Happy new year!!!!!
2020 is gone…. Welcome 2021… A new year with a lot of hope but also a lot of uncertainties.
Uncertainties are frightening. Sometimes, it seems so easier to just act as if they do not exist and that everything will be fine. But for us, single parents, the well-being of our children is highly dependent of our ability to react to adversity. It is therefore critical to be prepared.
I learned the hard way that as a single parent, you should face uncertainties, as scarier they can be, to get ready to address them. Bury your head in the sand and ignore the problems that are far from being resolved is not an option. When you are alone to take care of your family, there is no other alternative, your Plan B is yourself and you should be ready.
Will 2021 be a nightmare or a fruitful year instead? Your choice, your action: Be proactive!
Here are the 3 key things you should do to guarantee yourself a fruitful year:
– Track achievements from the past year: Know where you are – Did you achieve your goals from the previous year? List your success, your failures, your strengths, your weaknesses. You should know where you are to better assess what you still need to do in order to achieve your goals and make your dreams become true. You cannot measure what you do not know, it is therefore critical to really take the time to identify exactly where you are in terms of your own goals. Personally, I know for sure that one area of my life where I should put more efforts is the social area. I realized that the lack of communication with family and friends had really affected my ability to cope with COVID 19 lockdown, I was less strong that I thought.
– Define your vision for the year: Know where you want to be (at the end of the year or even beyond)- What are your dreams? What are your goals? Did your goals change over the past year? Do you have new goals? One of my goal of the past year was to buy a house. Now that I achieved it, my goal has evolved, and I am looking forward to that dream home make over. I would like to make that home be my own with the interior design I have always dreamt of …. Your vision of your own life is essential in achieving your dreams. How would you identify what efforts to put in place if you do not know what you want for yourself? If you have not done so yet, I wrote a full article on the steps to follow to build a successful balanced-life and this starts by defining your vision, read it here. You can use this practical tool to help you in the process.
– Make a plan: Establish how to get where you want to be- Once you know where you are at and where you want to be, it is easier to determine what actions are required to achieve your goals. Use this tool to build or update your strategic plan and get ready for what is coming.
Would 2021 be a fruitful year for you and your little family? Your choice! Be proactive, the well-being of your children depends on your resiliency. Make sure to do what is listed above to guarantee yourself a fruitful year.
Don’t know where to start? Here is a very simple tool that will help you build your plan for a balanced life. The tool includes a strategic plan form and an implementation plan form and uses the VISUALIZE-PLAN-IMPLEMENT-TRACK method : https://sparentinginstyle.com/downloads/strategic-plan-e…-a-balanced-life/
Share with us your strategy to get prepared for the challenges of this new year. Did you apply the 3 key recommendations above?
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