Oh, hey! It has been a while. I was not quite as active as I wanted to post in 2024. Honestly, I feel like I am in a bit of a slump! This year was busy and mostly focused on moving (more on that below). Following a cross-country move, I quit my first nursing job, began a new job, quit that job (the 3-hour daily commute took me out!), and started ANOTHER new job. Life was so hectic between onboarding for a new job that I just threw myself into reading during my free time (also more on that below). Overall, 2024 was a great year with lots of change! In this post, I am going to cover a 2023 goals recap and share some of my favorite products. Like my 2023 goals recap post, I am going to go through the goals I had made in 2024 and whether I reached them or not.
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2024 Goals Recap
As I alluded to in the intro, I feel like I am in a bit of a slump and did not reach many of the goals I had set out in 2024. I did feel like I accomplished most of what was on my vision board which revolved around moving and building community post-move.
Financial
Max out my Roth IRA – COMPLETED
Maxing out my Roth IRA is a goal of mine every year. 2023 was the first year that I was able to max it out. This year, I was able to max out my Roth in September! I now have a pension through my work, but I want to continue contributing to my Roth because it’s never a bad idea.
Save a down payment for a house
My goal in 2023 was to save $20,000 as a down payment for a house. We did not do this. Between using a good chunk of money for our cross-country move, being unemployed for a few months this year between job changes, and also taking a *fun* trip to Spain and Portugal, we weren’t able to save much for a house specifically. However, we started saving and are hoping to make a better dent in it during 2024. We did just resign our lease for 15 months, so we aren’t going anywhere anytime soon anyway.
Pay off Danny’s car – COMPLETED
Another one of my big goals for 2023 was to pay off Danny’s car, and we did it! After paying off my car in 2023, it seemed like the next best step towards working to be debt-free and minimize our monthly payments before eventually buying a house. Now we just have to work on the student loans in 2024…
Blogging
Have 100,000 pageviews, make $1000 from the blog, and consistently post once each week
I made a lot of ambitious goals for my blog at the end of 2023 and I did not complete any of them. As far as pageviews go, I had 40,000 which was not the most I’ve ever had (or the least). I fell to the wayside when it came to posting consistently. I posted 26 times, which would have been once every other week… except that I posted weekly for the first 1- 2 months and then nothing for the last 3 months. I started a lot of posts, but they are all hidden in the drafts section of my website dashboard. I am hoping to complete some of them (like my travel guides for Spain and Portugal) in 2024, but won’t be making as ambitious of goals for the blog.
Miscellaneous
Run a 10k
Okay, I did not run this year. I thought I was going to after moving to Texas since it rains a lot less, but it was so hot in the summer! Right now, I think the biggest barrier in beginning to run again is that there isn’t a great place for me to do so unless I get in my car and drive to a park. I do want to start running again, but it isn’t at the top of my list to tackle in 2024. If we moved somewhere with better access to trails or a running path, I would be much more likely to reach this goal. I will say that there are more running clubs near me and I have been interested in joining one if I can go on runs more consistently.
Read 30 books – COMPLETED
As of writing this post, I have read 78 books and am on track to read 80 by the end of the year. Right now I am about to start reading A Court of Wings and Ruin. Some of my favorite books this year have been:
- The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
- The Women by Kristin Hannah
- Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
- Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
- A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
MOVE to Dallas, Texas! – COMPLETED
The biggest change this year, as I mentioned a few times already, was moving to the DFW area! We are in the North Texas area. My husband’s job transferred him. While Texas would not have been my first choice to move to and I love the PNW, it has been a nice change since we have both never lived anywhere else.
Final Thoughts | 2024 Goals Recap
There was room for improvement when it came to my 2024 resolutions, but I am not disappointed! 2024 was so good to me and I can’t wait to see what 2025 has in store!
Thanks for reading this 2024 goals recap! As always, you can find me on Instagram @maddie_deer here, or can follow me on my Facebook page to be alerted of any new posts here. Did you have goals for 2024? If so, let me know what they were in the comments below (or what your 2025 goals will be!).
