Today is a great day to take out your your sunny gold 3rd quarter Success Choice Planner.

The great thing about a new quarter is that it is a clean slate, a fresh start.  Take a few minutes to do your midyear planning and update, or set new goals for yourself.

What obstacles are you facing, and what can you do to overcome them?

Remember not to overwhelm yourself with too many goals at once. 

Quarterly Planning

Review each Area of Balance to identify your "ideals" in each area.  This creates awareness and helps you think about what is most important to you. 

Select your Success Choice Challenge Goals for the quarter.  Choose only 1-3 projects to take on this quarter that will take you closer to your ultimate goals.  Use the Notes/Creativity Pages to brainstorm.  If everything goes as planned, what are your success indicators for the end of each month? Where will you be if you are on track? Write this description in the Notes section at the bottom of your Monthly Calendar page.

Now think about what small tasks will help you accomplish your goals?  Write these tasks in the right hand column of your monthly calendar under Challenge Notes.  Write these tasks for each week.

For example: If you want to lose 12 lbs this quarter, and you are starting at 140 lbs, at the end of July, if you are on track, you should be at 136 lbs, at the end of August, you should be at 132 lbs, and at the end of September, you should be at 128 lbs. You would write these success indicators in the notes section of each month.

Or maybe you want to take on a project like building a deck, and to be on track at the end of July you need to have plan approved, and the land cleared. At the end of August, you need to have your foundation and base completed, and at the end of September, the goal is to have the deck finished. You would write these success indicators in the notes section of each month.

For the first month, in the right hand column of your calendar under challenge notes, for week one, you might write some tasks like: measure and draw back yard.  Decide on deck plan.  For the second week, you might write: talk to experts, get plan approved, decide on needed supplies.  For the third week, you might write, rent excavator and trailer, remove juniper bushes.  For the fourth week, you might write, purchase supplies, and arrange for help.

At the end of the first month, evaluate where you are and if you are on track.  If not, reevaluate your plan and see if you need to do something differently the next month or if you want to adjust your goal. Then go through the same process for month two, then again for the third month.

We are the happiest when we are moving forward getting closer to our ideals in each Area of Balance.  Remember that the goal isn't to be perfect now, and it isn't useful to compare yourself with others. Joy comes from progress, not comparison.

Now, get to work! :-)

From SuccessChoiceWoman