How to Make Meaningful Goals

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We've done a lot of posts on resolutions and goal-setting over the years, but I was intrigued by a reader thread a while ago: how do you make meaningful goals? Readers had a lot of great suggestions, including

  • Identify meaningful goals. Think big! People mentioned buying houses, finding partners, going on big travel adventures, competing in your hobby, having a baby, be happy without X (a partner, the promotion, etc), and more.
  • While you're thinking big, try to have a medium term project and a short term project — even if it's for a hobby like knitting — in other words, have goals IN your hobbies.

Readers recommended resources like:

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Here are some of our posts in the past that may help you with those meaningful goals…

(Oh, and here's a link to a more general discussion that will probably help with all of the below resolutions: how to get up early.)

Save More

Pay Down Debt

Learn About Finances

Eat (or Drink) Better

Move More

Find a Hobby

Appreciate More, Stress Less

Organize Your Life

Grow Your Career

Look More Polished

Readers, do you have any favorite conversations or posts that have been helpful for self-improvement? Any big topics we've missed, or things you'd like to see updated? 

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5 Comments

  1. I’m doing Gretchen Rubin’s 22 in 2022 again. I set a mix of one-time goals (walk around Lake Union in one day here in Seattle, travel somewhere new), once a month goals (go to 12 new parks or museums, do 12 60+ minute Peloton classes, ski 6 times), and daily or weekly goals (track mood every day on Daylio, work out 100 minutes a week, read 150 books). I bought a habit tracker that I hung next to my calendar in my kitchen that’s a good visual way of keeping me on track without being overwhelming.

    I set goals last year but my mental health was in a really bad place from about February to….August? so my goals just went out the window except for a few goals that took zero motivation. Eh. It was a bad year.

    1. Love the mix of one time goals and others! Here’s to hoping for a good 2022 year!

    2. Hi Sloan – I also live in Seattle and would love to do some of the activities that you listed (walk around Lake Union in one day, check out the new Nordic Museum in Ballard, go skiing, etc.) If you have any interest in meeting up with a fellow corporette reader for a walk around Lake Union or to check out a new park/museum, let me know!

  2. Is “Level up Life” the name of the app you’re using? Or is it something else? I can’t find it in the app store on apple…

  3. I did the live class for “Best Year Yet” by Michael Hyatt last year and again for 2022. It was a live course (5hrs?) Then I did a “Planning Day” with Lisa Woodruff (Organize 365). Hyatt focuses on work and Woodruff focuses on your house and kids. The combination was really helpful. Both have books, but I need the dedicated time and to have someone hold my hand and go through the process of what I want to accomplish (new habits, or projects). Woodruff makes you figure out how you spend your 168 hours to see what you need to change or why you haven’t succeeded in the past. Then you plan the next three months. Last year, I set 10 goals. I achieved 8 with partial credit for the other two goals. All in I probably spent 12 hours in goal planning and about $500 out of pocket. I think of it as affordable therapy. You can get their books at the library. The courses (and the chat and FB communities) help to make it stick. Good luck ladies! And watch out 2022…

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