Earlier this year Jess over at JashiiCorrin started a 3 month challenge to get some goals done. I didn’t join in but when she announced round 2 I thought it would be a good way to end out the year. You can watch Jess’ explanation video on her channel. She has a playlist for round one and one for CYL 2.0
So what am I planning to try to get done in my 3 months? I’ve broken my goals down into life areas – Physical health, Mental Health, Study, Social Connection and Decluttering, then picked 2-3 goals per area. They are:
Physical health
- Improve fitness – Aim for 150km over the 3 months – walk or bike ride
- Drink more water – pair with tasks. Have a glass as soon as I get up. Have a glass while cooking meals
- Make more meals from scratch – less package stuff.
Mental Health
- Improve sleep
- Read 1 self-growth or mindfulness-related book
Study
- Keep up with weekly discussion posts
- Dedicate 5 hours per week to focused study time with clear topic goals.
- Summarize your learnings in a digital notebook at least once a week.
Social connection
- Weekly date with J
- Plan one social outing or activity per month (coffee, hike, dinner).
Decluttering
- Our bedroom
- Digital declutter
- Establish a 15-minute weekly “reset ritual” to keep spaces tidy.
Check in for the end of Month 1
Physical goals
- Walking – 73.7km done. I’m doing the Ovarian Cancer Australia Workout 4 Women this month so that will up my totals
- Water – I’ve started tracking my hydration again so I know how much water I’m actually drinking, still more Coke that I want but water intake is slowly improving.
- More meals from scratch – lots of new recipes have been tried and I’m not using as much bottled/packet stuff. Making the choice to make less that uses recipe bases.
Mental Health
- Sleep – has been pretty rubbish. Daylight saving week 1 always stuffs up my sleep and I haven’t been well. Next month is sleep focus.
- Book picked – I’m going to read Lessons from the Empress: A Tarot Workbook for Self-Care and Creative Growth (which is funny cause my tarot pick for 2026 is The Empress card)
Study
- Have kept up with weekly discussion. Semester 2 lectures are done but I’m midway through an 11 week spring semester.
- I’ve been blocking out 5 hours per week per unit each week and it has worked well. Think this will be something I take into 2026.
- Summarising each weeks learning. Much easier now I’m back to one unit.
I haven’t really started on Social or Declutter yet. I have made a date night list to go through with J to pick some things we’d like to do for the rest of the year and our outing for the month was our trip to Hobart.