomplished before the new year hits.

 

Latest Update

I finished 8 out of the 15 of the goals. On some of the goals, I was pretty close, but I did not finish it off. I completed more goals than I didn’t so that is something to be happy about. However, the goals related to my faith were not completed so that made me feel a little bittersweet. This was a good wakeup call before going into the year 2022. As I mentioned in this post, I was working more hours and on top of that: I was getting married. Of course, I am excited about those things, it made me realize that life can happen. You are not a failure if life happens, and you do not complete everything you set out to do. Just keep going. That is exactly what I am going to do in this post. 

 

Question

What goals do you want to accomplish before the year is over?