I’m not calling these resolutions. Resolutions never work, they never stick. These are goals. They say that to reach towards the stars, you must first extend your hand. This is me doing just that.

• Lose 150 Pounds - Ambitious, for sure, but it can and will be done. This is the year Matt gets less fat.
• Get to 100k subscribers on YouTube for TLC - setting a goal for something you have no control over is not a good idea, but I’m doing it anyway.
• Get to 10k subscribers on Historic Alley - This will only be possible if I get my ass in gear and make content for this channel.
• Double viewership on TLC - This is probably the hardest goal on this list.
• Save $10,000 - Ambitious, considering the whole “no job yet” situation going on right now.
• Walk at least 3000 steps each day - I know it’s not a lot given that they say 10k should be your goal, but baby steps. Literally.
• Listen to 100 new-to-me artists - I want to broaden my music horizons.
• Read 50 books - Including rereads, still this is going to double the number of books I read in 2025. We’ll see how this goes.
• Get into the habit of going to bed earlier, and getting up earlier.
• Journal and Daily Note myself every day.
• Low Spend 2026 - Spend less money. Surely I can’t spend more. ffs.
• Blog 4 times each week on average.
• Stream on TLC at least once a month.
• Play 1 video game each week - I bought all these damn things, I’m going to play them all at least once.
• Learn 1 new programming language that I don’t already know. Get better at Rust.
• Record 3 new videos each week.
• Get out of the house more starting in the spring. - It’s waiting until then because I’m quite sick of winter.

I think that is all pretty ambitious. I’ll use this post at the end of the year to see how I did.