The one thing I am a big believer for is that you don’t have to wait until a new year begins to start completing your goals or striving for them. I am always making goals based on where I am presently and where I want to go or where I need to be.

I wanted to share some goals and intentions I have for the new year and explain why they mean so much to me and our journey here for the #shikachicafam

1. Improving my wellness

This is something that I have talking about more and more openly on my Instagram as well as on the blog, wellness. Healthy mind, healthy body and you are able to achieve just about anything. I would like to go into the new year being more aware of my mental and physical health and being more proactive with it. I would love to meditate once a day for 10- 15 mins, workout 4 times a week to not only help my weight goal but also my endometriosis, and lastly I would like to eat more vegetables and lower my sugar ( this means fewer pops and juices and more water).

Now a goal needs to be measurable so you can be held accountable and also understand if I am on track. Here are how I will make it measurable:

• I will workout 4 times a week for 40mins to an hour
• I will have 2 liters of water a day
• I will only have a pop once a week
• I will meditate in the morning before I start my day so I am held accountable
• I will talk to someone once a month about how I feel ( this can be in my support system)
• I will have a vegetable with 2 out of 3 meals I have
• I will lose 10-15 pounds in the next three months and maintain it through a healthy and balanced lifestyle

2. Save more

I think one of the biggest lessons I learned in the past year is that 60% of the stuff I do have I do not need. Going into the new year I want to save more money and/or spend it where it can bring my value in the long run. I would love to work towards a more minimalistic lifestyle. Here is how I will measurably succeed my goals:

• I will remove my storage in 6 months, sell, keep or get rid of the stuff I own in storage
• I will save 30% of what I make for emergencies and other investments
• Get rid of 3 garbage bags of clothes every season
• I will only go out with friends 3 times a month ( coffee or lunch)
• I will make my lunch every day at home and have once  a week eat out
• I will make a spending allowance per month ( I was thinking 100$ for things I don’t need but want per month)

 

3. Connect with my online tribe more

One of my biggest challenges and accomplishments I look forward to the new year and connecting with you all even further through different ways. I am so excited to launch various projects for this month to teach, connect and help the content creating community. Now I can not talk about the main project year however, I will tell you how I will do that with the things I can chat about it:

• I want to help 30-50 people with my social media mentoring program
• Help 200 people with the Instagram mentoring program
• Successfully launch Spring 2019 BlogIt tour
• Meet up with more of you in person
• Make a traveler content creating meet and greet
• Create different content daily to connect with you all

 

4. Try Something New

Human beginnings feel uncomfortable and usually do not like change. However, I think change is important for you to grow as an individual. So for the new year, I think to myself, what will I do that I have never done before that will help me grow as a person. Here are some measurable goals:

• Learn how to be a good swimmer
• Go to southeast Asia  for the first time and traveling there for at least a month
• Travel to 3 different continents in 2019
• Create content every single day
• Road trip for a week somewhere
• Go to a week spiritual and mediational retreat

 

5. Spend more time with important people in my life

I think one of the hardest things to balance is spending time with your loved ones in your life. I noticed there was so much going on last year and I loved every bit of it. I think what would make it better is trying to spend time with loved ones more. I would love to go for walks with my partner, turn off my phone for an hour and just enjoy someone’s company. I love social media however sometimes you can appreciate it, even more, when you take some time away from it every now and then. Here are my measurable goals on how I will achieve it:

• Spend time with my partner 1 hour a day without being on my phone
• See my family once a month
• Message my closest friends at least 2 times a month

 

Hope these goals have inspired you and think about measurable goals while you get ready for another amazing chapter in your life, 2019. Happy new year!