I have been thinking about goals a lot over the past month.
Having made the tough decision to take a break from running Yarwood-White last Autumn, I have had a few months to spend focusing on putting my children and my health first. I am happy to report that I feel so much better, and with hindsight I can see it was the right thing to do.
But with the start of a new year, I have been thinking about what I want from the business and what I want for my personal life in 2012. I think instead of making new year's resolutions (which often involve stopping or giving up something) we should all take some time in January to set goals for the year - what do we want to make happen this year? What achievements will we look back on in December to make us feel happy and proud?
On a personal level, I will be turning 40 later this year. One of my goals is to plan (and save for) a special family holiday to celebrate, where we get to spend quality time together, just like in the adverts! In recent years holidays have taken a bit of a backseat because of business commitments, or using the excuse that the children are too young. No more excuses!
On a business level, I have been working out how Yarwood-White will look this year, and what our customers can expect from us next (we can't stay in limbo forever!) There will be more about that in the near future, but suffice to say I have been setting some fresh new goals for Yarwood-White to aim for in 2012.
You might be reading my blog for a number of reasons and will have different priorities for goal setting: you are attending one of my craft workshops (where we will be setting your business goals for this year), you are recently married (then set some happiness goals for your first year as newlyweds!), or you may be planning a wedding (in which case you may want to set some financial goals or some health goals).
Whatever stage of life you are at, you will always benefit from looking to the future, and painting yourself a picture of what you would like it to look like.
I used to work with an American guy who was full of cheesy anecdotes, but was very inspirational. He used to say "If you don't have a goal, you can't score". He may have pinched it from somewhere, but you can't argue with his logic.
Happy scoring!
