Growing up, one of the most distressing announcements I would hear would be from my dad.
“Tonight, we are having a family meeting.”
My brother and I knew what this meant. No doubt there was some new rules we’d have to follow because of one of us screwing up. The issue might be singular, but it gave our dad the opportunity to lay down a bunch of additional rules too. We left those meetings depressed and a little scared. Our reality was changing a bit.
As we enter the New Year, maybe it’s time for us to do a little “family meeting.”
Not the negative ones I grew up with, but one for you to set the expectations for the coming year.
My word of the year is LEGACY. I hope to frame whatever I do this year against that word. This is for professional stuff of course. Personally, my hope is to continue my health journey and to embrace fully my artistic side. This means of course there may be more rules.
Legacy: Build on our current level of curriculum and expand offerings to emerging leaders and failing leaders. Go back to visual facilitating using Bikablo and a document camera (this will happen when high speed internet finally arrives for us early this year).
Health Journey: Continue mindful eating. Continue fast walking. Increase strength training. Cut back on alcohol and other fun, but unhealthy things.
Artistic Side: Take another round of sculpting classes. Finish out our home pottery studio. Set up my Etsy site and start selling pottery! Commit to touching clay at least five days per week.
January 3 offers a clean slate. We get one each year. What will you do differently in 2024? What do you hope to achieve? What new rules will you be setting up in your “family meeting?”
