Given the way the last few years have gone, making goals feels like spitting in the wind, but let’s give it a try?
I’m not going to recap my 2023 goals. They all went out the door when Tristan was diagnosed with a keratoma that required surgery just a few weeks into year. Sure, I could’ve picked it up but the rest of my life was spinning out of control by the time he was done with rehab, and then my city flooded, and whoosh there went the rest of 2023.
(Side note, did anyone out there have a good 2023? Everyone I’ve talked to in real life had a garbage year.)
So, let’s talk about some straightforward horse-related goals for 2024.
1. Ride, work, groom, or visit the barn 200 days a year
Unfortunately, I fell down really hard on barn time in 2023. 200 feels like a low number for past me, but it would be a big leap forward from 2023. Tristan is happy, healthy, and mostly retired, and we have no competition or other goals that would put us in a program, so 200 is fine to do some light rides, deep grooms, and general checkins.
2. Write 100 blog posts
I miss writing! I want to get back, even if it’s just quick stuff.
3. Weed / organize horse stuff
I have too much. A lot of it has to go. I’m pushing for a big declutter in February, and horse stuff will be a strong focus for me.
4. Social media posting schedule for Bel Joeor Metier
Yes! I still have that Etsy side business. 2020 was such a weird year that it blew actual tracking metrics all to hell, but suffice to say that if I hadn’t had that weird year (and its subsequent drop), I’d be in a place now where I’d expect to be in year 5 of a slow, steady grind.
I need to be more intentional about it again, though, and not just rely on happenstance, because Etsy is contracting slightly, and (I think in part due to my shop’s success, actually) there is more competition than there was when I started.
5. Get horse savings to $?k
I’m not posting the amount just for privacy reasons but suffice to say that this account (meant for a someday big purchase like a competition horse, truck & trailer, or who even knows) took a huuuuuuuuge hit with surgery. Back on the grind!
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