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Use These 75 Amazing Goal Ideas to Make 2022 The Best Year Ever

As the end of the year nears, your thoughts may be starting to drift towards goal ideas for 2022. But sometimes, goal setting can be overwhelming.

How in the world do you figure out what goal is right for you? Do you even need to set goals? What’s the point if you work a dead end job or stay home with kids all day?

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GOALS ARE FOR EVERYONE

I’m a stay at home mom. For a long time, I thought that goals were for people with professional careers. I didn’t think there was any reason for me to bother with self-improvement. Its not like I have a boss watching over me, expecting me to perform well.

Since then, I’ve learned that goal-setting is for everyone. It isn’t always about gaining accolades or boosting your income.

Its about spending our time doing the things that are important to us and working towards becoming better in areas of life where we fall a little short.

HOW TO SET A GOAL THAT YOU’LL ACTUALLY WANT TO ACHIEVE

To set a goal that you’ll actually achieve, you need to come up with some ideas that are relevant and helpful to your life.

To start, take some time and evaluate the major areas of your life:

Are you where you want to be health-wise? Do you spend enough time connecting with friends? How is your marriage doing? Could you invest more into your family? Are your finances in a healthy place? How is your relationship with God?

If you think you have room to grow in any of these areas, then come up with a goal that’s relevant to that area of your life! I have tons of goal ideas listed below to help get your wheels turning.

Once you have a list of good ideas, choose the one that you’re the most excited about. Then, make a plan to get it done!

BREAK IT DOWN

If you have a broad goal of “getting in shape”, that’s awesome! But you’ll want to break it down into more concrete terms that will make it easier to know if you’ve actually done it or not.

How do you want to get in shape? Do you want to be able to run faster? Lose a certain number of pounds? Or be able to lift a certain weight at the gym?

What will you do on a regular basis to reach that goal? Will you run three miles every day and track your time in a notebook to see your improvement? Will you go to the gym 3 times a week to lift weights in order to increase your strength?

Those are the questions you need to be able to answer in order to have an effective goal plan.

75 GOAL IDEAS TO JUMP START YOUR GOAL PLANNING

If you need some ideas to help get your wheels turning on what kind of goal you might like to set, look no further! There are tons of ideas listed below, categorized by area of life.

You don’t have to use these goal ideas as is – just use them as a starting point, and modify them to suit your own life.

HEALTH GOAL IDEAS

Walk or run X of miles in a year

Be able to lift X number of pounds in the weight room

Do strength training X times a week

Enter and finish a 5k, half marathon, or marathon race

Learn to do a pull up or push up

Run a mile under 7 minutes

Drink enough water (your weight / 2 = number of ounces you should drink daily)

Eat five servings of fruit and vegetables a day

Eat sweets no more than once a week

Cut out caffeine or alcohol

Get more sleep

FRIENDSHIP GOAL IDEAS

Schedule a monthly girls/guys night

Call an old friend every Sunday afternoon (preferably a different one each week)

Have someone over for dinner at least once a month

Interact more often with people you see regularly (cashiers, bank teller, the front desk clerk at the gym, the older lady who you pass on your daily walk etc.)

Introduce yourself to someone new at church every week

Join a group of like-minded people about a subject or activity that interests you (running club, book club, moms club, etc.)

Get to know your neighbors (even if you’ve lived there for years and it feels awkward to introduce yourself now)

Make a habit of regularly texting friends to encourage them.

Write letters via snail mail or send care packages to friends far away.

GOAL IDEAS TO IMPROVE YOUR MARRIAGE

Read 3 books about marriage and apply what you learn.

Schedule a weekly or monthly date night.

Kiss for 10 seconds every day.

Pray for your spouse daily.

Make a habit of flirting with your spouse regularly.

Plan a fun vacation without the kids.

Have a weekly meeting to go over schedules and discuss any issues relating to your marriage or the household.

Compliment your spouse every day.

GOAL IDEAS FOR YOUR FAMILY

Spend more on-on-one time with your kids

Make family dinners a priority

Teach the kids to do their part in helping with household chores

Schedule a weekly family night

Read together as a family regularly

Stay off your phone when the kids are around

Establish a quiet time when the kids stop napping

Commit to not yelling

Read 3 parenting books and apply what you learn

GOAL IDEAS FOR YOUR FINANCES

Pay off debt

Build up an emergency fund

Reduce your spending in a certain category (groceries, entertainment, etc.)

Create a monthly budget and review it regularly

Educate yourself about investing

Open up retirement and college savings accounts if you don’t have them already

Create a new stream of income

Save for a vacation or a down payment on a house

SPIRITUAL GOALS

Read through the Bible

Complete a Bible study

Create a prayer system to help you remember to pray for everyone in your life regularly

Get more involved at church

Find a spiritual mentor

Memorize scripture

Learn about the spiritual disciplines and practice them

Read a theology book

Share the gospel more regularly

Practice daily gratitude

CAREER GOAL IDEAS

Change careers

Get a promotion or raise

Get a new client

Grow your professional network

Learn a new job-related skill

Start a side hustle

Improve your public speaking skills

Earn a certificate or degree

RECREATION GOAL IDEAS

Read 30 books

Organize your reading life

Pick up a new hobby

Spend an hour outside every day

Curate your wardrobe

Attend plays or concerts regularly

Make a plan to turn off the TV and be more intentional with your free time

GOAL IDEAS FOR YOUR HOME

Organize spaces that frustrate you

Spend 10 minutes tidying every evening

Remodel an area of your home

Beautify your outdoor space (plant trees, add new garden beds, paint something etc.)

Learn to do home maintenance projects yourself

Update your color palette and/or decor

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