Last year (January 2015 to be precise) I wrote a blog post on what I wanted to get done in 2015. I can tell you right now that I didn’t get any of it done. Thought it would be interesting to go over my failed goals. To “reflect” maybe? See where it all went wrong?
My 2015 Failed Goals
To understand better, I took a screen shot on those “goals” that I wrote last year for you guys to see.
I might have set the bar WAYYY to high on that one. To be fair, the reason NONE of those goals got achieved because of the “1 more goal” that I didn’t share with you guys. Baby #2 Yes, that’s right, we planned on having a baby. Just didn’t think it was going to be THAT fast.
With baby came a few things.
- I could not concentrate on ANYTHING. Too tired from throwing up and just feeling like crap. Which means, no 100 posts. I got a total of 30 posts out of the 100 that I had set out to do. Guys, that’s like 30%……………..
- Scentsy Reunion was in July this year. I was about 26 weeks into my pregnancy (though I felt like I was 40 weeks into it). Money was an issue because we had just gotten the house. It just wasn’t something I could afford to do.
- Getting my debt down to 5000. I started out so well. My monster posts were motivating me! But in February, I stopped working because I was getting so sick. So it made things a bit harder. We also bought our first home in May, which we are very blessed for.
So I didn’t get to complete any of my goals for 2015. But to me, 2015 has been nothing but blessings after blessings. I wanted a baby, and I was blessed with my cutie pie.
But I’m so motivated for 2016! I’m ready to do THIS!
Did you make any goals for 2015? Where you able to accomplished them? I love to hear from you guys.
If you are not following my blog you should! 2016 is going to be awesome!
I am taking a few of last years goals into this year again like wanting to finish my course in Youth Work and get my license. But I have a few new goals too such as learning to co-parent with my daughters father, creating a better routine and structure for my kids here at home, attending church more often and strengthening my relationship with Jesus.
Good luck with your goals this year! I hope to see you blogging more <3
Marielle. I think what went wrong, and I have thought this about you lol, is that you tend to, as a Pisces, set the bar, so ridiculously high lol… Not saying you can’t do anything you set your mind to. Not at all. I mean, you put way too much on yourself initially ( I know this because me as a Pisces do the same lol) and expect more than height from yourself than you can possibly climb to. All Im saying is ….go easy on yourself, girl! 🙂
Hey Robert! You are SO right about this! The whole time I was writing my goals I kept telling myself I can do this and even more. I really set the bar WAYY up! lol This year I plan on making my goals more realistic because the feeling of crossing things off my list is so awesome! Thank you for posting this because I feel less crappy about not achieving my goals for 2015
Take each day at a time. A lot of people don’t ever make their resolutions, the point is to keep aiming, no matter what. Don’t just give up, but keep going. So what you didn’t make the goals but who says you can’t keep going until you DO reach the goal? What’s it matter if it takes 2 years? Or 3? Things happen, life happens, and in turn we learn to adjust, go with the flow. It’s the not giving up that matters most, sooner or later the goal is met and…it will still mean the same awesome thing 🙂
You are absolutely right! I was feeling like a failure for not accomplishing my goals but I plan on trying even harder this year! Thank you so much for the motivation!
Sometimes being pregnant throws a monkey wrench into things. You just never know how you’re gonna feel until it happens and if you have a pregnancy where you’re not feeling well or just super exhausted – stuff isn’t gonna get done.
Getting pregnant, sometimes stops you from doing things, so don’t worry too much if you didn’t meet you goals. Good luck for this year.
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A baby definitely makes you change any other plans! Don’t beat yourself up – make your goals as practical as you can. You will achieve them!
It’s definitely hard to plan for big changes when thinking of your goals for the New Year. I think it’s great that you’re still keeping track of your goals.
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Our goals and ability to achieve them definitely change when babies enter the family. Still, it sounds like you had a great 2015.
Just because we don’t reach our goals doesn’t mean we failed. I set goals just to get myself on the right track.
I did not meet all my goals in 2015. I am happy with where my blog has gone and I have a vision for the future, but life keeps changing and so I will change with it.
I take my mistakes as a lesson learned for the next time. I don’t think not meeting a goal is a failure. I feel it is just something to strive for more so the next time.
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We can learn from our failures and decide to improve. I think this is a good way to motivate you.
I am totally with you on the pregnancy, with my last little guy I really struggled during those first 3 months. However, you may not have accomplished all of your goals but it sounds like you made a lot of fun memories along the way.
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It is great to have goals…but then life happens. And sometimes life is just so much more important and fun. 😉 Congratulations of your new addition for 2015 and I am sure you will have new goals to tackle.
My goal is to enjoy my retirement and I pretty much am able to tackle that goal every year since I have retired.
it’s okay that you did not meet any of those goals. You met the best goal of all.Happy New Year!
I have been working on setting some goals for 2016. I was able to get the main goal i set last year finished.
I think that you still did a great job considering that you also had a baby. I’m sure you will get a lot more done this year.
It’s OK we learn from these things. I tend to set goals to high for myself and disappointed when I cannot accomplish them.
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I think we all have such failed goals every year as things can go the other way with some new unexpected things happening around. I too remember my goals that are still waiting to be completed the moment my baby came. But I think we could still achieve it if we dream for it.
You have done amazing. Just because a goal is made in a certain year doesn’t mean it has to be completed in that year. Sometimes those timeframes are just really good motivation.