2024 was a solid year for me and my family, and I look to build upon the progress and education I acquired in the year as we move into the new year.
The theme of 2025 is outreach, execution, and output.
I generally make goals based on the [[five pillars of life]], and they look something like this for the year ahead:
Faith
- Join the Catholic Church in full communion
- Pray the Liturgy of the Hours or go to mass every day (at minimum, pray a Rosary)
- Continue to read scripture and/or books about the faith every day (praying the hours is a cheat code to this)
- Pray daily, before meals, before doing work, and consistently look to God
- Daughter baptised
All things are downstream of faith, this I am coming to see as evident. When faith is in order, all other aspects of life fall into place. This is the Ultimate Purpose, the reason for everything we do. So, too, do we see each act, every moment, is an act of faith.
Family
- Getting married into the Church
- Datenight at least once per month, I have been lacking in this department.
- Outreach to Friends and New people. A lot of it.
- Continue to be present with my daughter (she is growing up too fast!)
This is the "relationship" part of life, the "people portion". This is what it is all for some would say - and they are not far off the mark.
Fitness
- Increase flexibility through passive and active means (floorsitting, static and active stretching)
- 30 mins cardio every day
- Workout every day (in gym ~3-4x per week, body weight otherwise)
- 315 deadlift (the most I have done since my injury is ~260)
- OH press 165
- 245 bench
- Plate smith squat (this is likely to be the most difficult)
Fitness and health is important to the extent that we can be there for other people, and the more that I do in the gym, the better I feel, therefore the better I can be there for the world. As a younger man, I thought this was all about me, about how I looked, etc. but it is not. Fitness is a massive point of pride in our modern world, if we can eschew that, however, it is for good.
Finances
- Max out investment accts
- Contribute to charitable causes and the Church
- 100x posts and videos
- 100,000 subscribers (long shot!)
Finances are just downstream of helping others with our skillset. They should not be used to accumulate, but rather to go out and create more, help more, and change the world for the glory of God.
Fulfillment
- Travel to SEA, Japan, Malaysia
- Work on a language every day (Italian, French, Latin, Japanese)
- Set up a home base
- Read 50 books
- Produce far in excess of what I consume
- Buy nothing (beyond necessities)
Overarching goal
The goal of 2025 is output in all ways, always. Putting myself out there as often and as best as I can to help others, create opportunities, and be present. Faith is the pillar that holds up all others, and all other pillars support one another in a way that is cohesive, holistic, and self-fulfilling.
What are your goals for 2025? Post them below and let's keep one another accountable!
God bless, and until next time.