If you’ve been with me for a while, you know I’m a fan of goals. Bold, meaningful, beyond-your-own-expectations types of goals in particular. Search my blog and you’ll find oodles of tips, ideas, and resources for setting and achieving goals that matter.
But despite my affinity for goals, I know not everyone shares this passion. If you’re in a season of ‘I just need to get through this challenge,’ for example, setting an audacious goal may just not feel in the cards right now.
Or if you’re focused more on daily routines or small habits, adding bold new actions into the mix may interrupt the steady progress you’re making.
Not all goals are created equal, and no one-size-fits-all goal works for everyone, all the time.
So in the spirit of high-variety goals for unique individuals, today I simply want to offer some ‘nontraditional’ questions to ask yourself as you look ahead to the end of the year, the start of a new one, and beyond.
Ponder one or a few of these on a walk, while washing the dishes, or in your journal, and see where your ideas take you:
* What topics of conversation absolutely light you up?
* What dream has hung around forever, but you’ve never let yourself think about it too much?
* If you could help make a difference for one or two causes near to your heart, which would you choose?
* What hobby or creative pursuit would be fun to explore or spend more time on?
* What did you love about your job, career, or business when you first started?
* What would you enjoy doing more of during your week? Less of?
* Where do you need to be a bit more gentle with yourself?
* What book on your TBR (to be read) list would you really love to dive into?
* What words do you most want people to use when describing you?
Whether you turn some of your answers into goals, habits, dreams, or direction markers is up to you. (And if you’d like help crafting your year or life plan, be sure to contact me!) Whatever you decide, I hope you have fun considering possibilities + ideas and seeing where they take you!