2025 Week #1 Weekly Goal Sharing! (Monday 12/30/24 - Sunday 01/05/25)
I welcome anyone to commit to a goal here today.
But importantly, talk about getting it done..... or why it didn't happen yet.
To praise each other for our efforts and wins.
While supporting each other through trials and setbacks.
And to continue trying and not give up.
Remember:
Every Goal should be considered "Worthy".
Never belittle your achievements and be proud of yourself for your daily accomplishments!
Whether they be Complex or Simple.
Getting out of bed is a good day..... Good job I say!
Share your goals today, for support and encouragement.
WOW OH WOW! WEEK # 1...... LETS DO IT AGAIN!
There was so much I wanted to talk about this week but I cannot do it now. So many strategies I used last year, just to keep trying. So many times other people stepped in help me push through the hard times. So many failures and I did not see the many successes.
I'm starting this year with the benefit of the successes I had last year, not the failures. WEEK # 1 of 52!
@Kait @Apeatrice @decisiveBranch2794 @IchooseLife79 @cloudySummer @mytwistedsoul @KristenHR @Tinywhisper11 @CyclingThroughLife @Psalm139 @Enthenia @anonyTortoise3336 @spicyavocado3788 @neatBlueberry5213 @AmyK1234 @ivoryLakeuk @MusokeHere @seashell145
And Any Others. If you want to be added to the tag list, let me know. 😃
@IsayUncle
Hello everyone. Here is to a new year! In just a couple days we'll be into 2025 and it will be a clean slate year. I love the first day of things. First of the year, first of the month, first of the week, and first of the day. They are all opportunities for a clean slate "do over" experience. It's a new opportunity to do today or this week, etc. what I didn't try or do last time or to practice what I'm learning over time.
This year I decided to pick the word expectation.
I picked expectation this year because I want to expect more and focus on what is positive that is possible, rather than what I don't have. I have expectation of growth personally. I have expectation of growth professionally. I have expectation of growth spiritually. I have expectation of growth in my relationships. I have expectation this 2025 is going to be the best year of my life yet!
If you pick a word for the year, I'd love to hear what it is.
@KristenHR
Expectation is a good one. Being used, kind of like a visualization. Expect yourself to be there or get that done and you can do it if you can see it. I like that. Happy New Year! 😀
My word is "Continuation". Practice the continuation of all the steps that produced progress and positive results in 2024. Continue those steps and continue fine tuning the things that didn't work just right.
@IsayUncle
I like it. I love how you will refine within your continuation as well. There is so much to that.
See you next year!
Happy New Year to everyone......
"So many failures and I did not see the many successes" This is such an awesome statement......I fall into this catagory as well.....I feel as though so many of us do.....This is going to be something on the top of my list to try to remember....to see the success through the failures......
@CyclingThroughLife
I know one of your successes. You are 52 weeks closer to retiring than you were last year at this time and you made it through that. That is huge!
And I'm sure that you have other success that none of us know about. Stay strong with the things that have gone right or have gone better in spite of problems beyond our control. Stay positive, you are and you can.
This is my first post! I hope I am doing this right!🤪 My goal is to break through my fears. I am going through a bankruptcy and have so much anxiety I am frozen and can’t communicate, check my emails, call the lawyer, etc. I have 4 daughters who have all recently graduated and I’m a new emptynester. I have been a single mom, so I am dealing with burnout as well. I have many goals… do I stick with this one or write down others? Thanks for guiding this newbie!
@helloSugar3822
Hi and Welcome. We are lucky to get your first post. 😀 and you did it just right!!
You made it through 4 daughters who have graduated..... WOW A powerhouse to be sure.
Perhaps what you are going through now is a much needed burst of pressure relief. (Really sorry to hear about the bankruptcy) Do the best you can because you have to. I do not think you are new to making it through tough times because you have to. No fear, You got this.
There is no right or wrong way to list your goals here. Often, goals are entangled with othrs so it could help to talk about whatever you want. 🙂
What a great response! Thank you for your kind words from your heart! I used the Ai chat bot today, It really helped me work through some things to accomplish my goal. Thank you for this group and the encouragement!
@helloSugar3822
You are welcome. What a great idea with the chat bot. I'm really glad to hear you worked through some of your goals too. That's great.
That chat bot idea is really great. I have to fight hard to stay motivated and I use a lot of different methods because to tell you the truth, one method seems to lose it's potency after a bit. So last year I ended up rotating back and fourth through all kinds of methods just to keep going from one week to another.
About a month ago, a younger family relative turn me on to the chat bot, not for motivation but for information. Sadly, I can't get the voice activation to work. But I think it's such a good idea for motivational possibilities that I'm gonna have to try to get that voice thing working.
Thanks for sharing a great idea. I hope you have a good day today with some more forward movement. 😀
Welcome to the thread....
What is this chat bot you speak of? More info please....
For us technology challenged individuals....
@CyclingThroughLife
I think these are beta type programs that are testing AI responses. They're kind of unique because they search the entire web for your query but the responses are conversational.
There are numerous chat bot apps and I don't know which ones are better than the others. My nephew who's big into computers told me about "Chat Bot GPT"
The responses are not perfect. it's like looking stuff up on the computer but the difference is, you can continue to query down to the point that you're trying to get to. and it's done in a conversational manner.
Obviously having the ability to talk and get verbal responses is a pretty key factor. Otherwise you're just asking questions and reading answers. It's not the same, I don't think.
Sadly I'm having trouble with my voice recognition on my phone or with that program. I'm not sure. They have free versions and then advanced that ain't too much. ~ 40/yr
Am I incorrect in believing it's only the 30th? I know I can't keep the days straight half the time...
I don't have any major goals. Just try to survive each day.
@Enthenia
You're good. 🤣 😂.... It's a Happy New Years Week. You will survive, and I bet flourish in 2025. 🤗
@IsayUncle we shall see. This last day of December has been interesting. Wiped my response out (doing on mobile & hit another button which brought up a blank tab). Visited my insurance provider's website to get my doctor's:name because I figured I should do an appointment. It says I have a health condition and has guidelines from the diagnosis. But, I was never told I had any conditions. It also says I'm 55-74 which is false. Not even 50 yet and won't be for some years
Now I'm not sure if I want to call for an appointment or not. Wish I could do it online but I can't. I looked.
My goal this week...be mindful, keep a positive mindset, don't let my negative toughts take over where they don't allow me to enjoy what I have today. I don't want to worry about what is gone or what is not here yet. I just want to focust on the preset day every day
@uncertainpath122624
Negative thoughts are so destructive and I think it's impossible to get rid of them but to know that they are normal and and we can choose not to embrace them. But to choose to embrace the positive thoughts, I think is an awesome goal. I wish you the best of achievement. You can do it and you can do it consistently! 😀
What a well said goal. Stealing this one from you! Coulndn’t have said it better myself :)
@mytwstedsoul ..... Now, starting to worry about you a bit. In my thoughts and wishing you the best.
@mytwistedsoul.
It's good to see you around again my friend. You didn't see this post because I misspelled your username. Be well and stay in touch.
If you feel like sharing, what happened? Or more importantly, you OK? 😀
@IsayUncle That would be a good reason why I didn't see it lol. Eh it's nothing big or major. The holidays just hit hard and depression hit harder but I'm ok. Thank you 🙂
@mytwistedsoul - I know what you mean... it just happens sometimes and it suks but we have to go with it, until we don't. 😕
Welcome back! 😀
@IsayUncle Thanks! So what you're saying is I need an umbrella to fly? 😁
@mytwistedsoul
Yep, That.... or something stronger. 😁
@IsayUncle Drugs! Gotcha 😂😂
@mytwistedsoul
No way...snicker snicker.... a parachute! 😁 LOL.
Have a great evening! 🙂
@IsayUncle Did you know that bed sheets don't make good parachutes? Well now you do 😁 Have a good night uncle 😊
Today I will actually look at my grade. When I had to restart my computer the other day, I erased the instructions I had copied for the next as.
Haven't looked at the assignment yet. Had to create folders on my desktop for the 1st and 2nd since none of the leafs have created a 2025 folders yet (I'd do it but there are other reports aside from the one 2 do that go into that folder).
Went to pay rent and found it was a few hundred dollars more than last month (pet fee). I get it and since she's not a service dog, I have to pay it. Just wasn't expecting it. Then I had to use my card and was charged $55 for the transfer because I couldn't pay with my bank even though I did last month. All of that doesn't leave me much for other expenses.
Here I thought I was making progress...
@Enthenia
Oh No!!!!!.... Did they just all of a sudden add pet fees? That doesn't even sound hardly legal.
Is that a few hundred extra $$$$ just a once a year fee? That's a lot. It can't be every month... is it?
It is good to have a place that allows pets though. That can be very hard to find sometimes.
@IsayUncle it was more like a delayed fee. I wanted to get her listed as a service dog but I didn't have any legitimate claim. It's a one-time fee. I had to pay a fee when I had the other dog. She's legitimate now. Don't like having to pay extra a month to keep her in the apartment but they could kick me out if I didn't pay and that would be way more stressful than paying a little extra a month.
My monthly just got a lot more stressful. Have five assignments to do before the beginning of Feb., got assigned the normal monthly reports (which have names I've never seen before so I'll have to do background checks), the quarterly report and now I'll have 9 supervisors breathing down my neck wanting to know when they'll be completed. Plus the daily assignments and the two random ones I got. No more breaks or lunches for me after today.
Not fair, but all they care about is the job getting done. Also won't be healthy for me but it's all about the job...
Yet all the supervisors can take their breaks and eat...
@Enthenia
Awwww, So Sorry.... Holidays are over, everything back to push push push because now everything is behind because of the holidays and everything.
Your post I've been feeling like you're getting a little bit of a relief but now it sounds like things are gonna get back to the 'bad" normal.
@IsayUncle well I'm down to six of the monthly reports but those are the ones heavily laden with new people. Not sure how many names on the quarterly report I'll have to look up. It doesn't matter. It has to be done.
@Enthenia
That's the attitude... Get'er done! 💪. BUT i hope those last 6 aren't horrible.🤞
@IsayUncle Jersey and MI will have a lot--they always do. I will just have to see how many are brand new.
In other news, I now have to walk up to the next bus stop in the morning. Bus came and I was going to let the other person get on. Wouldn't then starts yelling at me. Had my headphones on so I don't know what he said. Bus mealy left us there. I don't like the other stop. I think it's a bit further to walk to and not well-lit (which makes a difference at 5 a.m.) but I don't have a choice.
@Enthenia
Sorry to hear that. what is misspeled word? "bus mealy left us there".... was that supposed to be (nearly or meanly) ?
Either way.... take whatever bus you want. Has this person bothered you before? You shouldn't be harrased like that.
@IsayUncle nearly. I don't like the smallish mobile keyboard.
Never seen this person before but why invite trouble? I could walk the mile up to the cross street to get the second bus but I don't like doing that because there are some extremely dark patches on the way up. Not worried so much about random people but uneven sidewalks or my visibility going to zero because of my glasses steaming up.
@Enthenia
That's smart thinking. 😉
WEEK #1 OF 2025 SUMMARY:
Week #1 was a mixed bag of accomplishments and non accomplishments. I'm finding myself to be quite fatigued and taking naps throughout the day as needed.
Week #1 was a big push towards my core balance chores and I did pretty good on all of those but I did not master them. I also made headway towards contacting some customers to keep the business hopeful. I did find time to visit a sick friend which was on my mind a lot. I also moved a lot of stuff out of my temporary tent storage to a more permanent storage building.
