5 Annual Goals for 2025: A Personal Roadmap

Here is another daily musing.

I want to share five of my annual goals with you. Sharing written goals with others gives me an incentive to press forward and achieve them. So, here are five goals with a bit of explanation:

1. Write 52 Devotions

I posted about this in late 2024. I plan to publish a well-written devotional every Monday. Initially, I wanted to post it by 8:00am, matching an old newspaper deadline. However, I’ve taken on another teaching assignment, so I think it’s better to extend the deadline to 7:00pm. Additionally, based on your responses to the imaginative retelling of Tabitha’s resurrection, I may make that the new format.

2. Read the Bible through in Community:

I’m leading my church family and others through Bible by using Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s reading plan. My campaign is called In the Word Together, and you can still join us!

3. Read 50 Books:

Cormac McCarthy wrote, “Books are made out of books.” That’s why I want to read at least 50 books this year. As a writer, I need to fill my creative tank. But this desire goes far beyond wanting to be a prolific writer, I’m also reading to be a better person.

4. Develop and launch an online course:

I want to develop an online course for my premium subscribers in 2025. More than likely, this will be a biblical survey since I’m teaching introductions to both Old and New Testaments this year. So, be on the lookout!

5. Increase my mailing list:

You can help me with this goal! I want to increase my mailing list to 1,000 subscribers. (At the moment, I have 138, only 862 to go!) Also, within this same goal, I want to have at least 10% being premium subscribers. If 100 people subscribe for $4.99 per month, about the cost of a cup of coffee, it would help me on my ultimate goal of being a full-time writer.

**Bonus Goal**

6. Write two 5,000 word Short Stories:

Okay! I wanted to give you a little extra. In 2025, I plan to write two 5,000-word short stories. Two biblical fiction stories are currently in progress. The method of releasing them once finished is still under consideration. I may let my premium subscribers get some sneak peaks of scenes. I’ve even toyed with realizing them in an eBook.  

These are only five of my goals for 2025. I have an entire list in my journal. Speaking of my journal, I will be the featuring my journal system in a future premium post soon. Do you have any goals for 2025? Let’s have a conversation in the comments section below.