Goal Setting:: 2018 Business Goals

As you read the above header, you land in one of the two camps::

“YAY, I LOVE goal setting, when can we get started and can I bring all my colored markers, and stickers, ideas, and planners to the table”

“Please come find me when you are finished.”

I used to run with the latter camp… like up until 2 years ago. Really, I am serious. I made all kids of excuses (my kids are too young, I am too old, I’ll never accomplish these goals, my numbers will never be where I want them to be so why even try, can I really do what I am hoping to accomplish, is it realistic enough, but my husband is a pastor, I’m too busy, I don’t have enough time, I am always tired, my kids require too much of me, etc., etc. etc.)

I have always loved checklists, and could get through my day by crossing daily tasks off, but I never really took the time to look at the big picture of my business or even my life. I was just getting by.

It is scary for me to even admit this to the internet, but last year was the first year in my business that I put numbers to paper and set real life goals. To be fair, I was an art major and had no business background in college. I got married right after graduation and we started our family not long after that. There wasn’t a whole lot of time to take any business classes or goal setting courses, so everything I have learned on the business side of things has been because I walked through them on my own, or learned by failure.

In January of 2017, I put numbers to paper, set my goals for 2017 and watched as they were accomplished! Then in October I discovered Power Sheets, and my goal setting life has been dramatically changing! (Thank you Lara Casey and the Cultivate Team)

Now I run with the first camp, one that I never thought I would be in. I am now a huge believer in setting intentional, life-giving goals because I have seen things happen last year that I want to see happen at an even deeper level this year. Instead of making the goals an annual thing, I love that my Power Sheets give me the option to reevaluate my goals quarterly to see if they are realistic and form to my life! Already since I have started, I have decided to change what some of them are because I don’t feel right about going in a certain direction!

So Internet, here are my quarter one business goals for 2018:

Create systems for the business from start to finish for both my wedding and portrait clients.
Be able outsource all my social media in my busy season and get it to where I want it in the slow season.
Create content for the blog and social media for the entire year
Put all 2018 numbers to paper and get the calendar set with sessions, weddings, events and mini sessions
Change pricing structure and create pricing information to go along with it

YIKES, it is SO scary to write those mainly because I am not sure I can even accomplish them. But Internet, please hold me to them, and I would love to know your 2018 goals! Will you share them with me? I’d love to help hold you accountable to them!! (And if you are interested, I would HIGHLY recommend the Power Sheets for the year!)