Wrapping up 2012: My Three Steps to Planning for an Extrodinare Year

While on the hunt for a Christmas Gift for an employee party gift exchange at Walgreen's ( don't ask Lol), I finally found a copy of the January 2013 Essence. Alicia's happy and free look got my attention, so as any other true Mag Addict, I picked up my very first issue of the new year.

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Flipping through the mag filled with tips and tricks to prepare for the New Year,  I started to think about the New Year, and how excited I am to have a fresh start. To put 2012 in a box and store it away. Let me say that this year was not a bad year, however this year has been filled with many challenges that have rocked me to my core yet have created a stronger better me. For that I am grateful.

Like most people wrapping up the previous year and planning for a new year included watching the ball drop, then spewing out some half hearted resolutions that I already knew that I wasn't going to keep. Well not this year. This year I'm going to put a little more effort, and time into this thing.

My first step is to reflect on the year as whole. In the new year I want to take with me the things that were successful and leave those things behind that did not work. I want to recognize my success and identify what made them things possible.  I also want to document my failures and identify why they were unsuccessful and what I could do in the future to increase my success.

          It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved but by reflection, force of character and judgment

Marcus Tullius Cicero

After reflection I plan to take a hard look at where I currently stand and where I want to go. It would be foolish to just jump into the new year without really understanding where I am in this year.

In order to succeed your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure

Bill Cosby

 

Finally I want to set goals that are Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely.

 

 

Learn from the past. set vivid detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have control: NOW

Dennis Waitley

 

 

These are just my thoughts of for preparing for the new year. Look out for more ways I plan to prepare for 2013. I really want to know how you plan to prepare for the New Year. What are some tips and tricks that have worked for you to ensure that your year gets off to the right start?

 

 

Shameka