I love goals.
I love new and fresh starts.
and I LOVE new years eve for this very reason.
Last year I broke my goal planning down into several categories:
Financial - be more aware
Health - achieve greatness
Professional - elevate my role
Personal - find my bliss
As a Mom - find peace
As a Wife - be his biggest fan
Under each category I had smaller goals I wanted to achieve quarterly. Each month I would take some time to review those goals and where I was at and then plan out SMART goals for the month to get to where I wanted to be by the end of the quarter, and ultimately by the end of the year. I'm a big believer that goals can be fluid. Sometimes we set out to do something and two months later, that goal doesn't make sense for our life anymore. For example: I wanted to put together a plan by the 3rd quarter focused on developing content and landing some more speaking engagements. As luck would have it, I landed my first one in April and then got a promotion at work and spending time on that goal was no longer feasible. But I'm so glad I was able to get one under my belt as I am still very interested in this!
So....how did my 2019 goals go?
Well let's see:
Financial: my husband and I wanted a more accurate way to track our budget. I opted for YNAB.com and I'm so glad I did. I love the idea of every dollar having a job and knowing exactly how much we have to spend on what. We also had a big audacious savings goal for 2019 and we crushed it thanks to YNAB.
Health: I had A LOT I wanted to do here.
#1 - stay sober - DONE!
#2 - get 5 kipping pull ups and 5 kipping chin ups - DONE
#3 - complete an unassisted Murph - DONE
#4 - run the bridge run - NOPE didn't happen because we went out of town BUT I did another 10K in October without stopping!
#5 - HSPU to 2 mats - DONE
#6 Box Jump to 24"
#7 Full Pistols - NOPE
#8 - Finish the 104 mile Ring of Kerry virtual race - YEP just barely but I did it!
#9 - 5k under 28 minutes - HA I must have been high when I wrote this. I did PR this year but I'm still very far away from the 28 minute mark
#10 - Box Jump 30" - DONE
#11 - 10 strict pull ups and chin ups - NEGATIVE
Professional: I got my first speaking gig, successfully implemented my plans for geographies I'm not very active in for work, brought in 3 new relationships, and ALMOST got to 250 Insta Followers. SO CLOSE!!! Wanna help? Follow me @janetrbates :)
Personal: I wanted to read 25 books this year and I read 27! (reading post to come) I am taking construction management classes and I wanted to finish by the end of the year. I'm 3 weeks out from finishing so I just need to power through! I took a few voice lessons which was a goal of mine...wanted to get my voice working again after many years off. I was also on a non profit board when the year began. I have since stepped off that board and decided not to search out another opportunity because NAWIC Palmetto is my priority. (see? goals change)
As a Mom: here I wanted to do things like date nights with the kids, family game nights, and seasonal fun lists to help us improve our weekends. The seasonal fun lists I love and our weekends rapidly improved by adding 1-2 things we could all look forward to each day. It also helped us get out of the house more. Date nights were easy peasy with my little one but SO MUCH HARDER with my teenager. I succeeded once and took him to a movie. I also spent time reading books that would help me with this teenager craziness so we'll see if that makes any difference going forward.
As a Wife: I SUCK at filling his bucket when it comes to his love language of gifts and presents. So I tried harder at that but honestly, I'm better at planning date nights so I did that instead! We went out about 1x each quarter. It doesn't seem like much but my husband has a side career as a comedian so he's often out at nights and 1x a quarter works for me! I also went to some of his comedy events when we could find a sitter and we had a quick weekend getaway in April that was super nice and needed.
Looking back, I know I needed that level of detail and planning last year. But in 2020 I'm trying something new. I'm taking my cue from Gretchen Rubin and trying a 20 for 2020 list. I'm still writing it but hope to have it done tomorrow! Your 20 for 2020 list is simply that, a list of 20 things you want to accomplish this year. They can be big or small, difficult to achieve or simple. I like this approach and am looking forward to checking in with my 20 throughout the year and planning my next steps to achieving them!
I love new and fresh starts.
and I LOVE new years eve for this very reason.
Last year I broke my goal planning down into several categories:
Financial - be more aware
Health - achieve greatness
Professional - elevate my role
Personal - find my bliss
As a Mom - find peace
As a Wife - be his biggest fan
Under each category I had smaller goals I wanted to achieve quarterly. Each month I would take some time to review those goals and where I was at and then plan out SMART goals for the month to get to where I wanted to be by the end of the quarter, and ultimately by the end of the year. I'm a big believer that goals can be fluid. Sometimes we set out to do something and two months later, that goal doesn't make sense for our life anymore. For example: I wanted to put together a plan by the 3rd quarter focused on developing content and landing some more speaking engagements. As luck would have it, I landed my first one in April and then got a promotion at work and spending time on that goal was no longer feasible. But I'm so glad I was able to get one under my belt as I am still very interested in this!
So....how did my 2019 goals go?
Well let's see:
Financial: my husband and I wanted a more accurate way to track our budget. I opted for YNAB.com and I'm so glad I did. I love the idea of every dollar having a job and knowing exactly how much we have to spend on what. We also had a big audacious savings goal for 2019 and we crushed it thanks to YNAB.
Health: I had A LOT I wanted to do here.
#1 - stay sober - DONE!
#2 - get 5 kipping pull ups and 5 kipping chin ups - DONE
#3 - complete an unassisted Murph - DONE
#4 - run the bridge run - NOPE didn't happen because we went out of town BUT I did another 10K in October without stopping!
#5 - HSPU to 2 mats - DONE
#6 Box Jump to 24"
#7 Full Pistols - NOPE
#8 - Finish the 104 mile Ring of Kerry virtual race - YEP just barely but I did it!
#9 - 5k under 28 minutes - HA I must have been high when I wrote this. I did PR this year but I'm still very far away from the 28 minute mark
#10 - Box Jump 30" - DONE
#11 - 10 strict pull ups and chin ups - NEGATIVE
Professional: I got my first speaking gig, successfully implemented my plans for geographies I'm not very active in for work, brought in 3 new relationships, and ALMOST got to 250 Insta Followers. SO CLOSE!!! Wanna help? Follow me @janetrbates :)
Personal: I wanted to read 25 books this year and I read 27! (reading post to come) I am taking construction management classes and I wanted to finish by the end of the year. I'm 3 weeks out from finishing so I just need to power through! I took a few voice lessons which was a goal of mine...wanted to get my voice working again after many years off. I was also on a non profit board when the year began. I have since stepped off that board and decided not to search out another opportunity because NAWIC Palmetto is my priority. (see? goals change)
As a Mom: here I wanted to do things like date nights with the kids, family game nights, and seasonal fun lists to help us improve our weekends. The seasonal fun lists I love and our weekends rapidly improved by adding 1-2 things we could all look forward to each day. It also helped us get out of the house more. Date nights were easy peasy with my little one but SO MUCH HARDER with my teenager. I succeeded once and took him to a movie. I also spent time reading books that would help me with this teenager craziness so we'll see if that makes any difference going forward.
As a Wife: I SUCK at filling his bucket when it comes to his love language of gifts and presents. So I tried harder at that but honestly, I'm better at planning date nights so I did that instead! We went out about 1x each quarter. It doesn't seem like much but my husband has a side career as a comedian so he's often out at nights and 1x a quarter works for me! I also went to some of his comedy events when we could find a sitter and we had a quick weekend getaway in April that was super nice and needed.
Looking back, I know I needed that level of detail and planning last year. But in 2020 I'm trying something new. I'm taking my cue from Gretchen Rubin and trying a 20 for 2020 list. I'm still writing it but hope to have it done tomorrow! Your 20 for 2020 list is simply that, a list of 20 things you want to accomplish this year. They can be big or small, difficult to achieve or simple. I like this approach and am looking forward to checking in with my 20 throughout the year and planning my next steps to achieving them!
