2013 – the big review

Well, I’ve been told that people who set themselves targets or goals tend to be more successful. With this in mind, earlier on in the year or towards the end of 2012 I wrote a list of targets or things I want to achieve/accomplish this year.

This blog post is a quick review of that list to explore some of the highs of 2013 and to help to set some targets for 2014…

1. Finish my MA ✔️
2. Go to Thailand ✔️ (it’s booked!)
3. Save £500 ✔️
4. Take/Go away for Graces 21st ✖️
5. Read 15 books for pleasure ✖️ (I read more this year than I have for a while but disappointingly I did not reach my target so this one will roll over to 2014 with added determinism!)
6. Close my overdraft (and not need it)✔️
7. Hand in my notice (at a well known high street retailer)✔️
8. Learn Spanish/Portuguese✖️
9. Sell my old junk/stuff✔️
10. Get/Have work experience planned, if not a job lined up for 2014.✔️

Overall, I think it’s been a really successful year, I think I’ve achieved a lot more than this list alone and several of the targets that were set that were not achieved will go on the list for 2014 because I feel strongly about accomplishing them.

Goals for 2014:

1. Read 15 books for pleasure
2. Get an actual job that is a step on the career ladder (preferably something meaningful)
3. Learn a language
4. Maintain this blog throughout the year
5. Save £1,000
6. Learn a new skill
7. Take a photo every single day for a year
8. Be brave, be daring
9. Enter a competition requiring actual effort (e.g., an essay writing competition)
10. Go to Paris

Happy new year everyone, I hope 2014 brings success, happiness and everything you desire/work towards.