It's January, so there are scads of articles available now about setting goals and making resolutions.
Mark Batterson has a really useful recommendation: create categories first, then make goals for each category. He has categories of 1) family goals 2) travel goals 3) physical goals 4) experience goals 5) influence goals.
I encourage you to think about influence goals!
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I have been doing this process of creating categories (in my organization we call them Key Result Areas) first and then making goals that fit those categories. My six life-long Key Result Areas are:
1. To follow Jesus Christ
2. To love my wife as Christ loves the church.
3. To raise my children as followers of Christ.
4. To be used to build and expand the church.
5. To be healthy physically, mentally, and emotionally.
6. To be an effective science teacher, with broad and deep impact in students' lives.
These could change a bit over the years, especially #6, which is tied to my present career.
I have 29 goals that flow out of these categories, which is probably too many. These are not new-years resolutions, but goals that clarify my vision for how I want my life to be in order to fit the "big six" I listed above. There are many of these that I don't do well, but at least I know what I am shooting for.
A key aspect of this is accountability. I have a person (my supervisor actually) to whom I have sent my six Key Result Areas plus the 29 goals. Each month I write three areas I want to work on this month in light of my goals, and then the next month I report on how I did.
I do enough traveling, so I don't think I'll add "travel goals" to my list. Some year I'd like to just stay put.
Grace and Peace
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