If you’re looking for some goal ideas and good habit ideas to improve your life, get started with this list of goals, it’s great for 2021! This list will inspire you to get started with more positive habits today and will help with your goal setting and goal planning process!
Setting goals was pretty novel concept to me 5 years ago. I never knew people actually sat down to set goals and then worked on them as if they got an assignment from school. So like you actually write them down? What a nerd. Somehow, I grew unhappier with my life and decided to give this writing your goals down thing a chance. Even though I did many things wrong, I did something right, because for the last 3 years I’ve been achieving some of my big goals. Most of that thanks to developing more positive habits in my life. Here I want to share some ideas that can inspire you to take action too.
66 Goals & Habits To Inspire You To Take Action
Process Goals To Develop Good Habits
Process goals are the small daily actions you want to take in order to achieve a bigger goal. Basically, these are the habits you want to develop in order to create a better life and to get to your outcome goals. These goals almost always depend on you.
self-care
- wake up an hour earlier, so I can have time for myself
- have one day a week with no screens (no phone, TV, computers…)
- have a long bath with candles twice a week
- take time to do my nails every week
- limit social media time to 20 minutes a day
- create a calming bedtime routine
- set an intention for the day
- do my hair once a week
- listen to music I love every day on my way to work
- do a face mask once a week
- journal for 5 minutes every day
- do morning pages every morning
health and fitness
- exercise 3 days a week
- write my gratitude list once a week
- drink a green smoothie or a salad every day
- journal every night before bed
- go to bed at every night at…
- create a workout plan on a weekly basis
- drink a gallon of water every day
- take a daily 30-minute walk in nature
- start every day with 10 minutes of yoga
- make 1/2 my plate vegetables
- create a weekly meal plan
- do intermittent fasting 3 days a week
- no sugar days
- eat one plant-based meal every day
- do 5 minutes of bedtime yoga every night before bed
- take my vitamins every day
- meditate every morning for five minutes
- go on a weekly hike with a friend
Family And Friends
- cook dinner with the family 3 times a week
- do a girls night out once a week
- plan a fun activity together every week
- tell the people I love that I love them more often
- call a friend or a relative once a week instead of texting
- try something new together every month
- take a photo with friends or family every day and organize the photos into an album
- have dinner with my parents once a week
- do a monthly getaway together
- reach out to a friend you haven’t talked to in years once a month
- volunteer together every week
- visit a museum / zoo
- write thank you cards
Home & Environment
- clean my desk every day after work
- set the timer for 15 minutes and clean
- stop buying things I don’t need
- declutter my closet every month
- organize one room a week
- get the car clean once every week
Personal Development And Skills
- practice Spanish every morning for 20 minutes
- read 3 pages of a book every night before sleep
- plan my day every night before I go to bed
- plan my next week ahead every Friday afternoon
- attend a class twice a week to learn a new skill
- practice guitar every evening for 20 minutes
- listen to a motivational podcast every day on my way to work
- reflect on a weekly basis and track my progress
- travel to two new countries this year
Money and Career
- work on my …. (fill in the blank!) every morning for 30 minutes
- create a new product for my Etsy shop every month
- create a weekly budget
- save $… every week
- promote my products on Instagram 3x/week
- have a no-spend day every week
- join a networking event every month (online or offline)
- reach out to 5 potential clients every day
Some Examples of Outcome Goals
Outcome goals are larger goals that you’re working towards and want to achieve over time. Process goals are the small steps you want to take, but outcome goals are the direction in which you’re going. They’re the big ones, the goals where you need to dream big. Outcome goals are not really in your control and they don’t necessarily need to be specific or measurable. What they must be is something you truly desire. Here are some examples:
- own and live in a huge house by the lake
- have $100,000 in savings by the end of the year
- travel to all the continents of the world
- get married / be in a happy relationship
- become a multimillionaire
- become the best guitar player in the country
- be in the best physical shape of my life
- have a beautiful healthy baby
- speak Spanish fluently
- be debt-free by the end of the year
- lose 10 pounds by March 1st
- start my own business and make $50,000 in sales during the first year
- live in a beautiful, tidy and organized home that I own
- be confident and trust myself more
- have a loving relationship with my family
- be more patient and present
I hope you got some ideas for good habits to start and for your goal planning! I’m leaving some more resources below if you’re interested in making your life better (like who isn’t?).
