2025 Goal Post

1. No Book Buying 
I have used purchasing books as a form of therapy and serotonin for the last few years, and I am now 160+ books deep on my Unread shelf, and it's feeling out of hand. So I plan to participate in a book buying ban for all of 2025. I am not sure how many I will read off my Unread shelf, but at least I won't add any more to it. 
To help me with this book buying ban, I plan to use the physical library, as well as the Libby and Hoopla apps. I will also be keeping track of books I want to read on StoryGraph (it's an app similar to Goodreads where you can keep track of what you read, but that is owned by a black woman, not Amazon.). For those books I think I would like to someday purchase/own, I have a handwritten list taped to my bookshelf in my bedroom. And finally, to help with the buying ban, I canceled by Book of the Month subscription because if I am in there choosing a book each month, I can't help but add on a few more of the $9.99 books as well, and that won't help me lessen the amount of books I have. 

2. Journal Daily
I find that life is moving really fast these days, and with three kids firmly in the teenager stage, I cannot talk or blog as freely about their lives as I did when they were little.  But I still find myself needing to process what is going on. I believe that journaling will be incredibly helpful in that. 
I am also working through some trauma & personal stress, and daily journaling as things come up is really beneficial. 

3. Workout
Only twice in my life have I had a workout routine that I was able to stick to. One was when the twins were 2 and I would walk the waterfront after work with them everyday; and another was when Wyatt's asthma and Logan's epilepsy were at their peak and I would walk for an hour every single day, no matter what, to survive the stress.  
It's time to find something else that I can do that I both enjoy and that holds me accountable to working out. 

Word of the Year:

Consistency

"How you do anything is how you do everything."
This year I want to be more consistent in how I do everything. In my parenting, in reading, in working out and in journaling, I want to be smooth and consistent, not intermittent and unreliable. 

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Did you pick a word of the year? Do you have any goals for 2025? 
I would love to hear all about it in the comments.