Once I’ve reviewed my goals from the prior year and established the bigger picture of my life goals for the new year, the final step is to focus on my business goals. For 2022, my business is still a part-time endeavor and because of my rebrand from Thorpe & Co. to Sisu Site Shop, I will continue to focus on systems set-up and growth. 

I start thinking of goals in December and start a note in my Notes App on my phone. You just need to have a go-to place that is handy and available when an idea strikes. Next year, I hope to spend the 1st week of the month reviewing the current year's goals. I evaluate what worked well and what did not. I also consider if the goals I didn’t get to at all will stay on the list or I will let them go and move on. I also want to set aside a few brainstorming sessions to bring together all the dreaming and review.

Last year’s goal planning and executing was cut short for me. Perhaps yours was too? My hope is you had a stellar year of course, but if things were not quite as you’d hoped, know that you are not alone. I pray you can have the courage to continue as little steps add up to so much, especially when we look back from the other side.

If you’ve recently started a side hustle, are in the beginning stages of developing your business, or are several years in, you need to set some actionable and measurable goals. This will help you to have a plan to move forward and can provide some parameters on which steps or actions to focus on first.