Now that the festive and holiday seasons are officially over, it’s time to get serious about my goals for 2025. Let’s have a look at what we’ve managed to achieve.

Double-speed

I now consistently watch videos on 1.25 or 1.5 speed. The time saved is noticeable and your brain adapts so you do not notice it after a while.

Result: Time saving.

Perfect week calendar

I planned out my perfect week using Google’s calendar and colour coded the activities making it easier to read at a glance. While I have not yet managed to follow it perfectly, it certainly now lives rent free in my mind, reminding me often to be mindful of what I am filling my time with. This means less time scrolling social media, and more time doing the things I actually want to do.

Result: I have been more productive over the last two weeks although the true test will come when the workload normalises in the coming weeks.

Journaling

I need to do more research on this. What should you write down in your journal time? How does it assist you to be more present and to live more intentionally? My previous experience of diary writing has consisted of jotting down random thoughts or perhaps what I’d done that day. I think this needs to be levelled up.

Goals

This will also form part of this week’s activity. Write down specific goals. Allocate them to quarters. Break them down into actionable chunks. And then start actually to follow through. Some goals are already vaguely formed (eg. Improve nutrition, actually walk into a gym a few times a month…etc.) while others have yet to be clarified. (Specific areas of research to focus on, new work projects etc.) Remember the GPS method: Goals, Priorities and Strategies.

Self care is also a major priority. One that I want to be very intentional about. I think this will also need to be included in the perfect week calendar.

How far have you gotten with planning your year? If you have been procrastinating, use the 5 minute rule. Just start and do it for 5 minutes. Then you can stop if you want. That’s how I got myself to write this post 😉 Good luck!