It’s my last post for 2016, and coincidentally, my last post for my New Year, New You series. What did we talk about? I got the party started November 01. NEW SERIES - A New Year, A New You I tried out three different task management systems and wrote about how I pulled from each to design my own. Task Management: Part 1 of New Year, New You
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No new post today, because yesterday was Christmas and writing a new one this week would have been too much for an already packed schedule. Enjoy one of my earlier posts on creating a routine, and join me back here Thursday for the last post in my New Year, New You series.
We’re getting down to the wire, and 2016 is about to be over. My New Year, New You series is drawing to a close…now that you’ve managed your to do list and your calendar and gone paperless, you need to set up some goals. A quick note on resolutions vs. goals. To me, the word “goals” conjures up a sense of importance, whereas “resolutions” feels more like “I’m gonna try hard but who knows!” That’s just me. Whatever YOU call them, goals or resolutions, you need a plan to make them happen. Today, I want to write about how to set your goals. This is NOT a post with advice on what goals to set (although I’ll share some ideas to get your wheels turning). This is a post that approaches goal setting as a task, and the best ways to keep track of your goals and accomplishing them. I’m not a psychologist or therapist (I am, however, an expert at telling people what to do). You’ll need to decide what’s important to you.
In a perfect world, everything would be paperless. In one of my first blog posts, I wrote about why going paperless is so awesome. I could sing the benefits of going paperless a thousand different ways, and since doing so, I’ve made the argument to anyone willing to listen (and many who weren’t). RELATED: Preparing to Be Paper Free: First Steps The reality, though, is that paper is still going around. And while I set up a system to go paperless and stay that way, and my incoming paper has dramatically decreased, it hasn’t disappeared. There are some things that you just have to hold on to.
When I wrote my post on how I manage my calendar, I told you I always take Sundays off, and that I would be posting about this in more detail this month because I think it’s that important. So, here we are. RELATED: Three Steps to Design Your Schedule The benefits for a day of rest are widely-known, even if the actual resting parts are not widely-practiced. Even God rested on the seventh day. From that, I don’t feel I need to pitch the benefits of resting one day a week. By resting, I don’t mean being lazy. It means abstaining from work and chores and all that jazz. It means focusing on things I enjoy.
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