Reflecting on 2024 Goals

Celebrating Wins, Embracing Lessons, and Planning for Growth in 2025

Now that we are in November, I want you to focus on two things:

1. Reflecting on 2024 goals, setbacks, and wins.
2. Planning goals for the New Year with reflection in mind.

The first step I take in my goal setting planning sessions, is having my guests look backwards and review what worked well, what didn’t work well, what stress barriers showed up and how that affected each person’s capacity to work on personal and business goals.

I do this in full detail in a planner audit workshop that you can view here.

When you spend the time to reflect on life and business lessons that you learned this year, it will help you take responsibility for your actions, identify barriers to plan better in the future, and recogonize how to better prepare yourself when the next challenge occurs.

I believe to grow as a person who is focused on doing better than yesterday, learning from lessons – not losses, helps push our personal growth forward. Everything is a lesson if we are willing to spend time in the uncomfortable position of reflection.

On the other hand of reflection on your 2024 goals, is celebrating what you did accomplish! You must pause and spend time celebrating your wins and achievements. This helps you practice being present in the moment, builds confidence, and celebrates your worth!

Why Reflect on 2024 Goals?

Reflecting on the past year helps you recognize progress you made, even when things didn’t go as planned. It shows patterns, pin points areas for improvement, and helps you create a more intentional and fulfilling journey into the next year. Which is what we want for the New Year!

Let’s dive into some tactical steps to close out 2024 and set ourselves up for goal success in 2025.

Step 1: Celebrate Your Wins

So often, we race toward the next goal without acknowledging our successes. This is your time to recognize and celebrate those wins! Grab a piece of paper, your planner, and your phone. Flip through each month and jot down things you accomplished and what pushed you out of your comfort zone.

• List Three Big Wins from 2024: What are three things that went well this year? Maybe it was landing a new client, maintaining a health goal, writing a book, or running a half marathon. Write them down and recognize the effort you put into each.
• List Your Small Wins from 2024: Did you implement a morning routine, commit to local networking group to grow your business, or stayed consistent with your personal development by joining my personal growth bookclub. Celebrating your small wins helps you feel confident celebrating your big wins!

I teach my daughter to celebrate her wins. She won a painted pumpkin contest at our local library. The first thing she asked was if we could have spaghetti (one of her favorites) for dinner to celebrate. SMALL WINS = CELEBRATE in her young mind.

That is my challenge to you!!

Step 2: Embrace the Lessons (not Losses) Learned

Reflecting on challenges and mistakes is uncomfortable, but it’s how we grow. If you are willing to sit in uncomfort for a little bit of time to gain a new perspective, you will gain immense personal growth. There is nothing like an aha moment discovering when you reocogize how NOT to do something in the future.

• List Your Top Three Lessons in 2024: Did a particular project teach you more about time management? Did a goal not go as planned, but in hindsight, lead you to a better opportunity? Did a relationship unexpectandly fall apart? Did life get so overwhelming that you had to survive a season? Write down the lesson, and identify your role in how the lesson occured, or how you can handle it better the next time.
• Identify Patterns in 2024: Look for any recurring themes in your lessons. Think back, how many times has this lesson showed up? What do you need to get in front of before the breakdown occurs, or what core values are you ignoring that this stressor keeps showing up? Many times goals are made without identifying core values, and that can lead to a barrior breakdown later.

Step 3: Set Growth Goals for 2025

Now that we have reflected and identified our 2024 lessons and celebrated our goals and wins, let’s get into planning our 2025 goals!

• Use SMART Goals: Make each goal Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Check out my SMART GOAL talk on Youtube. This could look like growing your business by a certain percentage, working out 4 days a week EVERY WEEK, dedicating intentional time to self-care, or learning a new skill that aligns with your personal or business goal.
• Find Accountability: One way to make 2025 your best year yet is by building accountability into your goals. Consider partnering with an accountability coach, a mastermind group, or even a close friend or co-worker to keep you focused and motivated.

DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE SMART GOAL PLANNER HERE.

Practical Tips for Reflecting on 2024 Goals

Allow several days for this process. It can be very mentally draining, and if you are a busy mom or a business owner, you just don’t have that much time to commit. Think of Reflecting and Planning Goals as a 3 day workshop.

1. Day 1: Schedule a Reflection Day: Set aside a few hours one day this month to sit down with your journal or computer and reflect on 2024. Be honest with yourself but also compassionate. I do this in November with my planner.
2. Day 2: Incorporate Reflection into Goal Setting: When planning your 2025 goals, keep your reflections handy. What goals did not work out. If you know things that don’t work for you, you won’t keep scheudling them into your planner! This has truly been a game changer for me!
3. Day 3: Celebrate Your Journey: Before diving into 2025, take time to truly appreciate how far you’ve come. Growth is a journey, and every step matters. Plan your 2025 goals around systems and routines that already work for your life. Building on what works helps you keep momentum going!
4. Share your wins on IG, and tag me so I can celebrate with you!

Ready to Make 2025 Your Best Year Yet?

If you’re looking for personalized goal setting and accountability to stay on track with your goals, let’s chat! I offer FREE Discovery Calls to explore how we can partner to make 2025 your most productive and fulfilling year.

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Let’s get these goals achieved in 2025 Goal Sister!

Cheering for you always,

Alicia: Hey, Goal Sister

Check out my Year In Review Self-Reflection Questions Here.