Goals For 2026
Making goals is hard for me. I think it’s a holdover from the idea that I never thought I would live this long. From 11, I was convinced I would die young somehow. I liked to imagine that I would die heroically saving someone else, but the statistics skew more towards suicide.
But I’m in a better place now. I’m well-medicated, well-therapized, in a stable and comfortable home environment (despite being unemployed for the last two months), and basically as “in a good place” as I possibly could be. I’m healing from trauma, I’m in recovery from substance use, I spend my mornings in meditation and prayer. (Or, sometimes, my afternoons - depending on when I wake up.) And hey, I’ve even got a job lined up; I start Monday the 29th.
So I think it’s a good idea to try and form some goals for the next year.
Here are some things I’ve already started (or will have started) and wish to continue:
- my morning and evening routines (mostly, meditation and walking)
- aiming to do as well as possible at my job
- eating fish, greens, nuts, and beans as much as possible
- daily journaling, writing, and reading habits (my “midday” routine)
- my recovery journey and my recovery YouTube channel
- working on my spiritual journey
And some goals I haven’t started working on but wish to in the new year:
- paying down my credit card debt
- selling some website templates and/or commissions on my Ko-fi
- drawing/painting at least weekly
- making a podcast with my girlfriend
- cleaning and reorganizing my room
- cutting out drinking to maintain a completely sober lifestyle
- maybe a zine?
A lot of these goals are habits, and I really want to maintain structure in my life through creative and mentally helpful habits. I think that’ll enhance my happiness and help me deal with stress in my life, including at work. My goals are not once-and-done events but the creation of systems to help me live my life to the fullest, which is my ultimate goal of all time.