Hello, my bucket list friends ! A new year means new goals. However ,before I set my goals for this year I want to look back on last years goals and see what I was able to accomplish last year. I’m excited to set new goals for this year and I’m also excited to hopefully get caught up with last years posts so let’s get to it!
My goals for last year ( 2025)
- Cross off 10 or more bucket list items. – I crossed off 11 items this year. ( You can read about it HERE )
- Go to Las Vegas – Yes this was such a fun trip I crossed off some bucket list items during this trip.
- Read 20 or more books – nope
- Start making You Tube videos again – nope
- post 10 or more short stories online nope
- make my credit score go even higher – nope ( I’m writing nope a lot )
- cover up one of my tattoos that I really want to cover up – and another nope
- finally get the starfish tattoo that I have been wanting – Yes ! I love the way it looks
- Do a 5k race – No, I wish the color run would come back to my area
- buy a Lisa Frank item at the thrift store – Yes, in Idaho I found a Lisa frank item at the thrift store.
- take loss prevention classes – I did take a loss prevention class and I got a certificate. It was just one class but I will count it.
- Go to 3 or more concerts – no concerts are so expensive now it just did not happen
- Go to a state that I have not been to before – No I did go on some fun vacations this year adventures this year but it was to states that I had been to before.
- get out of my comfort zone – Yes, I did this. This is going to be a long answer but, In November I experienced some of the worst OCD symptoms that I have ever had .I kept ignoring my worsening mental health. I tried to convince myself that I could handle it on my own. However, It got to a point where I could no longer ignore what was going on with my health. I made the difficult choice to go on medical leave so that I could focus on getting better. Choosing to go on leave was a big step out of my comfort zone but I’m glad I did.
- Clean up my room and put more items in my storage unit – I did put more items in my storage unit but my room is still the mess it usually is lol
- Do something amazing for my 35th birthday – When I first put this goal on the list I was thinking amazing as in like a big party or a trip. However ,on my birthday I ended up doing the simple things that I love. I went to a painting studio where I got to paint a flamingo. I had a fun time being creative. I also went to TJ Maxx and I did a pickup order at Target. Then I went to dinner at one of my favorite local places and I got a verry yummy carrot cake at the store. I enjoyed the day that I welcomed my 35th year. The day was filled with doing the simple things that I love. I also got coffee. The day was amazing to me so I’m going to consider this goal complete.
- post 100 Instagram reels – It looks I got close but I didn’t meet my goal .
- Add 10 or more items to my bucket list – yes, I added a bunch of items because I decided to freeze adding new items to my list for five years so this year I made a bunch of additions to my list. For the next five years I’m going to focus on crossing off the items that I have on my list already.
- make chalk art – Yes, during the summer my friend and I went to a park and made some fun chalk art creations. I really had a great time
- feel like I’ve been productive this year – Yes, 11 list items crossed off plus a new job. helped to make me feel like I had a productive year.
My 2026 goals
Cross off 10 or more bucket list items
Publish 3 or more blog post each month
Go to 3 or more amusement parks
Go to a zoo I’ve never been to before
Go to an Alice Cooper concert
Go to a Mets game
Do 3 or more art projects a month
Apply to be on reality TV
Go on three or more vacations
Have 1000 or more in savings by the end of the year
Those are my 10 goals for 2026! I hope all of you have a wonderful year!
Love, Christina Epperly
