There are plenty of plans in place to help me do this and I took a bit of time at the end of 2024 to sit down and work on these plans to set the wheels in motion going into the new year. 

One thing I have done is sit down and make a list of goals I really want to achieve throughout the year and then write down under each goals ways I can achieve them and basically broke them into mini goals in a way of seeing just what would lead me to achieve that big overall goal. I feel like working towards the mini goals will help me as that big goal wouldn't look too scary in the grand scheme of things. I can then revert back to this list throughout the year and reflect on what is working and tick off those mini goals that have been hit and hopefully seeing the small progress will help with the overall motivation and determination of the year.

I have also sat down and made a proper vision board this year which clearly reflects my goals and what I am working towards. For 2024 I just had a vision board as my Macbook background this time around though I have had some fun and I have done a printed version which is up in my home office so I can look at what I am working towards daily, it is my Macbook background again too just so I am doubly sure of what I am wanting to achieve. This vision board was great to make and printing what I am wanting to achieve has honestly really helped cement just what I want out of the year and I think it has spurred on a bit more motivation when it comes towards what I am working towards.

The bullet journal is also back for 2025 as an added organisational and tracking tool. In here I have set it up to have monthly and weekly overviews of plans and also monthly habit trackers so I know I am hitting the steps to achieve my goals. There is an overview of what I want to achieve throughout the year and it focuses more on the overall life and fitness side of the year and I am hoping that viewing this will help me see what is working and what needs altering. Keep an eye out as I will be doing a post soon on the whole set up and what I have included to help me work towards my goals. 

Overall though the plan for 2025 is to just be 1% better every day as I know this is going the be the most beneficial way to tick off those goals and really make progress to elevate my life and achieve what I am setting out to achieve over the course of the year.

It isn't just about the planning of the year though as to make it the best I know that I need to make certain aspects of my life priorities to achieve the goals I have set for myself and achieve that elevated life. So here are the things that are going to become my biggest priorities throughout 2025...

Possibly the biggest priority this year is going to be my weight loss journey. As you will see tomorrow I have a lot of weight loss and fitness related goals I want to achieve as I am sick of seeing myself in the mirror and not liking what is looking back at me. By making the journey my biggest priority I should see the weight drop and my shape change so I finally become happy in my body and see my confidence grow which will help other aspects of my life be more elevated too which is the overall goal. This means that hitting my workouts and making better nutritional choices is going to be key throughout 2025 so let's see how that works out.

Self care is also going to be made a priority in 2025 as I want to make sure my health is taken care of both physically and mentally so that I can press on with my 2025 goals without being as ill as I was in 2024 and without hitting that burnout stage which was far too common in 2024 and saw me deviate from what I needed to do to hit them previous goals. It is time to put me first and make sure I have self care evenings scheduled in where I can switch off and relax and just take a much needed break to reset and recover. I will also be adding in recovery sessions post training with ice baths and stretching as this will just look after my body and after spending so much time ill and injured in 2024 so I am determined to turn that around in 2025.

Another priority for the year is to grow the blogs and by that I mean this one, the football one and finally the gaming one. The blogs got massively neglected in 2024 due to the burn out and lack of motivation but that is going to change in 2025 as I plan to bring them all back better than ever and with a few changes. I love blogging and it is about time I got back into it properly so it is becoming a priority where I book out time so many nights a week to work on content and hopefully grow the sites how I want to. 

Something else I really want to work on is TNG Media, this is just bubbling away in the background at the moment but this is something I really want to focus on and build throughout the year. My mum is involved in this with me and we have so many ideas of items we want to sell so it is going to be a year of creating and promoting which is something we haven't done much of. I also have other ways I want to grow other than selling physical products so I will be making working on these ideas a priority too.

Now this one is something that both me and Liam are planning on making a priority and this is building our savings. We really need to stop wasting money so we are going to prioritize adding to our savings rather than going out spending for the sake of it like we have been doing. There are so many jobs we want to get done around the house and the only way we can do them is by saving up so savings are going to be a big priority for us going throughout the year.

Finally I am going to be prioritising curating my perfect wardrobe. Again there will be more on this in a future post as the turn around is going to become a big priority throughout the course of the year however, this is going to be a slow and steady priority that is going to be going on in the background as the biggest turn around won't be happening until I hit my final weight goal and I know that won't happen for a while yet. Whilst I am working towards this though I am going to be trying to define my style and have a better relationship with clothing and the biggest thing is going to be stopping wasting money on clothing I am never going to wear as it doesn't fit the style I am working towards. I am looking forward to seeing how this goes over the course of the year.

I am really hoping that if I make these areas my top priorities throughout the year then my life will definitely be much better quality and be elevated and hopefully it will help me both physically but more importantly mentally too. 

2025 is the year of elevation and growth so let's see how it plays out over these next 12 months...

See you soon, 

Lucy