I’m not someone who wakes up on January 1st with a whole new personality, but give me a good checklist, and I thrive. Setting clear intentions keeps me motivated, and sharing them here keeps me accountable. So this year, I’m leaning into manifesting in 2026. I’m building habits, taking action, and making room for the big, bold dreams. I’ll be updating this post throughout the year with progress, pivots, and celebrations — and I’d love for you to follow along and cheer from the sidelines as the adventure unfolds.

Health & Wellness Goals

☐ 2 Dentist Visits
☐ 2 Chiropractic Adjustments
✅ 1 Massage
☐ Average 9,000 steps a day for the year – 👍🏼currently averaging 11,000 as of 2/15/26
☐ Hike in 4 new Texas State Parks – 👍🏼2 down as of 2/15/26
☐ Train for and run my first 5k – 👍🏼 I completed my first 5k on 2/2/26, but I walk/ran it. I’m still working toward a full run of a 5k

Financial Goals

☐ Pay Off Home Furniture Bill ($120/$488)
☐ Max out my Roth IRA ($1250/$7,500)
☐ Reach $10,850 in my rental home emergency fund ($785 to go)
☐ Reach $10,000 in my personal emergency fund ($4775 to go)
☐ Save $1500 for my Europe Trip ($500 to go)
☐ Read ‘Rich AF’ by Vivian Tu
☐ Read ‘The Behavior Gap’ by Car Richard
☐ Read ‘Broke Millennial’ by Erin Lowry

Travel/Lifestyle Goals

☐ Read 30 books – 👍🏼3 read
☐ Spend 40 hours learning Spanish (Duolingo, tutor, TV, podcasts, etc.)
☐ Fly overseas to reunite with my favorite Germans (Flo & Jascha!) We take a trip together every couple of years, and this year we’re hoping to road trip through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, and potentially a few other countries if time allows
☐ Visit one new state or write about one new state I’ve been to but haven’t written about yet
☐ Volunteer 12 hours in my community

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Blog Goals

☐ Average 4,700 monthly sessions – 👎🏻I am currently way off target here. I haven’t been writing so I need to get back to it.
(Last year’s goal was 2,000)
☐ Publish 35 travel-related blog posts

Make enough blog income/sales to cover: as of 1/31/26 – $30.91
☐ $130 Annual Domain Cost
☐ $19.99 Domain Name Registration Fee
☐ $86.14 Annual SurfShark VPN

*If you have your own website and are paying less for your domain, please shoot me an email or connect with me via social media! I’d love to hear more about what’s out there.

Social Media Goals

Pinterest

☐ Reach 27,000 impressions – 4.75k as of 2.23.26
(Last year’s goal was 25,000)
☐ Get 275 outbound clicks to my blog – 129/275 as of 2.23.26
(Last year’s goal was 200)

Last year’s stats:

Threads

Before Twitter became a mess of ads and inappropriate posts, before it was X, it used to be my favorite social media app. I completely deleted the app at the beginning of 202,5, though, because it had gotten so bad and was no longer bringing me joy.

Around that same time, I hopped on Threads, which was basically Twitter’s early days, and back to the core of why I loved Twitter.

That being said, I’d like to invest time and effort into building a community on Threads in 2026.

☐ Reach 800 followers – 606/800 as of 2.23.26

Instagram

Over the last couple of years, Instagram has been tough for me. Consistency is hard when you’re not seeing any growth, and I don’t quite understand how to learn and follow the algorithm when it’s constantly changing. Instagram is also not bringing traffic to my site, so it’ll be more of a hobby for the next year.

I don’t really care too much about gaining followers, but I do hope to be a little more consistent. In 2025, I published 15 posts and only 4 reels. I lost about 300 followers.

☐ Post 20 posts (reels or static) – 👍🏼 9 as of 2.14.26
☐ Post 1 story a week

KatelynnOutLoud Newsletter

One of my goals for 2025 was to start a newsletter, and I’m happy to announce that I have! I’m still working on staying consistent and bettering the newsletter every month, but it’s a learn as you go process. This year, I’d like to send out 1 newsletter a month.

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