Monday Musings: My Personal Goals in 2025
This is my favorite question to ask my friends these days: what are your personal goals for the year? I emphasize “personal” because most people mention something work-related. Yes we love to be more productive, have better work output, and make more money. But I think it’s important to think about what we want to achieve for ourselves alone. I’ve been giving my goals a lot of thought, and here are three things I really want to focus on!
I want to have a perfectly curated wardrobe made of forever pieces
I’m done running in the hamster wheel known as the trend cycle. I want clothes that will stand the test of time in terms of quality and look. I already have some really nice things but I have gaps in my wardrobe that I need to fill! On top of that, everything needs to slot in together neatly no matter where in the world I am or what occasion I’m attending. I actually just finished going on a shoe rampage where I added a few iconic pieces to my collection, so I’m good for footwear. But my closet still needs a lot of refinement and I’m very excited to be even more meticulous about what I’m purchasing (or making) this year.
In the short term, I need to figure out my trouser and shirt situation. I need my tailors to make me a fresh, modern-looking shirt (high collar, a bit billowy but with a lot of structure to it) and pants that fit well. This is so basic, I know, but it’s a lot harder than it sounds for my body. I need to first find a template of sorts for both pieces so my tailors can use it as a reference, since it’s a challenge to communicate what I mean.
I want to have a strong, solid tennis serve that will go in the box 60-70% of the time.
I’ve taken tennis more seriously in the past year, and now I’m even playing games! How’s that for an unmotivated super casual tennis player like me? The thing is, my serve sucks. It is terrible and it goes in maybe only three out of ten times. It’s really frustrating because so much of one game involves serving the ball! But it’s so hard to get it right because it’s unnatural and counterintuitive, to me. The only way to learn it is to hit a few hundred more balls while being guided by my coach, and of course to play more games so I get pressured/shamed into getting it right.
It’s incredibly frustrating to be extremely bad at this but the only way forward is through.
I want to write a book.
Any book. It doesn’t have to be good, or long, or published. It just needs to exist. As a life-long bookworm, this has always been a dream of mine. I keep putting it off because I feel like I’m not ready for all the work it requires, but is it really not possible? I have so many unrealistic expectations of myself when it comes to writing a book. I think it’s because books changed the course of my life and I need to write something that will be just as transformative. But that’s a crazy goal. The act of courage in creating AND completing something that requires vulnerability is the goal; the book is just a product of that courage.
And that’s it for my goals this year! How about you? What are your personal goals in 2025?
