Looking Ahead to the New Year
Looking Ahead to the New Year
As the calm enters after the storm you may find some time to think about the future. Where do you want to be at the end of the New Year? In your life and your business? Take a few minutes to brainstorm some goals for the new year.
Identify as Doable
Are they doable? Are they goals or dreams? Dreams are OK, but they are not goals. Goals can be achieved in the time frame you have planned. Goals are measurable. Meaning that you can follow your track to success throughout the year. Goals are something that you can state the outcome from the beginning.
Write Them Down
Writing down your goals will help you solidify them. I do a kind of mind map, which ends up looking like a lot of scribbling on paper, but it helps me. Go even further. Break down each goal into steps (doable steps) and schedule a date on your calendar when you will achieve each step. That way you will move forward slowly and not get overwhelmed.
A little bit of planning can go a long way. But Seana, from The Seana Method, warns not to get stuck in the planning phase, “Although we want to tackle a project or pursue a path, we can’t seem to get past the “thinking about it” stage.”
Find Accountability
It’s also great to have an accountability partner. Someone you can talk to about your goals. Ask them to check in with you periodically to see how you are doing. Your partner just needs to be an interested party, who will listen and ask questions. You do all the work. But, oh how great it feels to have good news to report to someone who has an interest in what you are doing!
What do you want for the New Year? You won’t achieve “it” unless you know what “it” is. I am taking some time over the next few days to spread some paper across my desk and start brainstorming. I already have some ideas. Now I need to get them down on paper and start planning. How about you?
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Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Even though I write about these same concepts, I am not always good about planning proactively. Since the pandemic, I think I have gotten away from planning firm goals as so many plans went awry over these past four years. I’m hopeful that 2024 will be the time where we can more firmly follow our dreams (firmly spelled out as doable goals) to fruition. Happy 2024!
I’ve done the same thing, though probably not intentionally. Here’s to reaching our goals in 2024!
It’s ok to have that needed time, and when you’re ready, you can go for it. Happy and better 2024!
What a great time of year to be looking ahead and considering what you might want to change in your life. It is possible, right?
Thanks for the shoutout on my thoughts about getting stuck in the planning. It has happened to me, and that can be a discouraging place to be!
Happy New Year, and here’s to achieving our goals. 🙂
Happy New Year to you too Seana, and hoping to achieving all your goals!