 Hey you guys, so this is a totally different video for me. Look y'all. I have spent so much time Doing what's called a downward video Setup Yeah, I would rather do five thousand shower videos and do this again I'm using a different type of tripod most of the crafters and planners who do this They have a tripod that extends out miss girl don't have that and since this is typically not my setup I'm not going to I figure I wouldn't just buy a tripod tripod. Excuse me specifically for that But y'all let's just get right into it. I am a very How should I put it not very but I like to have yearly goals and this is something I've been doing before it became a thing it became a fad even before they started doing the Vision boards and all of that. I was doing something similar to that years ago So I'm gonna show you guys what I do and what I have been doing in the past as far as goal planning I'm also gonna go over what worked and what hasn't worked y'all have to excuse this. This is just I'm at my table girl I'm gonna go over what worked for me in the past and what didn't work and do a little bit of Reflection for 2023 okay, so let's just jump right into it like I stated We're gonna go over some things that worked in the past and didn't work look, I use an old-school notebook pad in the past and Girl, I want to get real pretty with my goals. So this was back in 2020 to three two thousand and twenty one I spent hours decorating this which I would not recommend We have things here such as money personal development family relations Health spiritual career development So this was good because I was able to map everything out and have all of my little Task in here. And so that was for 2020 2021 Next I think I have in the middle of COVID which this did not work at all because I have a lot I had a lot of stuff going on girl. So again, I just used just a Notebook look we can see how much I achieve But I have four basic goals goal one two three and four pay off my car Develop three new skills lose 15 pounds awaking my spiritual guilt. So and I I mapped everything out in quarters But a lot of things happen and like we moved Twice and so this really didn't none of this work Then right before we moved here in the middle of moving here, I figure, okay Let me do a binder and do I purchase a complete kit through Person through what was it Etsy? So I had all of these goals here that I mapped out and Don't just use the back. It's my my son. Um Um This did not work for me. It did not work for me at all to the point to where this is probably the fourth Basically, I can count on my hand how many times I even looked in this in this binder. So this didn't work So let me show you guys what I plan on doing and go over. I'm not a professional I'm gonna say this right now, but go over what has worked for me and what I plan on doing going forward When you map out your goals, you want your goals to be smart goals I know you guys have probably heard this a lot me working in corporate America And I've been working in corporate America all my life my first job. I worked in corporate America So I was what like 22 23. So I'm used to the term smart goals Smart goals are basically they have to be very specific measurable attainable or achievable realistic and time-bound So I'm gonna give you an example Oh, hell, I can go through one of my examples and show you how it worked and how it didn't work my goal was To lose 25 pounds Was that very specific? Yes Something that's not specific if I if I say, okay, I want to lose weight measurable. Do I have the measure down here? Yes, I have some targets here equal first 2023 August 2023 the next one is what is that after measure? What is it achievable? Yes, it's achievable. I can lose 25 pounds by mid 2023 Was it realistic? No, it wasn't realistic for me. It just wasn't so this is one of the reasons why this goal fell It wasn't realistic. Oh, I'm gonna show you guys what I did and what I've been doing for a couple of hours here I did a map This is almost like a brain dump, which I'm I tend to do Regardless of of whether it's goals or even when it comes to mapping out my book ideas So I just put here in the middle and I can go ahead and circle this Goals 2024 I have my areas health Finance faith personal and work goals. What I have been doing in the past you guys, which I think kind of I Was kind of stuck in the past especially back here I had my quarter goals, which is very very smart But in my opinion, I had too many goals even here. There's too many goals I'm gonna just pick a few from each category that I definitely want to do and I'm gonna put some timeframes around these goals Okay, so it needs to be achievable It needs to be realistic and I have to be honest with myself and and say, okay Can you really achieve this now? There were some things that occurred last year and I'll go over that That I could not I did not have any control over like my husband getting sick. I didn't have any control over that sorry, y'all the tablecloth is dirty my husband getting sick. I didn't have any control over that or I Get really busy at my job. I don't have any control over that my my son getting sick You know or my myself getting sick. I have no control over that. Okay, but there are certain things that I do I control over so some of the things that I did achieve if I were to go back to Let's see I really need to get back into the mindset of remembering that money is a tool Okay And so even though I was able to pay off big pocket things like I paid off my car I paid off my PayPal account. There are a couple of things I paid off But overall my debt increased by a thousand dollars and most of that is because My lines of credit increase so even though I paid off some big ticket items. It's still increased Now a thousand dollars isn't a whole lot for an entire year but for me it is when I'm already in you know I'm already trying to achieve a certain financial goal so girl like I said, let's get into it So we have this map here that I dumped that I I just did this morning But then instead of doing all of these little specific things I really do like the quarterly setup and quarters you guys are just Yearly so you have three excuse me four quarters for their entire year. So as I stated I know I'm not going to be able to achieve all of this. So Realistically, what can I achieve? I'm going to try and do Two from each pocket because there's just no way and I'm going at this point I'm going to go ahead. We need to go back back and Because right now they are a bit specific. I've already done step one, but measurable. So this is where it comes in. So health lose 20 pounds that is very specific, but Is it attainable? Yes, and honestly, I'm already down From this overall goal carrying on from last year or even this year because I keep saying last year this year I gained weight and so then but then I lost that weight I'm not back down to my pre gain weight, which is only five pounds away So technically you see how this can go back and forth almost a money situation Why I was able to pay off some more some lump sum credits, but then I gained more So we were back at it. We're right back at squirrel one same thing with the weight Can I lose 20 pounds? Absolutely. Is it realistic? Um, yeah, it is depending on when I'm going to do it. So I'm still going to have this as the goal you guys. I really am down here at work develop a new skill set I've been really good about work But I honestly feel like if I achieve a lot under my faith Some of these things will come into place. Does that make sense y'all a lot and a lot of these goals Have an effect one can have an effect on the other rather Do I need to really work on this? No Because it's something I'm already going to be doing at work because it's not a part of my work goals. Excuse me. So We're not going to do this girl So I have one two three four five six seven Goals now if I wanted to I could do this thing goal setting your goal You know, right now specific. What do you want to achieve? How will you know when you achieve your you reach your goal? Is this goal within your power to accomplish can you realistic achieve your goal? Where do you want to achieve your goal by that's nice? Um, but I'm not going to do that. And so this is it you guys. So now for quarter goals Now I look at this I look at my map What do I have? In the first quarter Paying off the way fair Um, and then what I could also do is get started on some of the stuff that's in second quarter like creating a self-care routine and get a better work work life balance. So I'm going to go ahead Quarter one goal Pay off Way fair Line of credit, okay Get a better Work life balance Lose 20 pounds I'm putting that here But the actual mini goal Is not going to be specifically this but how would I? Lose 20 pounds, okay I just realized that I was not taping any of that. I am not going to re-record that instead. I'm going to tell y'all what I've been doing I've been mapping out my quarterly goals. One of them is pay off This is just for the quarter of january to march pay off my way fairer line of credit That's five hundred and sixty six dollars get a better work life balance lose 20 pounds So for january I have to be very specific on how much I need to pay off a wait for to achieve that goal of five sixty six Oh, by the way, I also need to return in order to get that I need to return Steamer to wait there Because that's 45 dollars in credit that can go get go towards that five sixty six, okay Get a better work life balance. What does that mean? Okay? I put here turn on slack notifications on iphone Well, basically my my cell phone my laptop pause notifications. We use slack slack is a it's basically like an instant messenger So I get notified y'all. I'm available all day every day Monday through sunday It's not that I'm saying I'm available But my problem is is that I don't pause my notifications. So I can get a message from Abigail We just want to call her Abigail Abigail on sunday at 10 o'clock. This is hey Vivian And me I answer it, you know, it may not be right away, but I will look at it balance lose 20 pounds. What does that mean? um Perhaps I ain't work out. So since it's january I haven't worked out in a long time. So And I know me. So what does that mean? Okay? Do kettlebell I love kettlebell workout We're gonna make this achievable three times a week What about for february? What does my get a better work life balance looks like? Um I can't think of it now. I'm gonna go back to Uh lose 20 pounds. Okay february. What does that mean? limit fried foods Two Two to three terms a month. That is so hard. Let me tell you why I eat fried foods multiple times a week I'm in the 160s and that's a problem limit fried foods to two to three times a month That is well girl. You can't even do that two to three times This month all right Let's go back to get a work life balance again. What does that mean? I got this. I have to be very specific Oh I know what it is. Okay. Um schedule pto. I'm really bad about this y'all for Q2 Because we're already in q1. So it doesn't make any sense to do it for q1. So schedule pto for q2. Oh also um This is what I can do um brainstorm brainstorm What do you call it spring break? Vacation For the family again, that's going back to get a better better work life balance So this is it. I have my three goals Quarter goals set. I have my mini task set So January for example We have return steamer from white fare Well, how do I ensure that we are meeting those goals? I have my planner. So I used a happy planner I've always used happy planners. Okay. Let me get this out the way Now this is cute Right, this is real cute. But this is the this is the realistic. This is what it really looks like This is what this is what it is And this is yeah This is what it can really yeah, we do this now. It's cute when you You can use your stickers and mine you I've spent quite a bit of money on stickers And so I guess my point is is that now we're going into january. This is done So I have a new planner that I purchased Wait in the summertime And I stick to happy planner because I just like to set up This is the week. So what I would do I'm not going to do this right now What I would do is now I have to ensure that More than like it. I'm going to return that way fair. Um, I'm going to return that this week So I don't have to worry about this but as far as Again on here. I have turn off Slack notifications on iphone and laptop. I can incorporate that in the week Be very specific and say Look into or make sure that you configure your slack notifications And once I'd set it up on my actual laptop, it'll seek to your phone too So that is it you guys let me know if this was interesting to you if this is helping you one Like I say that I am not, you know This I'm not an expert at this. I'm just sharing with you guys. What has worked for me what I plan on doing Um, let me know what are you doing and what have you used or what are some of your goals you have for the year? Um, but be be be very specific and don't beat yourself up because I literally was out here y'all I was literally up here and I even have a spreadsheet for my finances I was looking up that and really upset with myself For about two hours. I'm not kidding you I was looking at everything looking at my goal for a good goal since general for two hours and just really beating myself up But then I have to look at it at hey, I did a lot in two to three years. I got a promotion I paid off my car. I paid off some big bills. Um And I didn't I've lost I've lost a little weight that I've been gaining So you have to look at the winds and then self reflect and take yourself You know be accountable for the things that that you may have mr. Marker on and that's what I'm trying to do The one thing I will encourage you is just to not give up start little Just don't stop. Okay. Just keep going. So then I said, I love you guys Oh, I love you guys. So you guys have a great end of the year. I wish you all the best entering into 2024 y'all take care Bye