I love goals. It’s a great way to keep yourself on track with what’s happening in your life. I find that without goals, I may spend a few days or weeks just sleeping and watch really long movie series. In fact that’s how I spent most of December. I watched the Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and the Star Wars films back to back. It was definitely a lot of fun but I could also be doing more with my time.

What was difficult about making goals this year was the fact that I knew my life now will not be the same in 6 months because I’ll be preparing to start medical school. I typically categorize my goals into different topics so I can see what areas I need more improvement on. This year, I took an extra step and made quarterly & mid-year goals. This would allow me to build a better timeline of when I wanted to complete my goals (instead of the generic December deadline) and figure out what I wanted to do before medical school. In addition, on the 15th of each much, I schedule goal check-ins to see how I am doing. This may seem like a lot, but I understand that my time is limited at this point and I want to make sure I am accomplishing the things that matter to me. Below are a few (not all) of my categories and goals I am trying to accomplish this year.

Academic/Professional

-Pass all my medical school classes

-Launch a Podcast

Health & Fitness

-workout 3x a week

-Meal prep every Saturday

Personal

-Get to level 5 on DuoLingo in French

-Save $______ in emergency savings

-Finish writing 1 book

-Start my blog

Spiritual

-Read my Bible daily for about 60% of the year

-Attend church (in-person or virtual) for 80% of the year

I hope listing these things will provide me with some accountability. I’ll definitely try to do a mid and and of year post to keep you all in the loop. If you need an accountability parter, please let me know what some of your goals are.