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It’s January 26. How are those New Year’s resolutions coming along?
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Have you jogged every day? Eaten less sugar? Abandoned all resolutions completely? Never made any?
It’s not too late to start.
Spoiler alert: if you are on top of your resolutions, you can stop reading now and go have a glass of wine. Congratulations!
I’m just going to come out and say it: my 2016 resolutions are stuck in … 2015.
I’m doing great with:
- Client work
- Plans for 2017 (which involve plans for 2016 … )
- Other people’s plans
- Celebrating 2015’s successes
I mean, it’s not like I’ve become an sugar-injecting murderer sloth. I’m doing good things.
- Earning money (to pay for #2).
- Creating huge plans for the distant future.
- Spending time with family and friends.
- Seriously proud of what I accomplished in 2015.
But where is 2016? I see 2017 and 2015. I’m on autopilot from 2015 and on hovercraft for 2017. But what’s now?
I need a plan.
A concrete one. With bullet points and numbered lists. Check boxes and charts and things I can cross off. Little things, big things. Oh, they need deadlines. That’s it: deadlines.
Oh wait, I did that already (2016 Business Plan). So what happened? I didn’t finish The Plan. In fact, I barely got started. I think I know why: because I’m not used to making year-long plans. I can’t imagine it. I used to do it when I lived in another country, then it was easy: Year 1: France. Year 2: Germany. Etc. But now I’m here and have a business, kids and Chipotle has E. Coli issues.
But this is what’s going to change my 2016. I’m going to have a plan and then I’m going to work towards it. I realize this isn’t rocket science and in fact this is probably the path to rocket science–so that’s a good thing.
- I kinda have a plan.
- I’m not implementing that plan.
- I need to more detailed plan.
- I need to follow that plan.
That about sums it up.
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