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I’m kicking off the year by adopting the practices outlined in the 
12 week year.
The premise is that instead of setting goals for the year ahead.
Which is a long time to either:
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Forget about your goals
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Or put them off because you have plenty of time
Instead, I’m creating goals for the next 12 weeks.
This forces me to address said goals as the deadline is much sooner.
Creating a plan
So here’s my plan:
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Goals: Create goals that you want to reach in 3 months
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Actions: Figure out the actions you need to take to reach those goals
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Schedule: Schedule your week to accommodate those tasks
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Review: Perform a weekly review to see how the week went
Setting goals
This will differ from person to person.
But consider what’s important to you.
Overarching topics might include:
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Business
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Finance
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Health
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Relationships
Just make sure the goal is something you want to achieve.
Otherwise, you probably won’t give it the attention it deserves to see results.
When setting goals, you don’t want to overwhelm yourself with too much.
Instead, focus on 2-3 goals.
Make sure to keep them measurable and specific.
For example:
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Save £1,000 over the next 3 months vs save money
My goals for Q1:
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Business: Fully book up Q2 with work
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Health: Lose 6 lbs of weight
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Personal: Move house
Creating actions
With the goals to hand.
The next step is to figure out the actions that will need to be repeated frequently to get there.
For example, lose 6lbs of weight might include;
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Create monthly spending budgets for food, entertainment etc.
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Review spending habits monthly
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Cancel all unused subscriptions
My actions for Q1:
Business
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Connect with 5 people per week
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Publish 3 LinkedIn posts per week
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Publish 1 newsletter per month
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Publish 1 blog post per month
Health
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7k steps per day
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Lift weights 3x per week
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Personal
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Pack up the house
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Date night 2x per month
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Listen to 3x audiobooks
Scheduling actions
Now that we know what actions to take, we need to intentionally create time for them.
For me, this involves booking them into my calendar.
More specifically 
Notion and 
Notion Calendar.
I have a schedule database in Notion for scheduling work so that’s exactly what I’ll do here.
Read my detailed post on 
how I created my ideal day in Notion and Notion calendar.
If this seems like too much, block out time for the most important actions in your day.
I simply schedule everything for the day so I know exactly what I need to do.
Also, be aware that things might not go exactly according to plan.
It’s just that a plan, that’s why the next step is so important.
Planning weekly review
It’s important not to forget this step.
Sometimes you’ll have bad days or even weeks.
At which point, you might think;
Well, I’ve already failed I might as well give up now.
However, the weekly review is a time to reflect and treat the new week as a fresh start.
Consider what went well or not.
And be kind to yourself (unless you were just being lazy 😅).
So that’s my plan.
After 12 weeks, I’ll do a write-up of what went well and what didn’t.
And if I find it to be a success, I’ll do the same again for the following 3 months.
Rob Simpson