Themes and "TARDIS Goals" for 2025

 

Many of us are thinking about what we want from the upcoming year. Instead of more traditional resolutions, I pick themes. I find themes to be less stressful and easier to keep up all year long.  

This year I am choosing a combo of previous ones that have worked well: 

1. "Gentle, Gentle."* This is a reminder to be gentle with ourselves.  We are enough no matter what big feelings we are feeling or how we are judged by ourselves or others.

2. "Throw Away The Plan."** This one is guaranteed to work for everyone since every time something goes wrong, we are successfully completing our New Year's goal. 

3. "TBD." I am once again having a friend draw me a star word for the year, but it won't be drawn until Sunday, so right now TBD.

In addition, I find that having a daily list helps me be "gentle, gentle" with myself. Without some structure, everything can feel liminal, and I can struggle with decision fatigue. 

My January 2025 daily list includes the categories:

Fitness

Health

Self-love

"TARDIS Goals"

Everything else.

"TARDIS Goals" is a new term I created that refers to the TARDIS, which gets you where you need to be, not necessarily where you want to be. 

I created this term for working on bigger long-term goals. I tend to spend more time on quick tasks that are easy instead of the harder, longer-term tasks. 

This is also a flexible category. I should be working on some of my long-term goals every day, but I don't need to work on all my goals every day. 

No matter if you are choosing resolutions, or themes, or something else entirely for the new year may you find a bit more peace, joy and wonder this year.

* "Gentle Gentle, Slow Slow, Thoughtful Thoughtful, Flow Flow" Wentworth Miller Instagram Post

* "Make the plan, Execute the plan, Expect the plan to go off the rails, Throw away the plan." Leonard Snart from The Flash - Infantino Street