Around about this time of year our thoughts turn to resolutions we can make or goals we can set or refresh. We all have things we want to accomplish in our personal or business lives. A Goal journal can help us.
With the popularity of all manner of different planners these days, there is NO shortage of ways to keep track of your goals. Two of the more famous types of planners or guides in which to track your big hairy audacious goals are Bullet Journals and Powersheets.
Bullet Journal is a term coined by Ryder Carroll. A "BUJO" is a planner you design yourself. In it's most minimal form, it contains some sort of calendar where you mark down appointments and fixed date events. Then you list your daily or weekly and monthly items TO DO and mark them off when you have finished them. The idea is that you break down your goals into the smallest steps possible to create forward movement toward your goals. Each day brings you a step closer to meeting your goal.
The beauty of Bullet Journaling is that it can not only be a planner but it can also be quite a good record of the events of your days. And adding notes to each daily record can help you track and remember what you have accomplished or done during each day.
Here's an example of one of my pages
For more information about Bullet Journaling check out this website
There are many people who have monthly "plan with me" videos on Youtube. These can run from minimalist black and white lists to beautifully illustrated works of art. Suit yourself!! That's the only rule. Watch the videos and see what appeals to you.
Check out Kara Benz - Boho Berry here
or check out Instagram and Pinterest for more photos of people who do Bullet Journaling.
One of the things I have used for setting Goals for the year are Powersheets. Lara Casey from "Cultivate what Matters" and her team have designed a workbook where you answer lots of questions about what you think and what's important to you in your quest to be more intentional about living a life of purpose. These planners are so popular this year, the year long books are all sold out already, but you can still get undated 6 month powersheets from their website. Check out the website and blog to see it something like this might work for helping you get a handle on all the most things that are most important to you this year.
For business, I have used a goal planner by Lisa Jacobs called, "Your Best Year Ever 2018." You can get this on Amazon in a bound book form or in a downloadable format you can print out yourself on Lisa's Etsy shop. Although this is not a planner, but a goal setting workbook, you will find yourself doing a complete review of your last year in business, and then setting goals and direction for your upcoming year. The questions dig deep into your HOW and WHY of your business ideas.
This year Lisa has also prepared a personal version which you can get here.
I am not an affiliate of these recommended resources (yet) but I have used them and I love spending time at this time of year not only writing out my responses to these questions in a notebook but I also enjoy re-reading the previous years records. I can see steady progress toward the things I most would like to do in my life and in my business to live intentionally and purposefully in my personal life and business.
I think lots of people who keep journals enjoy being a little introspective at this time of year.
Let me know if you have any other tools you use at this time of year to set goals. I'd love to hear about them and check them out for myself.
How do you track your progress toward YOUR goals?
