Accomplishments & Goals

In that mode to reflect on accomplishments of 2016 and goals for 2017 and beyond. I stopped talking about resolutions and decided to do goals. Resolutions has a negative connotation thanks to the gym's ads which is all so true for many people who make a resolution to exercise and go heavy at it January and then fall off after February. So I don't want a resolution. I want a goal that may take a week to accomplish or 2 years to accomplish. If it is a 2 year goal like finishing a course of study then I can set mini-goals per semester that brings me closer to my main goal.

Going forward what are your main goals? Take some time to think about it and make a list (yes, that sounds very resolution-like). Then based on your resources, make a timeline. Well, if I wanted to bake and decorate a cake for someone in January, then my timeline would end on the exact date in January. Baking a decorating a cake may not seem like a difficult thing but what if you wanted to use the new technique not yet learned. Then that would make you learn the technique to apply the technique.

Also, once timelines are added in, some list items may need to be changed to another date, postponed for when it can be added back into the list or sacrificed. Therefore, having a goal, setting timelines to accomplish the goal and seeing how goal fits in with other goals provides a more dynamic list. Further, if the unexpected occur, you can modify the goals.

For example, this 2016 year, I decided to enroll in studies which was my main goal so my writing (including my blog writing) became more sporadic so I modified my prior goal of daily to weekly to at least once a month and I sacrificed cake decorating in August. I also limited my social media presence.

For 2017 year, I plan to make some changes although the studies will still be my main goal but I really want to write weekly, exercise daily (sounding like a resolution, here) and maintain my limited social media presence. Note that the studies were a 2016 goal with a timeline of 2 years; the writing more frequently was a goal that I started back in 2013; exercise, not fooling anyone, used to be a yearly resolution but I have a new approach: just 15 minutes daily of walking, cycling, gliding and check it off on my calendar which sounds more doable than hours at the gym.

What are your goals or resolution for 2017?

In the meantime, check our BardsofBroward.com. This actually started as one of the projects for my studies but I have removed some pages from the project and added in some other pages to make this site. What is your opinion?

One Last Time for 2016

One last time for 2016
Let the voices be heard
in the halls, in the aisles
and especially in the courtyard!

for one last time in 2016...