When it comes to my goals for the New Year they are more Early Retirement Lifestyle Focused Goals than financial. I have read a lot of impressive goals on many personal finance sites. They have motivated me to also begin my process to set and write down my goals for this New Year.

Being that I am early retired and living from my portfolio I have no real financial targets other than staying on budget.

IF I decide to take on a paying gig within my interest and my passions then my goal is simply to save 100% of the income it produces. At this time I have no such targeted opportunity in mind. I may not start any this year so I can’t set as a goal a targeted number to be saved.

You may be wondering, what are these Early Retirement Lifestyle Focused Goals? They are goals to help me live a more fulfilling life. Early Retirement Lifestyle Focused Goals are worthy goals for anyone retired or still on their financial independence journey.

Early Retirement Lifestyle Focused Goals 

Always Be Motivated

Nothing is more motivational than having something to look forward to. Having a goal or adventure in front of me that is something that I am interested in, passionate about, or just plain excites me can’t do anything but keep me motivated.

I could rename my bucket list and change it to my motivation list. It is having these listed experiences and adventures or my always being open to an unknown adventure that keeps me remembering that my life is something more than my day-to-day life, routines, and habits. Part of this Early Retirement Lifestyle Focused Goal is working my way down my list and when appropriate adding to it or removing something that no longer interest me. It also includes taking action to make them happen. Even if it takes long-term action to get there. It is still motivating to see progress.

So what is on this list? It has the answers to the all-important question: What do I want to experience and accomplish before I die.

Early Retirement Lifestyle Focused Goals # 1- Be a Motivated Person. Motivation leaves no room for boredom, discouragement, or dread in my early retirement lifestyle.

See the Silver Lining

This is a very challenging goal. Life is full of ups and downs. My goal is to always look for the good in any bad situation. It is all about keeping a better perspective and maintaining a positive attitude. The idea is to see the Silver Lining so I can find the meaning in my mistakes, failures, and losses so I can learn from them. Then make adjustments and move on without stewing in negativity about anything bad that has happened.

Early Retirement Lifestyle Focused Goals # 2- Seek Silver Lining Freedom. Finding the good in bad situations means I can successfully move forward instead of being chained to the past.

Count My Blessings

By focusing on all the good things that I have in my life and what I want to accomplish I can live feeling content. That is certainly a better way to live than the alternative. Focusing on my losses, failures, or what I don’t have would only cause negative feelings and a negative attitude. Taking stock of all that I have and being truly thankful is a goal that ensures a happier life.

Early Retirement Lifestyle Focused Goals # 3- Recognize that I am Blessed. Understanding that I am fortunate and have an abundant life means negativity and envy can find no home within me.

Feed and Grow Personal Relationships

My family and friends are the cornerstone to my well-being. Some relationships come easy and others require work to stay connected. One reason I have this as a goal is that these relationships are counted as part of my blessings. Also by giving myself to others outside of any other goals or my happiness makes ME a better person.

Early Retirement Lifestyle Focused Goals # 4- Treat Family and Friends as Priceless. Selflessly giving and connecting to other human beings that I love and care about is the only path to a full, loving, and rewarding life.

Make My Health a Priority

My health is what it is. It could always be better and it sure can be worse. It is up to me to do all I can to be as healthy as I can. I want to live a long time and enjoy my early retirement freedom. My goal is to pay myself first through daily exercise and staying active. I always feel better mentally and physically after exercise. Other health goals are to always seek ways to improve my diet and stay current with medical and dental checkups. My exercise goal is a way to delay aging into a rocking chair. This lifestyle goal is to stay vital and active for as long as I can.

Early Retirement Lifestyle Focused Goals # 5- Protect My Valuable Health. By staying healthy I might be able to keep putting distance and time between me and my becoming a sick old man waiting for the Grim Reaper.

 Take Calculated Risks

Staying comfortable is the easy way but a less rewarding way to live. But my taking calculated risks that takes me out of my comfort zone is necessary for me to create what I want from life. That is to live life as an adventure and let my passions and natural curiosity guide me. My goal is to reach beyond what I know which is a big part of the early retirement lifestyle I want to create. I want to constantly learn and experience new things.

Early Retirement Lifestyle Focused Goals # 6- Embrace Strategic Risk. Live life to the fullest and avoid regretting later in my life the risks I didn’t take.

In Closing

You may be thinking these are goals that I should always have. Not something to just list for the New Year. That is absolutely correct. I believe taking the time to list out goals whether they are common-sense or raising the bar on our accountability is important. It is all about choices. We choose to better ourselves, our finances, our happiness, our career, etc. Listing our chosen goals is the first step. We then get to put action towards them and measure how well we have done. We then can identify areas we need to work harder at. My Early Retirement Lifestyle Focused Goals are all about living the best life I can. Not only this year but the rest of my life.

Do you have any non-financial based goals for the New Year to make your life happier and more fulfilling?