Mental clutter is just as disruptive as physical clutter- sometimes even more! One of the ways that I try and prevent mental clutter, is by setting goals. I wanted to walk you through the process for setting goals for January. How I set my goals has been an evolving process, and will probably keep evolving as I do! Don’t miss my previous post “How to set Monthly goals an achieve them”.
Setting goals for January:
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Setting goals for January- here’s how I did it:
- Write out the projects I am going to finish in January
- Each week I organize/clean out a closet or area
- Master bedroom closet
- Master bathroom closet
- Living room closet
- Hall closet
- File all papers
- Each week I organize/clean out a closet or area
- Fill in Birthdays and Anniversaries
- go through my calendar to find birthdays and anniversaries
- plan gift and/or card buying
- Plan what books I am going to read
- The Last Story of Mina Lee by Park Row
- This is my virtual book club pick for January, interested in joining my monthly book club- ask to join Real life book club
- The 5 am Club by Robin Sharma
- The Last Story of Mina Lee by Park Row
Each week:
Then each week I set my goals for the week I write out exactly what I want to do in detail. Here is an example of what last week looked like-
- Personal
- meditate daily
- journal daily
- set a daily alarm
- Wellness
- Meal prep
- 8000 steps a day
- Drink 65 ounces of water
- Relationships
- get together for my father-in-laws bday
- double date brunch
- time with my kids
- Financial
- Budget review- we are using Every dollar Matters by Dave Ramsey
- Home
- Clean and organize the closet off of living room
- Kitchen cleaned and dishwasher started every night
- Learn
- CEU’s
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The benefits of setting goals for January (or any month):
- Helps to bring focus on what you want to accomplish
- Improves your productivity
- Brings more peace to your life
Watch this video by Rachel Hollis about goal setting- talk about motivation
Tips on setting goals:
- Learn about your personality
- Learning about your personality tremendously helps you figure out what systems work best for you.
- Being an Obliger (Gretchen Rubin’s 4 tendencies), I learned that having an accountability partner is magic for me- so I found one.
- We meet weekly (via zoom) to talk about how we did the previous week on our goals and what we are planning for the next week
- As an Enneagram 2 aka “The Helper” (The Road Back to You), I know that self care can easily go on the back burner. Also, as a 2, my instinct is to not ask for what I need. But both of these things- lack of self care and not expressing my needs, makes me feel resentful. And that is no fun for anyone!! So I build in self care and my needs into my goals.
- Set a calendar reminder or an alarm to go off monthly and weekly
- This is a must for me, or else I will forget
- Post your goals where you can see them
- Having a list of your goals where you see them every day is powerful
- My favorite way to do this is with a vision board
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- Real Life Real Fitness– a place to share your workouts and get inspiration from others.
- Real Life Real Book club a virtual monthly book club.
Thanks,
Faith ♥
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