I am not, typically, a big New Year’s resolution person. But 2022 has not been, for me, a typical year and I am ready for a fresh start and to focus on goals in the next year. I’ll be at the beach in Mozambique on New Year’s Eve and I think it might be nice to start the year “fresh” and jump in the ocean at midnight. I’ll let you all know if it happens.
I’d also like to thank all of you who read Moxie, you are a light in this difficult time. You have given me independence, a better sense of self, a sense of accomplishment (which I was seriously lacking and didn’t know it!) and taught me disciple I know I say it often, but I think and mean it often I love and appreciate you, you have changed my life. Onwards!
Call them resolutions, goals, whatever here is a list of some (hopefully realistic!) things I’d like to accomplish or commit to in 2023. The real focus of all of these is balance and discipline. I am a very type B, free flowing personality and I do not wish to change that but I do want to balance it with some consistency and reliability, to be a better friend to myself and others, and to have a foundation that isn’t easily destabilized.
I would like to continue to grow this publication. My (big!) goal is to hit 50,000 free subscribers by the end of 2023. (If you enjoy Moxie please share with friends!)
I want to finish my book proposal, sign with an agent, and at least be in negotiations about a book deal by fall of 2023. Ideally, I’d like to sell a memoir in a two book deal with a women’s fiction/beach read book to follow.
I want to find better balance, physically. I’d like to work out and be active, but not obsessive. To eat healthfully but not militantly. To drink socially but not excessively.
I want to be better about calling and texting my friends to ask about them. Whenever I have something to tell someone, I will call them and tell them and assume that they’ll do the same. But as I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized not everyone is like me in this way and that it can sometimes come across as self-centered to call about me rather than about them. I’ve never meant it that way, I love hearing about my friends! I am going to commit to making the effort to call or text just to talk and check in and not assume everyone operates the way I do.
I want to spend less time on my phone and be more intentional about the time I do spend plugged in.
I’d like to be better about taking photos and documenting my life, not always for public consumption.
I want to learn to dive. I can’t jump in the water headfirst, it’s a big fear of mine but it seems like one I can conquer.
I’d like to get dressed, even simply, on days I don’t have anything to do. Do my hair a little bit, all of those things.
And, my sisters in christ, I think that’s the list. I know this was a brief one— a light transition from Tuesdays heavier essay. Please share your goals for the new year, or for life, with me in the comments or on Instagram. I appreciate you all, you are loved!
xx,
Hannah
I relate to the talking with friends goal. I can get so caught up with life and in my own head that I don’t find myself reaching out to friends and being a friend from a distance as much as I would like. It’s hard but something I’m working on too.
Hannah, thank you for this gift of a newsletter! I am so glad I got the paid subscription, I look forward to your emails every week. I am taking a few weeks off instagram, so I've been out of the loop as to what you've been up to for about a month (feels weird to say about someone I've never met). So, I hope your sailing journey is going well, and I would love to see some emails all about sailing, as someone who has an interest in it. Best wishes for 2023, I believe in you, and I'll be the first person in line to buy both of your books!! Much Love!