These are my 24 goals for 2024.
I’m a List-making, goal-oriented person for most of my life. But the pandemicmy task live in a hospitaland the loss of both our catsI wondered what the point of setting arbitrary goals was. What was the point of anything?
I spent most of my time in bed or on my Animal Crossing island because I didn’t want to face reality. It was too much.
After three years of not posting goals, I’m back with some feelings this year more like my old self again with the help of my new coffee obsession and deeper friendships. Although, I’m still learning and slowly chipping away at the idea that I’m less of a person if I don’t get things done. Being unproductive is okay. We all have different seasons in life. This year, however, I’m ready to give myself a chance gentle push to do more.
Last updated: January 4, 2024
24 GOALS FOR 2024
I don’t regret taking a few years off. I’m glad I broke with the Western capitalist mentalitywhere you turn everything into productivity. Mourning? Turn that into productivity, at! Because society says throwing yourself into work is much more acceptable than having a depressive episode.
I’m sharing goals again because I get more done with some public accountability. However, this year is just about doing more than last year, not 100% completion. When I’m too goal-oriented, I lose sight of the important things, like spending time with people (our cats are our people too).
WORD OF THE YEAR
In 2020 my word was creativity. This year is my word REINVENTION.
I focused too much on my age and kept telling myself that climbing was going downhill, but I didn’t give myself enough credit to climb again after injuring my heel following a nasty fall. This year I’m going to pave my own path, discover new hobbies and say f*ck ageism. I don’t have to believe that what society says is age appropriate. I’ve always been non-traditional anyway.
Summary of last year
This year I also learned more than ever that my memory is unreliable. My brain thought we were mostly at home playing pickleball all year, but our one-second-a-day video for 2023 tells a different story. Did you know that our brains create false memories to construct complete storylines in our long-term and short-term memory? How many lies have I told myself?
Highlights and lowlights of the year include:
- Safaried in the Kruger National Park.
- Visited the wells in Eswatini that we built with the Thirst Project.
- Climbed Moe’s, Hueco Tanks, Joshua Tree, Bishop, Leavy and especially Red Rock (home rock).
- Visited two new national parks: Guadalupe Mountains and Carlsbad Caverns.
- Learn to make kombucha and espresso.
- Played pickleball for the first time.
- Said goodbye to Jay, Ash and Erin (lost them to Hawaii).
- Got injured in Hueco and couldn’t climb for a while.
Below we have combined goals (or Jacob’s goals are written in green).
TRAVEL GOALS + Climbing goals for 2024
- Visit Hawaii – two sets of friends moved to Hawaii last year.
- Visit a new state, country or continent.
- Complete our Las Vegas bucket list.
- Visit a new national park unit.
- Climb at a new rock climbing destination.
- Go to a new place on our Utah bucket list.
- Search or decide on one major bouldering project for the season.
- Climb 25 V3s and higher.
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PERSONAL GOALS
- Drink more water (8 x 32 oz water bottle).
- Learn 12 new coffee recipes.
- Do singing exercises three times a week (when I start doing this, I’ll take singing lessons).
- Pottery – Make a set of usable latte and cortado cups.
- Learn more Korean vocabulary – Complete Korean drops.
- Learn Japanese – complete part one in Duolingo.
- Try Korean calligraphy.
- Learn to make soap.
- Learn to make shower steamers.
- Go through all the directions for Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.
- Reading or audio book 12 books.
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WORK AND BLOG GOALS
- Learn 12 new video transitions (@estherjulee @petiteclimbing @jacobthefu @morningpoos @catventurers).
- Focus on affiliate marketing with 12 product comparison posts.
- Continue with our one second a day video (watch 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016).
- Create a zen garden for my new coffee account.
- Donate $25 for each item not completed. Help us decide where the money goes at the end of the year.
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ESSENTIAL TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL GOAL SETTING
- Reflect and create goals that are important to you. Give yourself room to adjust them later if necessary. You can change over the course of the year, and so can your goals.
- Set SMART goals (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound)
- Write them down so they become more tangible, and when you share them with the world, you might feel more responsible.
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What are your goals for 2024? Do you have goals that we can work on together?
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Esther and Jacob are the founders of Local Adventurer, one of the top 5 travel blogs in the US. They believe adventure can be found near and far and hope to inspire others to explore locally. They explore a new city every year and are currently settling in Las Vegas.
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