Personal Development Goals: 70 Ideas For a New Year

ad // As we head into a new year, most of us think about our personal development goals for the next 12 months. Over the last few years, I have uncovered so much about myself that I didn’t even realise was there, under the surface. And I have a clearer vision that ever of where I want to go in the future.

BUT, personal growth has no finish line. And I think that’s the beauty of it. We are ALWAYS growing. Always changing. Always learning and adapting. Our values and goals may change over time and that’s okay. Different seasons of our lives require different things from us. And if the last year wasn’t a year of self growth and clarity for you, that’s a-okay my love.

So wherever you sit on the personal growth scale right now is okay. Our personal development journeys are just that – journeys. They will speed up and slow down. They will hit bumps in the road (like 2020) and they will have beautiful, smooth-sailing moments as well. Those moments are coming. Trust me.

If you’re struggling for inspiration for your personal development goals, here are 70 ideas for you!

70 Personal Development Goals for a New Year (or any time!):

Physical health

1. Drink more water
2. Stretch every morning
3. Practice Yoga twice a week
4. Go for a walk outside every day
5. Eat at least 3 fruits or vegetable portions every day
6. Try a new fitness program
7. Attend all your relevant health screenings
8. Try a new sport or exercise
9. Cut down on alcohol or stop smoking
10. Commit to couch to 5k

Mental health

1. Try guided meditation
2. Start a gratitude journal
3. Book a GP appointment to discuss your mental health
4. Spend less time on social media
5. Get outside at least once a day
6. Limit news intake to 1 hour per day
7. Open up to someone about your mental health
8. Journal every morning or night
9. Learn and practice mindfulness
10. Regularly get creative in any way that feels good for you

Confidence

1. Write down 3 personal or professional wins from every day
2. Mute, block or un-follow anyone that makes you feel bad about yourself
3. Try mirror work for 2 minutes a day
4. List 3 things you love about yourself every day
5. Try something new once a week
6. Step out of your comfort zone
7. Listen to confidence boosting podcasts regularly
8. Try something you thought you couldn’t do
9. Read one personal growth book every month
10. Start to face your fears

Productivity

1. Keep a planner
2. Learn how to prioritize your tasks
3. Get up earlier every morning
4. Stick to a daily to-do list
5. Work on your organization skills
6. Organize your desk and work space regularly
7. Create and stick to a morning routine
8. Learn how to stop multi-tasking
9. Work smarter, not harder
10. Eliminate everything that drains your energy

Self care

1. Establish a new skincare routine
2. Establish a weekly self care night routine
3. Learn how to say no to things you don’t want
4. Read more books
5. Learn how to honor your needs as they arise
6. Do something you love every single day
7. Go to bed a little earlier every night
8. Eliminate a bad habit
9. Create a self care kit
10. Treat yourself once a month to something nice

Hobbies and interests

1. Try a new hobby and stick to it for at least 3 months
2. Go back to a hobby you used to love but neglected
3. Take a course in something you’re interested in
4. Start a blog about something you love
5. Join a local group
6. Volunteer somewhere
7. Take lessons in something you want to learn
8. Take an interest in something your partner loves
9. Take a course to expand your interests / hobby
10. Start a business from your hobby

Clarity and vision

1. Do an intention setting ritual every month
2. Journal it out every week
3. Create a monthly vision board
4. De-clutter your space on a regular basis
5. Consider a life-coaching course
6. Establish a more healthy work/life balance
7. Set up a direct debit to a charity you feel passionate about
8. Do weekly mindset work and stick to it
9. Curate your social media to exactly what you want
10. Spend more time alone

This is obviously a LOT of goal ideas and I’m by no means suggesting you need to think about doing all of them in a New Year. Perhaps pick one or two from each category or focus on the category that you need to improve on most. It’s likely that we all have different areas of life which are going better than others. 

For some, their physical health might be incredible but clarity and vision for their life might be lacking. Or perhaps you’re super productive but are seriously lacking with self care. Whatever it is, remember that it’s totally fine and life ebbs and flows like that, so will these different areas!

I hope you find some helpful ideas for some personal development goals throughout this post an consider implementing them into your life. Of course it doesn’t have to be at the beginning of a year either – there’s no right or wrong time to introduce some new goals into your life!

What are your personal development goals right now? Will you be taking on any of these goals I’ve mentioned?

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