Do You Set Fun Goals?

Do you set fun goals?

I love setting goals in general, but over the past few years, it’s been a delightful part of my end of year planning to choose one or two goals that are just purely for fun.

A few years ago, my fun goal was to try out Stitch Fix for the first time. (Fun fact – the shirt in this photo is from Stitch Fix!)

In 2020, my fun goal was to try out FabFitFun for a year (this one was SO thrilling for me – I loved getting a quarterly box of fun, useful and new products right on my doorstep. Worth every penny for me).

This year, my fun goal is to ride my bike to the library at least once (probably with my kids who were very excited about this goal!).

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Setting Fun Goals

One of the things I love about setting fun goals is that it really gives you something to look forward to during the year.

Also, if you’re someone like me who gravitates toward practicality and responsibility, a fun goal is a great way for me to give myself permission to do something entirely for my own enjoyment.

Plus, it’s just a delight to check it off that goal, especially if you don’t complete all your other goals.

Here are some other ideas for fun goals:

(Thanks to my Instagram readers for so many of these great suggestions!) 

  • Grow an herb in your kitchen window
  • Visit 2 new-to-you local restaurants
  • Go to a movie alone (one of my favorite things to do!)
  • Learn to embroider
  • Fly first class
  • Learn to juggle
  • Paint your toenails a different color every week/paint fingernails every week
  • Visit all the ice cream shops or bakeries in your town
  • Bake a bunch of different chocolate chip cookie recipes and have a taste test
  • Host a favorite things party
  • Visit 10 new playgrounds
  • Watch all the Pixar movies
  • Rent a limo
  • Year of Pie (make a different kind of pie every month)
  • Re-read a favorite series
  • Learn to rollerblade
  • Attend a library program for adults
  • Subscribe to a fun magazine and read every issue cover to cover
  • Walk 300 miles (you could do this with less than 1 mile a day!)
  • Start a collection
  • Cook your way through an entire cookbook/cook a new recipe each month
  • Host a monthly lunch date with friends/or go get something alone
  • Learn a new card or board game
  • Do 5 different hikes in your area
  • Learn to make perfect stovetop popcorn
  • Do a monthly date with one of your children
  • Buy yourself flowers once a month
  • Turn on music every afternoon
  • Learn to make something tricky (like macarons or croissants)
  • Complete a lettering workbook
  • 1000 hours outside
  • Host a murder mystery party
  • Joining the Everyday Reading Book Club (or any book club)
  • Do everything on a Get Out Pass
  • Family game night
  • Laugh more with kids
  • Jump on the trampoline five minutes every day
  • Try a new shape of pasta every week
  • Do more puzzles
  • Try one new activity every month
  • Learn to paint with watercolors
  • Every time our family sees a new fruit we’ve never eaten, we’ll buy it and try
  • Take a lesson
  • Coach one of my kid’s teams
  • Make my home feel more festive during every holiday
  • Listen to a new song every day
  • Hugging people more
  • Reading the alphabet – a book that starts with each letter
  • Try out a list of new restaurants
  • Look for places you’ve never been to within a few hours drive and go!
  • Read books I already own
  • Plan a weekend trip
  • Season tickets to the ballet
  • Family bike rides
  • Master a new cooking skill
  • Learn how to make bread
  • Solo date once a month
  • Visit all of the local bakeries in your city
  • Play pickleball
  • Finishing one painting each month
  • Get good hangers
  • Try two new products you’ve been interested in
  • Watch one skill-based how to video on Youtube per month from outside your wheelhouse
  • Go to a concert and become well acquainted with songs before attending
  • Learn to do stained glass
  • Start a date night club with couple friends/consistent date night
  • Run a marathon with friends
  • To say yes more to my children on the weekend and not just have a weekend full of chores
  • Get a hammock and lay in it every day
  • Start more traditions with kids
  • Finish a whole adult coloring book
  • Pick a word and live it for the year

Have you ever set a goal just for fun? I’d love to hear – what was your goal and how did it turn out?

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5 Comments

  1. I’m wanting to cook more with my teen boys. Maybe they won’t think it’s fun but I sure will! 😉😜😂

  2. How validating! I had already made the “Year of Pie” goal, now I’m feeling extra good about making a fun goal.

  3. I have set a fun goal of exploring something different here in California every year. A few years ago I visited all 21 of the California Missions. Two years ago I went to a home game of all 18 professional sports teams in California. Last year I visited all the piers in CA. This year I will be visiting all the National Parks in the state.

  4. One of my goals is to have a fun Halloween costume. I never feel like it’s with the effort but if I start planning now, I’m hoping it won’t feel like a burden and my kids will think I’m a fun mom!

  5. Love these ideas! Especially the “music every afternoon” one—what a fun way to make every day feel special! I may personalize it to mornings to give us a peppier start to the day. 😊

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