FORTY-NINE DAYS TO 2013

For those who read my blog with any regularity, you know I am big on setting and reviewing goals; and with the beginning of the new year  f-a-s-t  approaching, (wow, only 49 days left in 2012) this topic is foremost on my mind.

A customary or familiar ritual for a lot of people on January 1st seems to be to sit down and to start thinking about setting or revising goals and making resolutions.  I believe there is a method to good goal setting which involves more than simply naming goals and then wishing or hoping we somehow fall into one or two of them or that maybe one or two of our goals fall onto us.  If we wait until January 1 of each year to begin thinking about our goals, how long will it take before we actually start putting into place those steps or habits which will help us achieve our goals?  I am putting forth the idea that we sit down now and think, visualize and talk about our goals, so that when January 1, 2013 rings in, we are already on the road to achieving them or at least to seeing progress and perhaps are cruising along at 35 to 40 miles per hour towards achieving our goals(s) versus starting out from ground 0.  If we start now to look at and begin working on those things we want to achieve in 2013, we have the time and opportunity to make any necessary unforeseen changes which will allow us to better chart our courses towards success.

I've written about Vision Boards ("WHAT THE HECK IS A VISION BOARD", September 12, 2012) and visualization.  I've made one vision board for myself and will begin work on a new vision board sometime within the next couple of weeks; I'm not waiting until January 1 to start to think about where I want to be at the end of 2013.  On Tuesday, January 1, 2013 I want to be well on my way to seeing one or more of my goals coming to fruition.  There are classes I want to take beginning in the spring, so that means I have to have a schedule of classes and have to register before January so that I can be sitting in my seat in my class at the end of January.  I can't wait until January 1, 2013 to get a class schedule, register and hope to be in my class in January.  If I wait until January to look into classes, I probably won't be able to take my class until next summer or even the fall of next year.

In order to achieve some of the goals I set for myself for next year, these may be some things I need to get out of the way now or finish before the end of 2012.

I also believe that sometimes you have to let other people know what some of your goals are so that they can goad you into moving forward.  Sometimes when we tell significant others what our plans are, they can also help gage our progress and remind us to keep moving forward.  I am not advocating telling just everyone and anyone your plans, but those people who also buy into your dreams.  Those people who sincerely care for us and want to see us succeed.  Those people who will remind us what we are supposed to be working on when they don't see any outward success or movement.  Now is the time to start talking about your goals to those people.  Who knows...maybe when we share our plans and ideas with others, they may be eager to share their ideas with us or even be in a position to help us achieve our goals?


Peace

Michele