2015 Focus Check-in

With June on the horizon, this seems like a good time to step back and reflect on my 2015 Focus Goals.

Each month, I’ve designated 1-3 items of focus. For fun, here’s the original post Jan-Oct:

January – Dance with the Stars
Check out our videos for this year’s fundraiser event!

February – PCACAC 50th conference history work
I have a library of video footage I need to go through, plus 30 or so member profiles to create. I’m not sure what will happen with my involvement in PCACAC after this year’s conference, we shall see!

March – Major yield work for the Class of 2019
Though yield work happens from January-May, I’ll spend time traveling in February, scheduling phone conversations and getting students to visit throughout March and April, and I see March as crunch time.

April – Colchester Farm CSA Open House/Membership Drive
Our open house event is a great way for current members to see the farm, and also a nice way to invite new people to see the possibilities of joining the CSA!

May – Chestertown’s Historic Tea Party Street Party AND ZOOMA Ambassadorship/race
These huge events happen within two weekends. The Street Party is really getting started now (in January) with planning, but a ton of the leg work will happen the week and day of the event.

For ZOOMA, this is my first race as an ambassador! I have some other duties in the late winter/early spring months, but the actual race is the last weekend in May, right after my birthday.

June – camping! beaching! summer fun!
Ah, June. I’m hoping we can schedule a couple of camping weekends, some beach time, and general relaxation. Bring it on!

Maybe a fitness-related certification, too 😉

July – College Horizons
I’ll head to California this summer for an intensive week-long enrichment program designed for native students – Native American, Native Alaskan, Native Hawaiian. We help them get ready for the college exploration process.

August – Garden harvest and canning/jamming
I am SO EXCITED to plant again this year. I’ve missed having a real backyard to grow a garden. I’m hoping to make jam as favors for our wedding, so I’ll be busy jamming and crafting in August!

September – Fall Travel – Texas, Colorado, maybe somewhere new?
I’ll spend some substantial time away from home this month, continuing to build our newer territories for WAC!

October – Our wedding!
Wedding. Wedding. Wedding. Something I never really thought I’d ever have to plan, and it’s happening this month! We’re getting married on Halloween, our anniversary (both dating and engagement!).

I’m keeping pretty well on track. The major pieces of January – April became the primary focus of each indicated month, and May is all about Street Party and my ZOOMA race/training. I’m so looking forward to the end of this month and next month – some well-deserved R&R is on the horizon.

It’s helpful for me to divide goals by month and check on them periodically. Looking ahead, I know I’ll want to pick fruit and can in August, so I’m looking at great deals for favor-sized jars now. I’ve also already started our home garden for the year, so we’ll soon be able to reap the benefits of that. We’re also talking fruit trees, curb appeal, and berry bushes, I’m so excited to build our homestead! We have a really nice-sized blank canvas yard (about 1/3 of an acre), so the possibilities are endless and it’s really fun coming up with different ideas.

I’m also planning my fall travel already at work, and it’s going to be crazy. But I have a good handle on the new-ness of it from last year, and will have a TEAM that I lead to help with non-territory items beginning this summer. Super excited about that.

There’s also, you know, a huge life event on the horizon toward the end of the monthly plans. We’ve got a lot of it under control already, and continue to tackle the small details each week. We’re planning a date night at our venue this weekend to revisit it for the 80th time. Because we love it. And the food is amazing.

Did you create goals in January? This is a great time to do a check-in. Are you tackling some of your goals or setting yourself up for future success?