2024 Goals:

As promised, here are my goals for 2024:

First of all, survive another tax season. This time around I am not new to my job and also not in my third trimester of pregnancy, so hopefully it will go even better.

I don’t have any goals outside of survival and prioritizing my husband and son from January 2nd-April 15th. Luckily, because I will be working over time, I will receive time and a half pay and make way more money. So we will focus on paying down the mortgage even more aggressively during this time. We will also receive our tax return.

Then our son turns one on April 17th!!! I gave birth the day before tax day this year which was perfect lol. I would like to throw a small birthday party for him on Saturday, April 20th. After tax day, I’m taking the rest of the week off as long as I have enough PTO.

We have also started properly gardening and would like to expand on what we have established. We have many goals for the garden, but care more about paying off the house than majorly expanding in all of the ways we want to.

Garden goals (Late April-May):

• Buy 4 more rose bushes. (2 for front, 2 for the back)
• Refill the 5 garden beds we currently have with different produce.
• Plant an apple and pear tree. (If we can find a right spot for them)
• Place pavers to create walk way through garden. -maybe add woodchips?
• Till & plant wildflowers along the boulevard. -as long as neighbor approves.

Misc. goals:

• Read 12+ books.
• Write 1-4 blog posts a month. (less during tax season, more during rest of the year)
• Daily walk as long as it is above freezing (except during tax season).
• Continue decluttering. Keep only that which we USE frequently.
• Quality time with Brandon and our son.
• Continue to see parents 2-4x a month. (outside of tax season)
• Hang out with 2+ friends a month. (outside of tax season)
• No social media other than YouTube & Snapchat. Pinterest may be used for reference through a browser.
• Keep painting certain rooms of the house.

Goals pertaining to our son:

I think that’s all!

What are your goals/plans for 2024?

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