2025... A New Year for Goals??

[Zaine]

I have thought about it, but I don't think so. I don't know what I would do with the medals, it's not really what I collect. Plus, the price, while fair for the quality, is a little too much for me for just walking/biking.

[DarthPenguin]

For me there are a few, martial arts related and general exercise related - the general exercise ones if i don't meet them i owe a friend of mine £50 per target missed and the same for one of the bjj ones - anything where the success is outwith my complete control doesn't have a penalty.

Martial arts goals :

• Get first 2 judo belts - have been dabbling in judo for a while now and want to get a little more serious about it and get a couple of belts. Am putting this as under my control as i was told i am being graded for first one in February and that i should be able to get another later in the year.
• Finally sit Shotokan shodan - this is depending on available locations for the grading tbh: i don't think there will be one in Scotland i can make so i will need to travel quite a bit to England to sit it. Will then depend how viable that is
• Get a couple of stripes on my bjj belt - need to get my finger out and start progressing: have had my current grade for an obscene amount of time! 
• Try to average a minimum of 1.5 bjj classes a wk, ideally 2. Set this to 1.5 to take into account things popping up with kids, illnesses, injuries etc. so i think at worst i want to average it out at 1.5/wk. If i don't manage it i owe my friend £50

General exercise :

• want to manage a 200kg trap bar deadlift by end of year. If not successful i owe friend £50. Think this should be fine and realistic.
• Want to manage 100kg x 2 bench press. Have always found it to be one of my worse lifts so since i managed 1 when i tested it a week or two ago i want to get strong enough to manage a double. If i get this easily i will revise target upwards. Again this costs me £50 if not achieved.

 

I settle upon a £50 penalty as it is enough to care and not want to lose it but not so much you end up in difficulties!

[pandaGIRL]

On 1/6/2025 at 10:56 AM, ashworth said:

Hello you lovely people... 

Have you thought about any goals you have this year? I used to be rather big on setting goals for the year, don't always make a big deal if I didn't meet them, I didn't want to put unnecessary pressure on myself, just gives me something to work towards I guess. 

Also, since covid I think I have finally thought about setting goals like this again... since I have stopped my regular classes and focusing more on my training for the past 18ish months, I'm still constantly working on my own content and putting together sourcebooks for kata I practise, so some of my goals are more focused on that, but within my friends club that I have now become a part of, he is keen on having me share more of what I do, particularly with his black belts. So one of my biggest things I want to do this year is get myself to a place where I feel comfortable doing that. 

Since covid and stopping my club I did suffer with confidence issues and anxiety when teaching, but I do want to get back into it and especially give something back to this club for taking me in, so would like to get more comfortable there and start helping out a bit more, have done a few little bits one on one there and always get good feedback. 

Another thing is that I'm trying to do something exercise or martial art related everyday, even if it's just 5 - 10 minutes. Just to create a habit more than anything. Going strong so far! 6 days in and haven't dropped a day yet.

I try to have a mix of goals, long term goals, short term goals, etc. 

I can't say I have a lot planned for 2025 other than training more in karate, and to travel. 

It's easy to be hard on ourselves, but sometimes life happens and things don't go as we planned.  I think awareness is the key there.

I like to think it's never too late.

Glad you are going strong on 6 days now!

 

[KorroddyDude]

Mine is to get back into BJJ.  I trained in it for about 2 months in 2023, but eventually had to drop it because adding it to karate was keeping me out of the house too much and it was causing problems with my wife.  However, I found a BJJ school that has 6 am classes, which will allow me to get back home when everyone else is waking up.  And, most importantly, these morning classes will allow me to continue having the same number of evenings per week that I stay home with the family.

Edited January 7 by KorroddyDude

[DarthPenguin]

12 hours ago, KorroddyDude said:

Mine is to get back into BJJ.  I trained in it for about 2 months in 2023, but eventually had to drop it because adding it to karate was keeping me out of the house too much and it was causing problems with my wife.  However, I found a BJJ school that has 6 am classes, which will allow me to get back home when everyone else is waking up.  And, most importantly, these morning classes will allow me to continue having the same number of evenings per week that I stay home with the family.

I can totally relate to that! I try to go to lunchtime bjj classes for that very reason as it doesn't reduce family time with the kids etc. Since my son comes to the karate class with me (and my daughter will be joining in May) that also doesn't count as a "me away" session either so it is just bjj on a Saturday and thursday evening Judo that count as me out - put a home gym in the back garden for a similar reason!

[Montana]

My new goals for 2025.

Begin each day waking up with a pulse.

Don't fall over putting my underwear, pants or socks on.

Be able to manage any aches and pains encountered throughout the day.

Resist the urges to strangle, beat, defame, belittle or run over the little idiot in Walmart with the purple mohawk, dozen piercings, tattoos up the wazoo wearing all black.

That's about it.

 

[Patrick]

Thanks for starting this thread, Ashley!

[pandaGIRL]

As far as karate goes it's to keep training and not get overwhelmed, and discouraged. 

 

 

[Zaine]

13 hours ago, pandaGIRL said:

As far as karate goes it's to keep training and not get overwhelmed, and discouraged. 

 

 

Something important to remember is that you're not alone. Everyone has gone through periods of feeling overwhelmed and disappointed. It can be tough looking at people who have already gone through what you're going through and think that they somehow were better at learning than you are. The truth is that they weren't any better, they just stuck with it.