New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals

[ysabetwordsmith]

goals_on_dw is a new community for people who like goals and goal setting. A key focus will be New Year's resolutions, that being among the most popular contexts for such activities. Although the most common time is January 1, "new year" can also refer to other calendars or cultures, whatever works for you. Alternatively, just pick a time that works for you and go for it. You can introduce yourself or make new friends here.

We will talk about different goal systems, pros and cons of resolutions, arts and crafts for tracking goals, human psychology, and more. You can share your resolutions or other goals.  If you like agenda journals, bullet journals, habit trackers, planners, organizers, or other ways of using a journal to record your goals, then this community may appeal to you.  It also fits if you have "do X journal on Y schedule or amount" type goals.  There will be check-in posts in January for folks to talk about their accomplishments.

The Welcome post gathers links to the masterlists and other anchor posts.  For more details on discussion topics, see "Things You Can Talk About Here."


Recent posts:

* Masterlist of Ideas for Goals and Resolutions

* Masterlist of Tools and Techniques for Resolutions

* Masterlist of Goal-Setting Systems and Skills

* Masterlist of Alternatives

* Masterlist of Printables

* Recurring Posts


This community gives people a chance to talk with other folks who are working on resolutions or other goals. It offers a place to gather discussions and accomplishments so that they're not just scattered randomly around a bunch of individual blogs. If you are tracking your progress in your own blog, especially talking about what works or doesn't work and why, then you can crosspost or link that in this community.  If you enjoy journaling your goals with habit trackers, bullet journals, etc. or if working in an art or writing journal is a goal for you, those are also relevant.  If you need social support for your plans, you can seek that here. If you enjoy reading what other folks are up to, you can browse their lists.

Come in, open a notebook, and let's make stuff happen!

Comments

[lunabee34]

Thanks for sharing. This sounds really relevant to our membership.

You're welcome!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Thanks for sharing. <<

I appreciate the chance to share it here.

>> This sounds really relevant to our membership.<<

I figured there should be a large overlap.

Only journals: people who do collage, calligraphy, etc. but don't set goals for it.

Both: people who use journals to track goals and/or have goals related to journaling; people who like materials (e.g. fancy pens, stickers, blank books) that can be used for journaling and goal-setting.

Only goals: other ways of setting and tracking goals outside of journals.

This is a good time of year to talk about both journals and goals, because lots of people have holiday money burning a hole in their pocket or are being asked what they want, and folks who are into New Year's resolutions will be thinking in December about what they want to pick for January. Plus any other project that requires planning ahead, like needing to shop for garden seeds/plants to be delivered in spring.

I like journalsandplanners because when people talk about their journaling experiences and needs, it gives me ideas for what to try or save. One friend mentioned using a small journal but most printables are 8 1/2" x 11. I remember having seen smaller ones with 2-4 sections per printout, but I hadn't been looking for those to save. Now I know to save some smaller stuff. So far, I've got a bunch of printable links that I'm reorganizing as I post them, so folks can find things like calendars, goal counters, 30-day challenges, etc. to print off if they don't want to pay $$$ for them in stores.

Re: You're welcome!

[lunabee34]

*nods*

I like being able to point people to things I think they'd like, and I enjoy getting inspiration from what others are doing.

Re: You're welcome!

[ysabetwordsmith]

jounralsandplanners is one of the best communities I've found for locating resources. If you need anything relating to paper, related crafts and skills, planning, recordkeeping, etc. this is where to look. \o/

Re: You're welcome!

[lunabee34]

Awwwwww. I'm glad you're finding it so useful.