What are your goals for 2026?

[Metalhead]

I have a few solid goals to work on.

Budget for more weekend solo trips to Seattle.

Go to more local gay munches and build more of a social life with other local gay men.

Lose some more weight.

Curb the negative thought loops in my head and replace them with intellectual stimulation.

What are your goals for 2026?

 

[JayLapointe]

I have a few solid goals to work on.

Budget for more weekend solo trips to Seattle.

My 2025 Goal had been to save more for trips so what I did was prior to the start of 2025 I worked out what trips I wanted to go on, how much they would cost, and then broke that down into weekly installments I had taken off my pay cheque into another account.

Go to more local gay munches and build more of a social life with other local gay men.

Lose some more weight.

Wasn't a 2025 Goal, but from the end of 2023 to now I've lost about 60 pounds. No fad diets or exercise routines. I just found physical activities I enjoyed and did those more. Diet wise I just tried to make better choices but still gave myself the flexibility to enjoy life.

Curb the negative thought loops in my head and replace them with intellectual stimulation.

I highly highly recommend looking into Positive Psychology and the work of Dr. Martin Seligman, co-founder of that school of thought. Also a Ted Talk by a researcher in positive psychology Shawn Achor called the The Happy Secret to Better Work. Essentially it looks at ways of raising the base level of contentedness and shifts the focus of happiness from being a model of "I'll be happy when I _______________ " to a model of " I'll be happy and then I'll ____________". Traditionally we as a society view happyness as the goal post. I'll be happy when I graduate, get the good job, get the Guy, etc. But we get the things and then what?. Suddenly there is a new goal and we are no longer happy with what we just achieved. So instead it's to train yourself to be happier in general, and then go out after those goals as added bonus.

What are your goals for 2026?

My own simple goal for 2026 is just to continue to make small positive choices that will continue incrementally building and adding to the good life circumstances I find myself in now. When asked if I have faith in a higher power my answer is no, but I have faith that many small positive choices will build to something greater than the sum of its parts.

 

[Outdated]

For me the goal is simply to start getting out a bit more, I'm far too comfortable just sitting at home all the time.

 

[AGXStarseed]

01. Lose more weight - since I've been stuck in a plateau for a while.
02. Find a job that isn't voluntary, so I no longer feel "not economically viable".
03. Improve my pronunciation so it no longer sounds like I'm muttering everything I speak.
04. End my alcohol consumption, so as to no longer have to suffer my "Edward Hyde" personality.

 

[Shevek]

Get back onto Linux.
Write better and engage with interested readers.
Persuade people that they could easily save lots of energy.

 

[Ken]

One of my goals is to finally finish writing a book I put on hold several years ago due to work time conflicts. The book is about type 1 diabetes management.

 

[Neonatal RRT]

Paying off the house and cars. Putting more money into investments. Start looking for rural property to build our dream home.

Set up my wife and I nicely for 2027. Heading into the homestretch before retirement.