Annual Goal

On December 23 I came up with an idea for a Christmas craft to make for next Christmas. So In ordered all the supplies I needed to get started. I think the days of overnight delivery are behind us. It took until yesterday for the last of my order to arrive. So much for starting on this craft while all my house was decorated.

The timing is funny. As soon as the last Christmas ornament is in the attic I was able to start working on next year’s new star attraction. I will not be posting exactly what it is, but here are some of the supplies. It is not something I can carry around easily so I expect to only be working on this when binge watching some great show in my gathering room.

That is not much time, so I need to set a goal to get a certain amount done each month. I am a goal oriented person. I think it comes from my early years in sales. I learned that if I set goals for all the actions I needed to do, the outcomes I was searching for would happen.

Wishful thinking was not a goal. Hoping something would happen almost never worked. Planning and completing tasks almost always paid off. And it was planning the small steps that made the giant task not too daunting.

So task one for this year-long project is complete. Obtain the materials and sort them into useable containers. I have ten months to make a dozen of my items. One and a quarter a month. Since I just started today I am going to have to finish the first one in less than two weeks. That should be a good pace since I will be away teaching about half of all weeks this year.

I’ll report back half way through the year to see if I am on track. What are your goals this year? Don’t tell me to work out more.