I wrote this post on adopting new strategies a year ago. I thought it would be fun to check back. Okay. I’m not at my desk today. I’m in a car. So I wrote this a couple of days ago.
Successful New Strategies
- I am regularly doing my hamstring stretches, Update: No longer need to do them daily. Grade: n/a
- I am consulting my calendar and planning my days, Update: I am mostly doing this. Grade 3.5
- I am scheduling my time to make sure I make the time to do things I need and want to do, Update: I am much better at this. Grade 4
- I am not starting too many new things, Update: Not for lack of desire, but true. Grade 4
- I am scheduling project deadlines, Update: I do, but I don’t always follow them. Grade 3
- I am mapping out major steps in projects, Update: I do this, but don’t always check back. Grade 3
- I am reading books that have information I want, Update: Mostly I read for pleasure. Grade 2.5 and
- I am looking at my list of things to do and choosing what is realistic to accomplish. Update: I am so much better at doing this than I used to be, but far from successful. Grade 3.5
Total Points: 23.5/7 = 3.3
I’m going to add in this successful strategy, but not include it in my overall grading:
- Improve photography skills. Grade 4
Not Quite Successful New Strategies
- I am not practicing drawing and/or hand stitching, Update: Move this to the Successful list! Grade 5
- I rarely knit during the day, I still mostly do it at night, Update: Completely still true. Grade 2
- I often fail to tackle things I don’t want to do, Update: I would say I am 50 to 75% better at this than a year ago. Grade 3
- I constantly forget to work from my marketing calendar and just do whatever occurs to me (like this blog post), Update: While this is still mostly true, I am making a much more concerted effort to be purposeful. Grade 3
- I continue to hang onto good intentions, Update: I think I am at least 50% better than I was a year ago. Facing a move has made a lot of difference. Grade 3
- I am not consistent about blogging and doing social media, Update: I have turned this around and it is a Success! I have social media platforms that I have not tackled yet, but what I have has been consistent. Grade 5 and
- I resist plotting realistic strategies to get or keep projects on track. Update: Maybe 40% improvement. I still resist, but I have improved. Grade 3
Total Points: 24/7 = 3.4
I’m have given myself a grade on a 1 to 5 scale for each item this time around. I think that I am doing pretty nicely on improving, so I think I’ll just keep working on these lists.
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