Share Your 2025 Goals

Salaams all,

As per the latest newsletter, this is a thread to share some/all of your goals for the coming year for mutual inspiration and accountability. I’ll start:

Spiritual

  1. Read Quran every day for at least 5 mins
  2. Pray at least 10 prayers in the mosque each week
  3. Recite dhikr after every fard salah mindfully (no multitasking)
  4. Pray salat al-Duha every day

Physical

  1. Do at least one form of exercise everyday
  2. Do at least two weight sessions at the gym
  3. Stretch everyday

Economic

A. Financial

  1. Reach a net worth of [redacted]. I have 3 levers to pull:
    a. Savings from salary
    b. Any side income
    c. Returns from investments

B. Professional

  1. Master SEO and improve writing (through l&d and practice)
  2. Grow my personal brand:
    a. Twitter - Target: 2x size Input: daily posts
    b. LinkedIn - Target: 2x Input: 3 posts a week
    c. Youtube - Target: 10x Input: Every 2 weeks (tbc)

Cultural

  1. Host in-person islamic finance / careers themed events in West Yorkshire
  2. Restart my arabic studies (plan of action tbd)
  3. Host free coaching calls

My plan of action to achieve these is:

  1. Establish a routine
  2. Measure the habits daily and do monthly check-ins to review overall progress (has anyone get any good app suggestions for habit tracking?)
  3. Find combinations. E.g.
    a. I can read Quran after Fajr prayer
    b. Create LinkedIn posts whilst walking
    c. Reading Quran alongside a translation and testing my arabic comprehension

P.S. :wave: For those who don’t know me, I recently rejoined IFG as a Content Manager where I’ll be responsible for all things written content including this forum. A little about my background: I have worked as a writer for over 3 years (starting with IFG) and before that I have worked as a Consultant and Data Scientist in Financial Services.