A new year is coming, and we’re encouraging you to make goals! Better than resolutions? SO MUCH BETTER. My friend Tasha is writing with some super practical encouragement and tips! Plus grab the printable worksheets she put together for us too. It’s like she thought of everything!!
Make Goals for 2020
By Tasha Hackett
Are you a New Year’s resolution maker?
I was! I loved making them. And just like the rest of you, I was not good at keeping them. By the end of January I had not kept up any of them, and by the end of February I didn’t even remember what they were. So… I gave up and decided life was too short to waste it feeling that kind of guilt.
But then I discovered GOALS.
Resolutions are so resolute. Get me? Like, you have to or it’s broken. Forever. No going back. A resolution is something you do when you want an immediate change. A goal is the end result of a change. A goal is something you have complete control over–and I do so love to be in control. Ask anyone who knows me. Being in control is my jam. I used to think I was a go-with-the-flow kind of girl. Turns out I am not. I’m usually like, “I am the flow, get in.” This attitude served me well growing up and through college. Being married and navigating the merging of his family with the way I was raised and then having four children–who are actually tiny humans with their own thoughts and dreams, rudely awakened me to some personality flaws in myself. Why do I tell you all this? No reason.
So… GOAL = the object of a person’s ambition, an aim or desired result. (Thank you, Webster.) In other words: Something you control.
Do not confuse a goal with a desire or a resolution. Example: I will exercise everyday. That is a resolution. And what happens when I miss a day? Or two or seven. YEAR RUINED!! Example of a desire: My family will exercise with me. I do not have the power to dictate what my family does. Change that to a goal: To be able to jog 3 miles without feeling like I’m going to die. Then I work backwards and set up mini-goals to help me reach my main goal. This will include my family exercising with me, and this will most definitely include me attempting to exercise everyday, but my goal would not be derailed if those additions were to falter.
New Year’s Goals are Super Fun!
Maybe I’m a lot more Type A than I should be. But seriously, if you think about the point of goals is to make your life better then why would you not!?! Let’s do it! Not to completely overwhelm you, but did you know there are oh so many goal categories? Would you like to improve your life in any of these areas? Physical, Emotional, Spiritual, Career, Homemaking, Social, Financial…
Your assignment is a simple and easy two-step process:
1. Print out the nifty Goal Setting Worksheet I’ve created for myself you and fill it out.
Personally, I am going to re-evaluate how I prepare meals. I’ve been reading Heavenlyhomemaker posts for years, and yet I still spend unnecessary hours in the kitchen. Apparently, there is a better way. With a 7, 5, 3 year old and a baby at home. Look at this cutie, he makes writing not easy or simple at all.
I gotta get this figured out. So one of my goals will be to set up a new meal planning, shopping, cooking system. One that is Easy and Simple. Perhaps a book like this will help me. {Laura interjects a nod, a wink, and a smile!}
2. Print out the nifty Goal Achieving Worksheet (page 2) for each of your goals and fill it out.
As for me, I will be looking into actually following the Simple Meals subscription, shopping with the list, scheduling weekly shopping trips, and planning meals in advance. I use so many of these recipes, and have implemented many time-saving strategies–such as freezing muffin batter, and making double or quadruple of a recipe. But I have been dragging my feet against actual meal planning. Time to grow up, Tasha!
Would you like to grow up with me? Print your goal worksheets here. Have you been a resolution or goal setter in past years? Do they excite or frighten you? Drop a note and let us know!
Now excuse me while I go play peek-a-boo and nod to Laura because my Tex-Mex Chicken dinner is already in the crock-pot.
Cheers!
Tasha
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