You made it!
2017 has arrived and God has given us more opportunity to strengthen families and serve at-risk children in the name of Jesus Christ.
Are you excited about 2017 or already overwhelmed?
As you begin 2017 take this opportunity to map out your year and schedule right now time to keep balance in your life. Here is an exercise I learned from my friend and consultant to many, Bobb Biehl.
Bobb, says “Life is a constant struggle for balance. Balance is a result of one word…schedule. Typically you determine your own schedule. The key to keeping balance in your life is to schedule it in advance.”
For the past several years, Colleen and I have been continuously refining how we manage my time and the time of the leadership team of CFC. Part of this exercise is to map out a year ahead the most important things that need to be done to meet our objectives for CFC. First we map out personal things like anniversaries, birthdays, planned trips, and then key dates and initiatives that I need to get done, things like board meetings, project due dates, planning days, special events, quiet times, strategic meetings, and more.
Once you have these key dates mapped out on your calendar you can begin to see the flow of your year; the seasons where you are extremely busy and the seasons when things are less intense. It is in these less intense seasons that you plan vacations and opportunities to refresh. For example, planning a vacation or trip in the middle of a heavy stressful season just adds to your stress.
Try it! Draw a circle on a piece of paper and map out 12 sections, just like the face of a clock. Then map out your key dates and project due dates in the circle. Now you can play with balancing your life by moving if possible those things you can control into season that are less intense improving balance in your life.
If you would like to learn more on how to make 2017 your best year yet and improving the balance in your life chose to join me for lunch on January 25th for a brown bag lunch in the Group Room and I will help walk you through this exercise. Please RSVP to Colleen by January 18th.