At the end of 2018, I started planning for the next 12 months. My #goals list for 2019 was kinds of ambitious and long. I dreamed about crushin’ each and every task, even toyed with the idea of producing some slick videos for IGTV. And with the help of my fellow scribe, Malorie Reid, I realized that I was doing the most—with the least. (Thank you Malorie!)
Reality hit me. Hard. I realized that:
- all of these goals weren’t going to get accomplished
- they weren’t going to meet my standard of excellence
- and some of these goals didn’t align with my overall purpose
It was time to slash and burn the list down to three core goals. (Sorry IGTV, but you I were never meant to be boyfriend and girlfriend.) I did that by using a S.M.A.R.T. lens. Now, I didn’t make up S.M.A.R.T. (which stands for specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timely), so don’t go congratulating me on this method. It’s a concept that’s already floating around on these Internet streets, however, I did applied it to my writing goal(s), and I suggest that you do too.
Fast forward to the 6:30 mark to hear how to apply the S.M.A.R.T. lens to your writing goal.
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