Goals

I’m one of those people that just floats along and if something good happens I feel lucky but since last year I’ve been reading and listening to allsorts of advice that say to be successful you need a plan and by that I mean goals.  Where do you want to be by the end of 2016?  How do you want your business to grow? Where do you see your business in two years time? There’s so many questions that I struggled to answer.  Then on Monday I had a light bulb moment.

 I’ve been racking my brain, what do I want, where do I want to go, business goals, personal goals.  It’s something that I’d never thought much of.  I’m not a huge planner I just like to end up where I end up.  This year I decided that instead of floating along and hoping things might happen I’ve wrote some goals down in a cute journal (I love journals).  I’m hoping that this will help me stay focused and keep me on the path I want to be on.

I’m sure my goals will change day to day but I think the aim of them will be pretty much the same.  Its just how I get there will change from day to day or even week to week.

I follow Ben Coomber nutrient and he’s always rattling on about goals and on a facebook post he wrote ‘what are your goals for 2016?’  I replied that I have no idea and he ask ‘why?’ and I replied ‘I’ve no idea?’ .  Then I felt stupid.  So for the next few months (yep it took that long) I’ve been thinking about goals.  It was only on Monday when I was listening to Bens podcast that I suddenly thought wait a minute, I have goals and then I got my journal and for the next hour I wrote my goals down.

I’ve split them into sections …..

1.Cycling.  What do I want to achieve this year?  How?

My goal is to be fitter, so I’ve worked out a training programme and because its wrote down I’m more likely to stick at it.

2. Business Goals – What do I want to achieve weekly i.e sales.

I want to increase sales so I’ve planned how I’m going to do this.  Everyday I’ll be making a step towards that goal and it’ll be a small step in a grand plan.  I’ve got three pages of ideas so I’ve got plenty to go at.

3. Home – What do I want to achieve this year?  How?

I want to get our house finished decorated and I’ve been thinking about it for a while and have  been gathering images on Pinterest for sometime but just haven’t made a start.  The first step in my plan is to have a clear out.  This is quite a minor goal but now I’ve set it I’m going to be doing small things everyday to get our bedroom decorated. (don’t laugh)

It might be small steps but I now know where I want to be heading and for the first time in ages I feel quite focused on the possibilities.

I now have a pages and pages of ideas and goals whoop whoop!!

So lets raise a glass (of ginger grouse) to goals and lets see where they take us.

Have a great weekend folks, see you bright and early Monday morning.