Every year in December, I will determine the goals I will set for myself for the following year and, at the same time, evaluate how much of the goals I set the previous year I have achieved. This way, I will not only have concrete objectives to focus on throughout the year, but in my spare time, I will also be able to return to these goals and clearly see which areas I need to concentrate on.
The goals I have set for myself for 2026 are as follows:
- To successfully pass all the exams in my department; not to fail any exams.
- To continue publishing content regularly on my blog.
- To start a small-scale venture that can provide me with passive or semi-active income.
- To regain my reading habit and read a book for 30–60 minutes every night possible.
- To grow my investment portfolio above the 1,000,000 TL level by the end of the year (approximately 23,600 USD at the current exchange rate).
- To at least double the return of the S&P500 index over the year.
- To reduce my social media usage to zero as much as possible; to quit doom-scrolling completely and to be able to just browse the content sent by my friends or shared by the people I follow and then put the phone away. This goal also includes general phone usage. I do not want to look at my phone for more than 2 hours a day.
- To write in my journal consistently without missing a day.
I will come back in December of next year and write in detail what I have achieved and what I haven’t.