I’m late. I’m late. I’m late late late with this. But I’m finally here, so let’s do this!

Last year, I made some 2022 goals for myself to follow. I don’t have a blog post talking about it, but I do have a YouTube video that covers this.

If you don’t have time to watch, here’s my 2022 goals:

2022 Goals

3 month goals

• Fitness - walk at the park, yoga, climbing
• Practice baybayin
• Practice lettering
• Drinking more water

6 month goals

• Complete Japanese Duolingo course
• Clear up face (No dry patches)
• Declutter closet

9 month goals

• Get YouTube channel(s) monetized
• Play 50% of my video game back log
• Send V4 climbs

12 month goals

• Pay down 75% of credit card debt
• Learn conversation Tagalog

I was somewhat on track at the start, but then as I mentioned in a previous post, life wasn’t kind to me and I lost sight of what I was trying to work on due to the depression and lack of motivation I had for the rest of the year.

Looking back at my notebook, I could say that I got 50% of these goals done.

Some were ambitious like the Duolingo course and YouTube channel monetization, but I’m glad that I could check off the V4 climbs and I guess the conversational Tagalog.

I may not have a full on conversation in Tagalog yet, but I’m finally forming the simple sentences with my teacher and I’m still taking my weekly classes with her! My 1 year anniversary with her is approaching very soon and I feel like I’ve made some good progress.

If you’re interested in learning Tagalog or any other language with an actual tutor, I highly recommend italki and give it a shot!

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With climbing, I’ve been on and off with it. My schedule gets so hectic, and with the new route setter, sending V2s and V3s are hard again.

But sending a V4 when I’m not tired feels great when I get it right.

I think when I get to Chicago, I’ll probably try to go everyday just to make more significant progress because I currently feel so stagnant at the moment.

At least now with this blog, I can keep a record of this so I can look back and see what I was trying to work on.

And knowing that I do tend to overwhelm myself with ambitious goals, I think this year I’m going to set smaller goals with realistic deadlines. So here’s what I came up with for my 2023 goals:

2023 Goals

3 month goals

• Build my habit of writing weekly blog posts

6 month goals

• Write baybayin

9 month goals

• Play 50% of backlogged games

12 month goals

• Get YouTube channel monetized
• Pay down 70% of credit card debt
• Have a full-on conversation in Tagalog

Bonus goals

• Join a volleyball league
• Travel to a new place at least once a month
• Longboard down the Chicago coastline
• Create at least 3 canvas watercolor paintings
• Learn more about film photography
• Finish a Duolingo course

Going to start with 1 goal, and add in 1 more goal every 3 months until the 12 month goal. I think these are quite manageable plus it gives me time to start working on them any time of the year.

Some are repeated goals from last year, but I added in the Bonus Goals as side quests so I don’t feel overly guilty if I haven’t even tried to attempt any of them.

Hopefully I can provide a quarterly update like I had originally planned last year, so that way I can adjust if necessary.

I hope everyone had a great start of their year 2023, and let me know if you have set up any personal goals for 2023 in the comments below!

~Jemellee

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