New Years Again!

Awe yes, the obligatory New Years post!

Yep, I have resolutions and plans and goals! I want to get skinny, save money, travel etc.

Every year is very similar... We are inspired. We are excited... We know the drill...

I am going to change it up this year!! Yep again... it is a tiny change and I am making a big deal out of it.

I am going to spend the next week making a list of all my goals. All the goals for all the things I want to do, all the places I want to go and all that. All the things... I love lists...

Now, here it is, the change I am over emphasizing... Mission Critical Goals!!! Are you excited?? I am!! I know this isn’t a new idea, I am sure someone somewhere has been doing it for years. Thats ok, I am still excited.

The idea is, find the goals that are the most important, the ones that are deal breakers. Like, pay off that credit card, spend more time with your kids or lose that last 10 pounds. Whatever defines a successful year for you. Then, every single decision you make through the year needs to be weighed against your mission critical goals.

Are you ready for my silly example? Well, ready or not... Let’s pretend that I am kidding when I say a mission critical goal is to spend more time having coffee with other ladies. Let’s also pretend that my husband says, “Hey honey, lets spend the weekend cleaning out the garage!” The first thing I need to do is think through my goals, does this decision derail any of them? Well, yes, yes it does! If I spend the weekend cleaning out the garage, I will be making myself unavailable for coffee dates. LOL see I have a plan...

Of course, things will come up that that conflict with each other or conflict with what you really want. I have a solution for that! When one goal conflicts with another, pick the one of greater value to you. If one of my goals was to spend more time with my husband, and the other was to spend more time having coffee with girlfriends, I will have to choose. I will choose wisely, because no relationship trumps the one with my husband. Although, I might just let him take me out to dinner instead of cleaning out the garage...

So there you have it, don’t clean out the garage, go out for coffee and a dinner date with your hubby instead! #goals...

In all seriousness, we get to define what success looks like in our lives. Success looks so different to each of us that we should never even consider measuring your goals against someone else’s. I haven’t finished my list yet, and I will probably keep working on it through January, but I hope it inspires me to continue being positive and making positive changes in my life.

God bless!
Tammy