One of my Favorite Goal Setting Tools: My Personal 24 for 2024 List

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For many years I’ve participated in the 24 for 24 challenge that is anchored for me in the Happier podcast with Gretchen Rubin and Liz Craft. This is a list of “soft goals” that I would like to accomplish in the upcoming list. I find the list has, over the years, encouraged me to have more fun and to focus on my intentions and desired outcomes more. I’m doing two things different this year regarding my list (well really 3, but one of them is on the list):
1. I’m keeping work stuff completely separate from my personal stuff. While this does create a second list of 24 things, it also promotes better boundaries which is the ultimate form of self care. It also helped me clarify what I consider “the work.” As such, I have a separate 24 for 24 list for my company, Monarch Strategies LLC. You can check that out here.
2. I’ve proposed to my housemate and to my family that we also create shared 24 for 24 lists. Most of the ones for the family are likely things we know will happen but the ones for my housemate and I will bring up some good conversations. The one with my housemate will be a mix of some personal but mostly shared things. Again, these will be separate shared lists so there won’t be any crossover (with one exception which is the second item I’m adding into my list this year.)