I am a goal-oriented and motivated person. This year has NOT been what I expected, but I have worked to try to make the best of it. As I am on my journey of being an entrepreneur I wanted to share a monthly reflection on my goals for the coming month.  

What worked in August?

  • Doing a reflection at the end of each work day to focus my mind and see what did I work on to move me forward. 
  • Offering trainings and networking events. I served the GIS Community and grew my LinkedIn Connections. 
  • Meal planning by putting awful looking sticky notes on the wall so we all know what is for dinner.
  • Really working on my morning + evening routines. This helps so so so much. 
  • Putting some analysis in front of possible new clients to showcase what we can do. 

What didn’t work so well

  • Being unclear about my next steps on big projects. 
  • Did not bring in new clients this month. 

Looking to September: These are the goals and steps that I am working towards using my Cultivate What Matters Powersheets to build what matters to me.  My encouraging words are “the next right thing.” And yes, I am planning to listen to the track from Frozen this month.

Big Monthly Goals:

  • Have a well-executed socially-distanced family get-together. 
  • Schedule my next professional development event
  • Celebrate my 3 year wedding anniversary. 
  • Celebrate a milestone birthday for a dear dear friend.
  • Schedule a backlog of doctors appointments that got canceled #COVID

Weekly Items:

  • Virtual Coffee with someone I don’t know in the GIS Industry
  • Portfolio Challenge 
  • Work on the Chicago.Atlas
  • Get my email under control
  • Log my weekly biz metrics
  • Date Night with my spouse
  • Sabbath Rest

Daily Actions

  • Morning Routine
  • Evening Routine
  • 8k steps

In future posts I hope to talk more about why I think that these actions matter.  What are some of your goals for September?