New Goal booklet

Its mid year and time for a new goal booklet. It’s almost time for 24 before 2024. You can find the old one here in the post or the library if you prefer.

First thing you’ll see, is a logo I am toying with. I don’t hate it but it doesn’t really roll of the tongue, but I do like the sprout. It’s adorable and I’ve always used them in doodles anyway.

The new goal booklet starts off with a brainstorming page, repeat as needed, then your 10 life categories big goals. I named them ‘Milestones’ on this page, to differentiate them as smaller goals under the larger goal.

For example; Fun & Recreation → big goal: spend more days on vacations away from home. Milestone → Spend 7 days on vacation on the East Coast.

Using the goal here in a simple statement vs a smart goal. Then following it up with milestones that I would expect to reach to make that goal feel like reality. More like the quarterly planning with OKRs. I really life using more fluffy statements for life goals. It doesn’t matter if you spent 20 days on vacation if you feel like it was awful then it wasn’t relaxing and it may not move your needle for that goal.

As a reminder, I do like to use level 10 goals, but I modify them to work for me a bit. Remember you can do that. Maybe church is something you are a part of, so add it in.

Family & Friends Personal Development Spirituality Finances Marriage Career Fun & Recreation Green living Environment / Home Health & Fitness

As always I include a get clear question page, in case you are having trouble thinking of milestones that are achievable. Remember to aim for things we can change. It’s always good to start backwards with your ideal version. For example, Friends → you want to be that friend that does brunch every Sunday, has dinners on Thursday and does yoga in the park. Start with the things you want and work towards a few of them at a time.

Next page is a milestone breakdown for each level with a section for habit ideas. Building a routine or habit into your milestones will help you get there easier. Using the above example, maybe the first habit is to eat at home X times a week. Working towards that those Thursday dinners. Or if you house is chaos, you build a Wednesday cleaning day habit so when people come over the next day you are ready.

Remember it’s okay to screw up here too, if you mess up a habit just keep going. It’s not ruined if you didn’t do it perfectly, just pick it back up when you can. Super reminder for those of us that are not neurotypical. We’ll never going to have it together all the time. If it falls apart this week alright fine, we’ll pick it back up when you can. As someone with ADHD I feel like I am getting my shit together at least twice a month. It’s just how it goes.

Finally a monthly goals insert and review page. Space for you to highlight monthly milestones and a few habits. Not a huge space, as you can’t work on everything all the time. It’s just how its. You can do anything but not everything. If your level goals are habitual vs single time goals – such as each month you want to have a budget meeting between you and your partner – make a note to schedule that in the beginning of the month as your goal. Then once it’s happened you can mark it off each month.

Be kind to yourself on the review side. It’s good to review every so often – what went well, what didn’t, etc. If you are not doing weekly as well I can recommend setting aside time on your ‘weekend’ – whenever it works for you, to review the previous week as well as prep for the up coming week is helpful. It helps with anxiety if nothing else.

I dislike surprises so reviewing my work stuff on Sunday night takes 5 – 10 minutes so I know what is needed the next day or week. It makes time planning much easier when I get into the actual work stuff. Especially if I am exhausted already. For me, sometimes it’s what has to get done and what can be pushed back. Like today, that is a today problem and that can be a tomorrow problem cause I feel bleh.

Happy planning, you can download the images directly, or use the button above to get the new PDF. Or click here to copy it into your own Canva and customize it.