2024 Is Coming — Here Are My Big Goals (So Far)

2023 was a great year, and I plan to make 2024 even better!

Every New Year’s I have such high hopes for the upcoming year. There will always be challenges, of course. That’s just life. But overall, the years always end up as good — or better — than I imagine them.

It was true for 2023, and I know it’ll be true for 2024.

How do I know?

Because 99% of it is in my control.

And that’s why I’m drawing up some big goals for the year. It’s going to be a great year because I’m going to make it a great year!

My goals are split into 3 categories:

1. Business/side hustles
2. Health & Fitness
3. Personal

Here’s what I have planned so far…

Business/Side Hustles

My main goals will include increasing my newsletter subscribers, finding interesting ways to increase my income, and helping as many busy creators as possible boost their online income.

Here are some ideas I have:

1. Create the Simple 3-Step Side Hustle System.
2. Create a “Road to $5k a Month” challenge. (Goes perfectly with this fun printable I created.)
3. Make at least $1,000 a month on Medium. (This is only somewhat in my control, but I’ll continue to write consistently and see what happens.)
4. Make at least $2,000 a month in affiliate marketing sales.
5. Create digital assets to sell, and make at least $2000 a month.
6. Increase my newsletter subscribers to at least 5,000.

I honestly don’t know how long these goals will take me, but I’ll start creating monthly goals in January and start to map out how I plan to achieve these.

Health

I’ve always been big on health and fitness. But, I’m not as healthy as I want to be. The fact is, I drink too much, and that’s something I’ll be tackling again in the new year. Because of the drinking, it’s given me some stomach and digestive problems, and I want to solve those so I feel better.

Besides the issue with drinking, I also eat too much sugar. Actually, I eat too much, period. I am motivated to do better because I like how I feel when I clean up my diet.

Here are my health plans:

1. No alcohol challenge. This will be from Jan to (at least) April 27 when we go to Las Vegas. I may extend it beyond that. I don’t need to drink in Las Vegas, but we have second-row seats at Carrot Top, and I have heard that he gives out rum to the first two rows at his shows. I honestly don’t know if I’ll be able to resist that!
2. Calorie counting. My calorie-counting challenge went so well that I’ll continue counting into the foreseeable future. There’s another official challenge in the spring, so I’ll be joining that too!
3. Lose a little more weight and get down to approximately 130 pounds.
4. My daughter and I go to the gym four days a week, but we have committed to adding an extra day in the new year.
5. Incorporate intermittent fasting/time-restricted eating. I plan on making my eating window from 11 am — 7 pm to start. I would like to shift it to 1 pm — 7 pm eventually.
6. Continue with the rest of my exercise routine. (Running, walking, Pelotoning…)

Personal

These next ones are personal things I want to accomplish that maybe no one else can relate to. But I want to document them here so I can look back and see how I did with them.

1. Pay for our next trip to Las Vegas. Because I haven’t been working at a “real” job recently, I haven’t been able to contribute as much financially. With my new business/side hustle goals above, I should start to make a bigger income. One of the things I want to do with the income is pay for our trip to Las Vegas in 2025.
2. No gambling challenge. I’m not a complete degenerate gambler, but I love scratch-off tickets, slot machines, and the occasional online casino. However, it’s a big waste of money. So I am committing to not gambling at all until we go to Las Vegas in April. (I may need to write about this one sometimes to keep myself accountable.)
3. Go to as many concerts as possible. Fiinnneee… this isn’t a real goal, but my favorite season is concert season. It’s the thing I most look forward to in the new year, and will make 2024 even more fun and exciting! We have tickets to three shows already, and I’m ready for many more… (Come on, Chevelle! Isn’t it time for another tour?)

I’m sure as the year moves along, these goals will shift a little and more will pop up.

But I think this is a good start to an upcoming fantastic year.

I’m ready for it! How about you?

What are your goals for 2024? Let me know in the comments, or leave a link to an article if you’ve written about it. I’d love to hear about them so I can get more ideas!

About the Author

Hey! I’m Christina, an introverted book nerd on the outside, and a raging metalhead on the inside. 🤘 I’m a married mom to two teenagers (and 3 cats and a dog). I love Vegas 🎰, the band Chevelle 🎸, and murder mysteries 📖.

I also love creating short, daily lists of resources and ideas to help you boost your online income. 👈 Click that astonishingly long link to sign up for free.