There is a great deal of energy, excitement and some apprehension when starting something new. We are easily caught up in the bright shiny new goals!
I have a tendency to just wing it! Conscious goal setting and planning is not something I excel at. A certain amount of planning occurs initially, but whatever happens after that is a mystery. Stuff does get done and some goals are achieved, because when I'm not being lazy, I'm doing. Maybe that's the squirrel effect?
Week one felt pretty good and I was happy with my progress. I've made adjustments and I took advantage of small blocks of time whenever possible. Working 6 or 7 days a week and up to 12 hours a day requires me to find and take advantage of any opportunity to work on the requirements. There is still room for improvement but all in all a good start.
After our fist team meeting I quickly realized I am missing pieces of the puzzle. More thought and planning needs to happen in order to be successful in building numbers and checking off all the boxes. Some of the requirements had been filed away and had not been given much thought or planning at all. I was focused on the more manageable requirements (the bright shiny objects) and the others faded into the background. Everything will work itself out. Won't it? The list of goals and requirements is extensive and if I think about every one of them it's very easy to dart about from here to there... getting distracted, overwhelmed and loosing track of the less bright and shiny, but still necessary requirements.
Goal setting and planning is not one of my personal goals this year and to be perfectly honest I don't actually embrace the process either, yet I foresee it to be a natural outcome throughout this "Year of the Rooster."
Michele Ward
I used to wing it a lot but am now a lot better at planning so it will get easier.
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