New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals

These are some ideas for New Year's resolutions and other goals for families. Some are for couples, others for families with children, for eclectic families, and so on. They tend toward activities meant to be done together.

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There are all kinds of reading challenges and goals that people like to do. Some are individual, others are group events. Some are all year, others shorter. Some have speculative fiction themes, others are ordinary. They span a great many different formats including but not limited to fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and fanfic. Here are some for your inspiration. On Dreamwidth, see communities for books.

You can pick whichever challenge(s) you want to set as a goal in 2025 and reply with a comment. Below the list of challenges is a short form for listing which you have chosen. Make a post in your blog like "I signed up for the Reading challenge in goals_on_dw" -- or list the specific challenge if you're doing an official one somewhere else instead of a personal one here. Then make a tag for it like "Reading Challenge" and put that on the post; it should stick that way. Check your Interests page to see if you have Reading, Fiction, Meta, Science Fiction, Fanfic, etc. listed there, which helps people find you. You don't have to sign up to participate, it just helps spread the word and attract more readers.

For printables to track your progress, see Books & Reading in Thematic Trackers or Challenges by Numbers.

See also the Fannish 50 challenge, which simply aims to post fifty entries on any topic in fandom. If you want to review every book you read all year, or compile a list of favorite fanfics you've found, go for it. You can even double-count anything that applies to two or more goals, e.g. 50books_poc and Fannish 50.

Do you know of any other reading challenges in 2025? Share a link so they can be added to the list of options.

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These are some ideas for New Year's resolutions and other goals for seniors and retired people. In comparison to other categories, these tend to make more assumptions about having plenty of free time and fewer assumptions about physical abilities.

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I like making lists of New Year's resolutions. (See my post for 2024 resolutions.) I especially like ones with a limited timeframe rather than year-long, because it feeds accomplishment earlier. It also prevents trying to cram everything into January and/or December. I tried searching for seasonal ones but couldn't find any. So I'm making my own list of ideas below.

Seasonal activities help with timebinding, both passing on knowledge and marking the orderly passage of time. Note that some of these goals come in sets, like crafts or sports. You can stick with one type of goal and change its theme by season, or mix and match different things to make a set that covers the year. Here are some ideas for seasonal goal setting.

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This time of year, I usually write something about New Year's resolutions. Here I'm going to cover the idea of one-week resolutions. If you're daunted by the idea of longer-term resolutions, but unsatisfied by one-day resolutions, then one week is a timeframe worth exploring. Let's look at some ideas...

While searching for inspiration online, I found this gem of advice:
"Don’t commit to doing something for a year if you haven’t done it for a week."

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Chore Charts
You can use chore charts to organize housework, yardwork, and so on. Anything that's basically a bunch of little subtasks can be set up this way. These work for one person to track a string of things, or for a group of people to track who is responsible for what and which things have already been done. There are styles for all ages and many contexts. If you want to connect a reward system, consider having a board or basket with lots of perks to claim, and then getting first pick of those per day / week / whatever becomes an incentive to complete chores promptly. All this stuff can help with goals related to completing various types of chores consistently or at certain times, or with goals related to a peaceful family.

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These materials show examples of the kinds of things you can draw yourself in your own bullet journal. Most are designed for dot grid pages, others for blank pages. Some are elaborate, for the crafty; others are minimalist, for the straightforward. For bullet journal printables, here are some by topic and by page size.

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Many people use recurring posts in their blogs to track things, boost activity, network, or promote stuff they care about. If you have a blog-related goal like "Community Thursday" or "Post at least once a week," or you like to track your resolutions in your blog (such as "words written this month," then you can probably meet that with some sort of recurring post. You may wish to write yours on a desktop calendar or program them into an app so that you remember to do them.

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