Are you trying to set some goals for your next day, week, month, year or for life?!
Here are a few ideas to kickstart your brainstorm. Now you don’t have an excuse for not having ideas, go do one!
- Write your first blog post
- Run a race you’ve never run before
- Read a book you’ve never read or read a certain number of books
- Call a different friend you’ve not spoken to in sometime once a month
- Buy something you’ve always wanted (big or small)
- Paint your first painting
- Build a piece of furniture or craft
- Design something from scratch and create it
- Start a side hustle
- Write an inspirational note to someone once a week
- Master a new language in the next year
- Become a thought leader in your industry – start writing now
- Get promoted to an executive role at your company or at another company
- Start another stream of income
- Take an international trip somewhere you’ve never been
- Take a domestic trip somewhere you’ve never been
- Set a financial goal above your line today and outline how to achieve it
- Write a blog, magazine article, short story or go full novel
- Take a road trip in a car, RV or motorcycle
- Volunteer
- Get six-pack abs or meet a fitness goal
- Achieve zero debt or set and achieve a financial goal
- Invest in the stock market, crypto or real estate
- Drive or better yet, buy or lease your dream car
- See one of the Seven Wonders of the World
- Plan for your retirement w/ milestones along the way.
- Figure out mini retirements you could take and take one
- Graduate from college or earn a certificate of achievement
- Learn and set a meditation practice
- Donate to a charity annually
- Climb a mountain
- Learn how to surf, skateboard or snowboard
- Learn and potentially, master a musical instrument
- Go rock climbing and conquer your fear of heights (maybe a self reflection)
- Live in a foreign country
- Drink enough water everyday
- Give up on junk food, alcohol or another vice for a year
- Paint a picture on a canvas with paints and keep it
- Take a ballroom dancing class
- Compose a song on the instrument you learned
- Create and maintain a fitness regime
- Get paid doing that you’re passionate about
- Learn how to cook the food you love
- Call your parents, siblings and an old friend once a week
- Create multiple income sources
- Keep a journal
- Go deep sea fishing
- Buy your first house
- Build or buy your dream house
- Go skydiving
- Go hang gliding
- Ride in a hot air balloon
- Snorkel in the ocean
- Climb on a glacier
- Go whitewater rafting
- See your favorite team play at their stadium
- Fo to a game in every stadium of your favorite sport
- Go to the Olympics
- Get a hole-in-one while golfing
- Golf 18 holes under par or par or under 80, 90 or 100!
- Run a six-minute, seven-minute or eight-minute mile
- Appear on or create a podcast
- Read two books every month or 25 books a year
- Consciously create your legacy
- Trace your ancestry and visit your country(ies) of origin
- Try a different diet for a month – Vegan, Paleo, Bullet Proof, Slow Carb
- See your favorite musicians in concert
- Create a family tradition
- Start a business
- Celebrate your relationship anniversaries
- Meet a person you admire
- Practice gratitude everyday
- See the ball drop in person on New Year’s Eve when it’s safe to do so
- Adopt and care for your dream pet
- Witness the Northern Lights
- Watch a volcano erupt (from a safe distance!)
- Go to Mardi Gras
- Develop a good credit score
- Learn a martial art
- Always say “yes” to trying new, positive things
- Learn yoga
- Expand your vocabulary
- Participate in a recreational sports league
- Grow a thriving garden
- Go on a electronics-free camping trip
- Write a movie script or TV episode
- Become a venture capitalist
- Sponsor a child in need
- Pay off your student loans sooner than later
- Improve your drawing skills or try to draw something
- Give up TV for a week a month or a year
- Spend a full day at the spa
- Go on a solo vacation
- Throw someone a surprise party
- Learn how to knit or sew
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