As usual, at the beginning of the year, I am making a list of goals, which are very similar to the ones in the previous year, but I still want to make it and continue to try to achieve all the goals. I will keep the 2 goals I never seem to make – sewing and sharing new recipes – and, who knows? Maybe I am going to do them this year. In 2024 I had a “sundry” with things I didn’t include in the other goals, so I might have the same this year, but it’s not a “goal” in itself.
Goals for 2025: Blogs
1. Post regularly. My aim is to continue to post regularly on Coffee and Books and ancaslifestyle. On the book blog I want to review all the books I’m reading. As for ancaslifestyle I am hoping for 60 posts, which is about half of what I did last year, so it’s not a lot of pressure in any way. I will also continue to do my monthly round-ups. I enjoy those very much.
2. Reviews for Vegan or Vegetarian restaurants. Last year I wanted to do 6 and did them. This year I’m aiming for 4 reviews of restaurants in UK, and 4 round-ups or vegan-in-country/city sort of posts.
3. Reviews. In the last 2 years I’ve set up a low number for reviews and did more, 9 and 7. But this time I will continue with the low number of 4.
4. Taste the World. I will aim for 2 recipes this year.
5. Read the World. As I am reading, it gets harder and harder to find authors from various countries, which are translated into English, at an affordable price (I don’t want to spend £30 for a fiction book I might not have read unless for the challenge). Most of these are not available at the libraries. Last year I wanted 4 and did 4, this year I’m aiming for 2.
Goals for 2025: Personal and Travel
1. Sew. This is what I always write in my goals. Hopefully this is the year in which I am going to sew something.
2. Read 89 Books. This number was what I aimed and did for the last years, so I will keep it at 89. It is, on average, 7 or 8 books a month, so it’s not too demanding.
3. Visit 3 new places in UK. I want to visit 3 new places this year and I already booked one trip for February to a place I haven’t been before, so that should be achievable.
4. Visit a new country. I want to go to a country I haven’t been to before. That being said, I would like to go to a country I’ve been to recently (France, Poland, Italy, Ukraine), and see other cities.
5. Visit 4 stately homes or castles. Last year I wanted to visit 4 and did 6, including castles. This year I’m aiming for 4, including castles, but I might surpass the goal once more. The idea is to look for places I haven’t been before or I’ve been over a decade ago. Stately homes, unless part of the National Trust or English Heritage, are not easy to visit as they have limited opening times and usually on weekdays.
6. Visit 9 museums. Last year I visited 10 museums although my goal was of 6. So, I want to push myself and considering that I already booked a trip where I will visit at least a couple of museums, aiming for 9 is not too much.
7. Go to 4 special exhibitions. This was a goal I had for 2 years and managed to do it. The special exhibitions need to be special, big enough or on very interesting topics. I’ve been to a special exhibition a few days ago, but it wasn’t interesting enough to either blog about it or count it towards this goal.
Starting with my next post — probably this later this week — I’ll be featuring our road trip and visiting three historic homes — Basildon Park, Snowshill Manor and Hughenden. Hope you’ll check in. Your goals are ambitious but I’ve seen what you can do before — and I’ve no doubt you’ll achieve them all!
Thank you. I am going to check the posts, of course. Lately I’ve been reading a few posts at one time, have a break, and do again that. It seems that this approach works better for me.
These are some great goals, Anca. I’m very impressed with the number of books you’re aiming for! And for sewing, I’d suggest starting with a cushion cover – with a fold over rather than a button hole. That was my first sewing project so guess what everyone got for Christmas that year…
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That’s a good idea. I have made a few things, but that was years ago and I need to start from the beginning as I don’t remember much.
These are great goals! I definitely need to post more regularly as I didn’t do so well last year.
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I look forward to seeing what you manage this year. I live vicariously through your posts of places and homes/castles. If it’s somewhere I’ve been, it brings back nice memories. I also hope you post some recipes. I always think of you when I make the baked bean hummus!
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Aww, I’m happy that you like that recipe so much. I will do my best to do some recipes too.
Good luck with your goals, especially the sewing and sharing new recipes. x
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Thank you. I need to do at least one of these two this year.