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Planning for 2010

December 17, 2009 By Johanna Baker-Dowdell 2 Comments

As 2008 came to a close I thought carefully abut my hopes and aspirations for the coming year and blogged my list.

When I look back at this list I can see I have achieved most of what I set out to do, but also much more than I imagined possible. Here is what I aspired to:

1. Lose weight – I still weigh the same as this time last year, so I haven’t completely failed that goal.

2. Become better organised – I have improved my time management skills and become more disciplined in my work.

3. Build an office – I am writing this newsletter from my office, The Patch.

4. Educate myself – when I wrote this blog last year I was considering enrolling in some professional courses, however instead I completed six months of business and life coaching, attended the Media140 conference as a professional blogger (but also a wide-eyed student) and learnt via webinars and online research.

I think I can say I have achieved most of my goals for 2009, and add to those, with my other achievements including:

• Giving birth to a healthy baby boy, our second son.

• Launching Strawberry Communications as a full-time operation and relinquishing my role as full-time carer for my two children to my husband

• Reaching the finalist stage of the Central Coast Business Achiever Awards

• Writing an eBook, The 21st Century Guide to Promoting Your Small Business

• Growing my business income by an extra 50 per cent on the 2007/08 financial year

• Building my profile as an expert through book contributions and speaking engagements.

So with only two weeks left of 2009, I am now thinking about what I want to achieve in 2010. As you can see, 2009 was a very big year for me, but I expect bigger things next year. Here is my list:

1. Continue to grow Strawberry Communications – I look forward to working with current clients to build their businesses, but also have a number of exciting projects in the pipeline for next year.

2. Delegate – this is not one of my strong points, however to achieve the growth goal I must pass some work on to others (who knows they might have a better and/or quicker way!)

3. Start writing my book – I’ve been planning a book for a number of years and if I leave it too much longer someone else will jump on the idea

4. Lose weight – as I said last year this is my perennial goal, but if I can end 2010 weighing less than 2009 I will be happy. I have started looking after my diet better under the guidance of a nutritionist and been speaking to a personal trainer so I am arming myself with the tools I need to make this happen.

What would you like to achieve in 2010? I’d love to hear your list and we can compare notes in a year!

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  1. Nicole says

    December 20, 2009 at 9:02 pm

    I wish you well with #1 that is a very personal thing
    #2 if there is anything/question you need help on throw a few questions my way, Im happy to share experiences
    #3 If you can write an average of 137 words a day 356 days of the year for 2 whole years you will have a 100000 word novel in the end. Can you come up with 137 words each night before you go to bed? Im sure I have seen you write more than that on FB in a day lol.
    I will be joining you on #4. I might even give you a weekly check in for encouragement. Thankyou so much for sharing. Its nice to be surrounded by people with a focus.

  2. Carole Disseldorp says

    December 30, 2009 at 5:05 pm

    Well done Johanna! You have worked hard and achieved heaps!
    I finally have a bit of time to read some blogs.
    This year I would like to do some public speaking. I am definitely not a natural at this, but I think it would be really good for my business and I am determined to have a go. I am booked to give my first speech at toastmasters in Feb. on the topic of ‘Me’. I was never encouraged to speak as a child/teenager and this has made it difficult, but I will work on this.

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