Happy New Year to you all!
I absolutely love this time of year; just coming off spending lots of time with family and friends and having a little bit of down time before gearing up for a great new year ahead.
I have so much gratitude to 2012 for all of the incredible moments I have had with my husband, children and family, the massive joy I have had from new career endeavours and success’ has been so amazing and I can’t wait to continue the flow into 2013.
I, much like many of you, LOVE to create, envision and goal set for upcoming journeys and adventures but at times can feel overwhelmed at how much I dream to do. So this year I have decided to keep it simple…well ‘simple’ for me haha.
In my journal I created a few categories:
Family & Friends
Finances
Health & Vitality
Career
Self-Centering
I then wrote down 2-3 goals or dreams I have for each that I would either like to create new or continue to work on what I have already begun and then wrote down 1-2 actions to take this month to begin the process in each aspect of my life. I also set a date and posted it in my kitchen so that I have something to be accountable to and remind me daily of my desires.
For Example:
Family & Friends
1. Have a monthly date night with my husband – no kiddies
2. Connect with our families on a monthly basis
3. Book at least one friends get together each month
Actions
1. Book babysitter for 1 night per month for date with Chris for January -March
2. Book Family Skating party
3. Invite friends and their kids for skating and hot chocolate…non-diary of course:)
Outcome
All of the above have been done! The sitter is booked, family skate day is Jan 12th and we have dinner with friends this Friday and a friendly skate with hot chocolate on Jan 27th!
It didn’t feel overwhelming, it felt GREAT! Now we have so many great things to look forward to this month:)
No matter what your goals are you must have a few things set in place before you can get to the action and succeed phase:
You need to know WHY you want to achieve the goals you have set out. If there is no emotion or charge behind it, you simply won’t achieve your goal…period!
You need to look at all aspects of HOW you are going to get things DONE. What obstacles might get in your way? What do you have schedule, purchase or get rid of?
Who is going to be part of your ‘tribe’ or accountability group that will hold you to your goals, help to keep you focused and on track and mentor you along the way.
Whether its right now, tonight or tomorrow you need to sit down with a piece of paper and pen and determine your categories, your goals and on your strategy of how its going to happen.
Have fun with this, you get one life, live it well, make it juicy and dream BIG!
Happy First Day of 2013
Jenn xo
The Simplicity Project ~ Jenn Pike 