November 2024 Goals Check In!

Hi friends! Remember at the start of the year when I made a blog post and a YouTube video about my 2024 goals? Well, I never did like a mid-year check-in so I thought we could do a November 2024 goals check-in seeing as we're about to head to NZ in less than a week!

• Here's the blog post - https://www.asheycakes.com/post/day-78-of-figuring-it-out-my-2024-goals-new-yt-video

• Here's the YouTube video - https://youtu.be/1F49wiR_h_s?si=qYriSM6pgJwxJncm

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November 2024 Goals Check In!

I will highlight the goals that I have done and then write a separate section below each category for the goals yet to be achieved (I hope that makes sense).

Personal Goals (Ticked Off)

• Find a new place to live - We moved in March and hopefully don't have to move for a very long time now. I would say the old suburb we lived in was a bit safer, but in this area we know a lot more of our neighbours.

• Cook and bake more often - I have definitely been doing this!

• Write a daily gratitude list (e.g., a list every morning of what I'm grateful for) - I am currently at day 306 of daily gratitude lists.

• Meditate for at least 10 minutes a day - I meditate a lot but I could be doing more.

• Improve my health situation - This has somewhat improved but because of my root canal, I would say things have been stagnant.

• Be able to do a hike AGAIN - We did a lot of hikes on our Great Ocean Road Roadie!

• Go ghost hunting

• Grow my own herbs - The only one that has survived has been my parsley but I've done it!

• Upgrade my wardrobe - Yep, did this recently, and bought better-fitting clothes for my weight fluctuations.

• Read at least 20 - 30 books.

  
  

Personal Goals (Still to Go)

• Go ghost hunting - I don't have any equipment or know where to go but maybe we can do a ghost tour or haunted house tour sometime soon.

• Read at least 20 - 30 books - I'm only on my 9th book, maybe I can speed read in less than two months LOL.

Social Media Goals (Ticked Off)

• Gain 1500 TikTok Followers

• Gain 10,000 Instagram Followers

• Gain 1000 YouTube Followers

• Find my YouTube niche - I think vlogs/sociology topics are my niche so I'ma tick this one off.

• Make regular vlogs/videos - Yes, this is definitely part of my routine now!

• Monetize my blog or something creative - big tick here, woo!

• Get to Level 50 in Pokemon Go (I know it's not really a social media thing but I thought that this was the category that it most related to)

• Get a brand deal / sponsorship

Social Media Goals (Still to Go)

• Gain 1500 TikTok Followers - my personal TikTok is at 407 followers, Benji's is at 1070 so I think Benji might make it but I never know what to post on TikTok.

• Gain 10,000 Instagram Followers - still at the 3800 mark, I post consistently but maybe I'm not funny enough lol.

• Gain 1000 YouTube Followers - I think my YouTube is growing because we're almost at 400 subs so growing day by day, video by video.

• Get to Level 50 in Pokemon Go (I know it's not really a social media thing but I thought that this was the category that it most related to) - I am at level 43 so I don't think I'll get here but we can try.

• Get a brand deal / sponsorship - this was an add on but it might be more achievable next year.

Photography Goals (Ticked Off)

• Get a photo "featured" somewhere - I had a photo featured on a Melbourne travel page so this is a tick!

• Keep doing astro photography

• Learn more about videography - absolutely, yes!

• Improve my wildlife photography - also, yes.

• Spend more time on long exposure shots - did a lot in Rye and will be doing some in NZ so I'ma say yes.

Photography Goals (Still to Go)

• Keep doing astro photography - kinda but it hasn't really happened and we missed all the auroras so that sucks.

Travel Goals (Ticked Off)

• Take Luke to NZ for at least a month (get to NZ to help mum when we find out about her surgery) + do a roadie with Luke of NZ )

• Travel around more of Victoria and Australia in general - I would say we've done a bit of travel so yes)

• Do something adrenaline junkie

  
  

Travel Goals (Still to Go)

• Take Luke to NZ for at least a month (get to NZ to help mum when we find out about her surgery) + do a roadie with Luke of NZ ) - Mum's had her surgery woo and we'll be in NZ for two weeks from Tuesday night so this will be able to be ticked off then!

• Do something adrenaline junkie - I'm a scaredy-cat

Financial Goals (Ticked Off)

• Pay off Credit Card before the interest-free period ends

• Pay off student loan repayments ( x 2, April + September) - this is the most awful thing about living overseas - Done!

• Save $10,000

• Update my CV and find my career trajectory/purpose in life - I think I have more direction here so I'ma say yes!

  
  

Financial Goals (Still to Go)

• Pay off Credit Card before the interest-free period ends - Almost there

• Save $10,000 - I might get there, might not, will see how we go. Lots of my savings was spent on my bloody root canal. Let's hope no more teeth issues.

18/28 goals achieved so far! I also had a goal of learning how to make cocktails and I've learned at least 2 this year! So I dunno where I wrote that one down or if it was an add-on to some note I made so technically 19/28 hehe!

Thanks for reading!

I hope you enjoyed this article. Let me know in the comments what goals you're most proud of achieving this year!

Much love,

Ash xoxo

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