November Goals: Completed
✅ Order + send holiday card
✅ BLPA launch!
✅ Consistent half marathon training (yes) + continue 2-3x/week strength training ( <– mostly)
✅ Call week: focus on call
✅ Complete Q4 MOCA-Peds (board certification quiz questions to complete each quarter)
✅ Order ski gear (90% complete)
✅ Read book club book (finished last night!)
November Goals: Not yet . . .
❏ Plan some kind of holiday gathering for work — have decided this will be a post holiday gathering, perhaps in January
❏ Pitch ~3 podcasts. I think I pitched 2, with 50% success.
❏ Complete 2021 photobook. Zero progress on this one, but I am determined to order before the year ends (well, as long as I can find an ‘unlimited pages’ coupon).
❏ Schedule tax meeting. What a fun goal, I’m shocked I didn’t complete it straightaway (haha)
December Goals!
Why does life feel like it’s moving at warp speed all the sudden? Will try to savor the fun coming up this month!
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I sat down and made my big December to do list this am – which reassuringly was shorter than the November one. I need to finish off two writing projects and then a bunch of teaching and work admin, and some life and house stuff, holiday prep. School gets out on the 20th and we leave on the 23rd so I need to remember I don’t have a full month. So now I am trying to slot things into specific times in my calendar.
I’m thinking of doing a local post-holidays party, in the dark days of January whenever people need a bit of cheering up.
Yes! December is too full already anyway 🙂 January / Feb is perfect for a party!
I’m happy to send your our family’s ski trip packing list that we use over and over if you’d like! We were in Montana a year ago and it was my favorite ski trip.
Yes yes yes please!!!! Would love it. And great to hear about Montana!
Post-holidays is the perfect time for a gathering. Jan/Feb can be a bit of a drag as there isn’t much to look forward to – especially in the Midwest where it’s dark/cold. I used to do a favorite things exchange with 4 college girlfriends during the month of December but I suggested we move it to Feb and make it a Galentine’s gathering. Everyone was on board! December is especially nutty for us as I travel next week for work, then we go to Mexico (yay!) and then I have a minor surgery the week of Christmas!
I love the idea of a February gathering!
Happy to see all the comments appreciating Jan/Feb gatherings!! Much less stressful and more fun, and can be a new year thing which is much more inclusive.
Do you transition missed goals from one month to the next? For example, are you still tracking the tax goal somewhere?
Just curious, what does pitch 3 podcasts mean? Pitch yourself as a guest?
Yep!!!’
Inquiring minds want to know – BLP retreat?! 🙂
I notice you don’t have BOBW as a category. Is that because it’s a well oiled machine so it’s more of a to-do vs a goal? Differentiating between to-dos vs goals could be a great podcast episode. It seems like many people draw the line differently.
I just called it “BLP etc” meant to encompass all my non-W2 pursuits!!
I am hoping to do a live retreat in fall of 2023 and got the ball rolling with a consultant who helps set these kinds of events up (so that they are super fun + run smoothly). (You have to plan at least that far ahead for such things!). Details to come once I nail down dates + location!
Woohoo! Sounds like fun!
I just read an article by The Evil HR lady about why January is the perfect time to throw a work party and it made a very good case!
One of the bullet point reason she gives made me laugh:
“It’s an Inclusive Party. There’s no need to pretend that Santa is secular or put some blue ornaments on a tree and say, “Oh, it’s inclusive!” Everyone knows it’s a Christmas tree, regardless of what you say. Having a party in January isn’t pretend inclusivity; it’s true inclusivity.”
https://www.inc.com/suzanne-lucas/the-perfect-day-to-throw-your-holiday-party.html
Long time reader, extremely rare commenter, maybe once 10 years ago, but you’ve moved me to comment today. Sarah, if * you* (the most organised person I’ve ever come across) can’t schedule a tax appointment when it’s on your list what sort of hope do I (the least organised person in all eternity with the possible exception of my father) have? Thank you. I feel better at once.
hahahaha! i have to say my inability MAY rest more with other players who have to present at said meeting but I’m so glad to be able to make you feel good!!
Oh! I hope you’ll consider a full post around the goal of spending plans! Would love to dig more into how people budget (% of what in what category) and when / where / how and what others prioritize 😊