Do you make them? Some years I do, some I don't. This year I am not making resolutions per se, but am making a map of the coming year. I'm collecting my thoughts and goals into a large pile of index cards, each with a separate idea or goal written on it. I have printed out full page calendars of each month and have written in all the usual things that happen every year such as conferences I attend, workshops I know I'm teaching, etc.
My pile of index cards is already quite thick and it isn't even complete!
I am making several piles once I get done listing my random and planned goals. I will have a personal goals pile and then piles for each of my business ventures. Those include my free lance writing, my art, my note cards and Cape Cod Art and Nature. I have decided to make the latter a non-profit organization and have to map out my plans and time for that so it doesn't take over my life. I also hope to schedule my online time so it is more effective and gratifying. All this will go onto my map which will go onto my studio/office wall where I can see it every day. Hopefully this will help me stay on task.
For some all this may seem overwhelming and certainly not very free flowing or spontaneous but for me, who tends to over do the free flowing spontaneous stuff to the detriment of both my bank account and my health....I am hoping that a map or plan of some sort for the whole year will help me be a bit clearer and more committed. If I'm going to stay afloat financially without getting a job cashiering in a supermarket, I need to be committed to my own work.
2009 was a bust year for me. I lost more money than in any other year since I have been an adult. My businesses tanked and I responded by stepping back and shutting down. I basically just stopped working, creating and marketing. I got caught up in my own history of failures. But now I'm back. I've done a lot of thinking, looking, listening and learning. I have many plans and many hopes and I think I have good reason to expect success in putting forth my best efforts. Bring it on, as they say.
Over the next few days I will outline some of my plans, more to keep myself honest and committed than anything else.
How about you? Do you make resolutions?






