Swap your vision board for a bingo card. It’s a fun, low-pressure way to track 25 mini goals—and celebrate progress all year long.
Summary: Transform your New Year’s goals into a bingo card with 25 achievable tasks. Display it somewhere visible, tick off goals as you go, and celebrate when you hit bingo! It’s a fun and motivating way to track progress all year.
What’s a new year bingo card?
According to TikTok, vision boards are out and bingo cards are in… and you can make your own in under an hour!
1. Brainstorm Your Goals
Jot down 25 goals or habits you’d love to tackle this year. They can be big or small — like planting a mini herb garden, mastering a yoga pose, or learning how to fold a fitted sheet properly.
2. Create Your Bingo Layout
Craft your 5×5 grid on a piece of paper, or duplicate/print our template, then scatter your 25 goals across the squares. Mine ended up in neat categories for personal development, exercise, parenting, blogging and entertainment / activities with my partner… but feel free to mix it up, or skip the categories completely! I wasn’t ready for that level of chaos.
3. Add Visual Flair (if you want)
Make it interesting to look at: add colours, images, or emoji/icons that represent your goals. A visually appealing card might keep you coming back to it. That said, I kept mine super simple.
4. Display It Where You’ll See It
Keep your bingo card somewhere visible: your workspace, fridge, or phone wallpaper. Seeing it regularly helps keep your goals top of mind.
5. Celebrate Your Progress
Tick off each square as you complete a goal. When you get five in a row—bingo! Celebrate your achievements with a small reward, then aim to finish the entire card.
Your turn!
There are two versions here: the prefilled option (PDF), or a blank template for you to either copy the Google Doc (to adapt for yourself), or download the PDF (to write on directly). Enjoy!
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Thanks so much for this article and template. I am sharing it with a group of Canadian women entrepreneurs to help us kick off the year. I appreciate that you saved me the time of writing instructions and creating a simple template. So, please know you are having a positive impact on the other side of the world with about 30 women business owners.
Wow, thanks Dawn — that’s so great to hear! Hope you all enjoy the process. I’ve started ticking things off mine and have to say it’s very satisfying.