Every year for New Years I write down all of my goals and dreams and put them in my Bible. At the end of the year I go and pull the paper out and check this off and check that off.

Leakes describes a personal New Year’s ritual that blends goal-setting with faith practice. Writing goals down makes them concrete and reviewable; placing the list in her Bible frames those ambitions as something to be carried alongside spiritual life rather than kept separate from it. The end-of-year “check this off” moment emphasizes accountability and measurable progress, suggesting that dreams become more attainable when tracked over time. The quote also implies a cyclical, reflective approach to self-improvement: setting intentions, living through the year, then auditing outcomes before beginning again.