Goals for 2026

With 2026 starting, many people are making resolutions. I’m not a huge fan of the word resolutions because I feel like that sets you up for failure. Every year that I’ve written resolutions, I haven’t worked on them past January. When I am ready to do my monthly goals, I use those yearly ones to develop the new ones. At the end of each month, I evaluate how I’ve done and make my goals for the next month. So instead of resolutions this year, I wrote up my goals for the year and then for January.

I started doing goals about midway through the year in 2025 (in August) because a friend posted goals and I liked the idea, but keeping up with the goals kind of went by the wayside with everything else that was happening in November and December (end of the year always ends up more stressful than it should between work and holidays). I really find that I need the goals to keep myself on track, but sometimes I don’t remember to look at them and make sure that I’m completing them. I am hoping that by posting them here on Vocal, it will help keep me more focused on completing things.

In addition to working on goals, I’ve sketched out my posting schedule here on Vocal and Social Media for the beginning of the year, although I still have some decisions to make for my Nerdy Geek Librarian postings. When I get into my program (I’m being positive), I might have to re-evaluate some of the writing goals, but I’m hoping that I can keep up with posting.

I didn’t add my goals for each month into the posting schedule, but here’s the beginning of the year’s posting schedule. I’m hoping I’ll be able to keep to it, although sometimes I don’t remember on Mondays.

I’m looking forward to accomplishing these items this year and posting each month with an update.

Yearly Goals 2026

Writing/ Reading

–75K for the year

–post weekly on Vocal

–continue to build Social Media

–work with marketing

–track reading on StoryGraph and bookmarks

Life

–clean up office

–clean up downstairs

–sort boxes (office and storage)

–keep up cleaning schedule

–lose the last 18 pounds

–Sewing projects (Christmas hats, R’s confirmation, ornaments–work & cards, wristlets)

Work

–finish the inventory (before May 2025)

–finish putting up new signs

–lesson plans for Jan to May

–lesson plans for August to December

–continue Culture of Reading plans

School

–Interview/ Writing March 14, 2026

–Make As in classes (Summer and Fall)

–advocate for self for ADHD

–apply to scholarships/ grants

I want to start the year off with a bang so I have a bunch of goals for the new year. Hopefully (now that I’m feeling better) I can make good progress.

I have a lot that I need to get done for work and at home, especially since I lost half of my vacation to being ill. This meant I didn’t do the cleaning that I intended to do, so I’m hoping to get at least some of it done this month.

January Goals

Writing/ Reading

–Post weekly on Vocal (enter two challenges)

–Read daily on Vocal

–Write 250 words per day

–read and log daily

Life

–D&D 4 weekends

–Hells Kitchen Jan 10

–Clean up office

–get back into an exercise program

–work on sewing projects (finish Christmas hats and R’s confirmation present)

Work

–finish picture book inventory

–finish signage

–”cafe” for kids

–You’ve Been Booked! for PreK, K, 1, 2, 3, 4

–Set up Readathon, Literacy Night, and Read Across America week

–work on lesson plans (Jan and Feb)