smallhobbit | End of Year Goal Review

Having set my last annual goals in April 2024, it's time for my annual review.

Goal 1: To do something new each month
In January I went to London and Sadler's Wells by myself, which was something I've not done before. February I joined the church trip to look at the heating system in Rugby - not successful as the vicar's car broke down on the M5, but I did get to ride in two breakdown trucks, something none of us had done before! In March I met Catherine who had worked at Nature in Art at a reunion she'd organised and we went to the Elmore Chamber Group launch of their summer festival. And this month saw the end of my reduction in meat consumption, which I was doing for Lent. That was really successful and J and I will be continuing with eating less meat.

Goal 2: To do a monthly review
That's been achieved. My thinking behind this was to reflect on how my life was going, and whether changes needed to be made. Being retired means there are less specific goals now than there once were. On the whole it established that in general things are going well, my involvement with both Gloucestershire Bundles, the charity I'm treasurer for, plus our church is at the right level. Inevitably church commitments vary depending on the season but that's within my bounds of commitment. I've decided that there's no reason to specifically plan holidays and activities as they tend to turn up anyway and I can just take part if they appeal. If anything, sometimes I'm trying to do too much writing/crafting/courses/reading but that's because there's so much that appeals and one way or another it gets done - and since they're all entirely my own choice I could cut back on things - except I don't want to!

Goal 3: To complete a bigger knitting project
This one didn't work out, for cost reasons I've already explained, but I have managed to complete one new garment and am well on the way to finishing another.

Which leaves me ready now to set my goals for 2025/26!