PRIZES
I would like to do prizes again for bingo but with the change that each person may only claim ONE bingo prize. If anyone wants to provide a prize let me know. Feedback welcome on this restriction.
You can join/complete your cards at any time in 2026.
If something happens that makes it impossible/bad to complete a goal, change it. If a goal isnāt desirable for you anymore, change it. Life changes. People change even mid year. No restrictions, no hard feelings.
Please do not critique the goals of others and offer advice only if solicited.
Goal-Making Guidelines
Secret goals are allowed, you can just use a code word or decoy goal or simply āsecret goalā square on your board.
Goals donāt all have to be huge. Be kind to yourself. Have fun. Put āpick my noseā and āpet the catā in there with āget a new jobā and ābuy a houseā if you want.
But goals can be huge and/or something you might not complete! Any single row done is a bingo and a success.
Consider that some goals like ādonāt do x all yearā or ādo x every week for the whole yearā canāt be officially finished until the end of the year. These arenāt prohibited, just keep in mind it could make getting BINGO before Dec. 31st harder.
PRIZES
From Cereal: a sticker book/bookmark
From Greyweld: a custom doodle or a tarot reading, delivered digitally or a nail wrap from my collection shipped to the US or Canada.
From kenner: a temari, shipped to US only
Marking this so I donāt lose itā¦need to go back and close out 2025 (pretty sure there was one bingo and not much else, but anyway), but itās fun to put together and at some point Iāll get to the house projects column.
Okay, ended up doing basically no work today (my code was compiling, I swear) and put together a couple cards. First one is mostly the ābigā things, finance stuff, house stuff, travel plans, and the second is more art/creative focused (although some of that is cleaning up/culling supplies because it needs to happen). And I was stretching it with category naming by the end
ETA, @Greyweld if anyone wants a temari Iām happy to provide one, although I may have to limit to the US (not sure about international shipping, itās not something I normally do)
Some kind of picture idk
** Over 50 pages or this will be done on day 1 via Ms. Sandra Boynton
*** Except bras/underwear
**** Dunno how Iāll keep track of this because Iām really bad at tracking when #s get large.
Iām afraid I have a boring household chores BINGO card for this year. So I decided to add a Creative BINGO card as well. Iām already started these. Once again Iām being an over-achiever and going for full completion of both. This should be good for a laugh!
I feel like I want to try to actually do this for once because I know I need direction, a plan to follow to achieve things, but also, I find just makign it so hard? How to choose? I only come up with things that are the things I have to do and should do and then it just feel like drudgery. I guess I donāt know how to lighten it up? I donāt know, any advice for just starting?
That is why I actually have 2 BINGO cards. In the past Iāve only posted one on here - the stuff I really need to do or thatās outside my āfunā zone. I started different BINGO cards for different areas of my life a couple of years ago. This year I posted my Creative BINGO along with the regular BINGO card.
But come mid summer my focus will probably do a shift for the second half of the year. I will add my Canning/Food Preservation BINGO card to my personal cards.
I just find this visual way to grasp all my want-to-dos/have-to-dos in a few seconds, really helps me in understanding my workload and prioritizing.
Sometimes I rebel and donāt finish a project, but thatās telling me something too. If I have too many of those projects on my BINGO card then I need to figure out what my problem really is. Often, for me, itās attitude, no time (ie. not a high priority), no money (again, not a high priority), fear of failure, or the converse, fear of success.
It can also be or become a goal that requires more of other peopleās input and help than they are willing to give, causing stress in relationships. If thatās the case, the goal is not done. I try to make all my goals self-sufficient ones I can do without helpā¦or ones that already have ābuy inā from the other people involved.
Took down Christmas today! Itās late, but itās done!
We are still cleaning Zone 7 - the master bedroom. We have about two more days work to do. Deep cleaning the closet, and to sanitize the bed and wash linens.
I started a winter canning plan, but it hasnāt been marked on my BINGO card yet.
