A New Year. A New Decade. Time to plan and reflect.

Hey there! Welcome back to Focus on You! A podcast dedicated to the individual with something to say but not quite sure how to say it. I’m Dachia.

Well, the New Year and a new decade have started.

While I’m not much on New Years resolutions for myself, it is a great time of year to think back over the year that ended and take stock of what you’ve accomplished. What goals were achieved? What goals are now on the New Years list?

But this year has the added bonus and added weight that it is a new decade.

We can loopback over the previous 5-10 years and ask ourselves the same questions. Which goals are achieved and which weren’t? Which goals are you going to renew for this year or this decade?

Having long-term goals is a great idea. Long term goals helps you hone patience.

What I’m doing is taking note of where I am right now.

I happen to be in a good position right now. I’m happy in my life. I do think theirs room for improvement, but I have no complaints. I have a job I get great benefit from with little BS to contend with and I have a lot of personal time to work on my side gigs, like the membership site or creating content. But I also have a lot of time to just enjoy myself and the company of my furkids.

This next year, I have a goal of 250 members by the end of the year. As we close in on that number, another goal is to open the community site. I don’t think there will be enough traffic to keep it interesting until we hot this numbers, and honestly I may change that number as I research it more. I want to set the community up for success.

In my personal life, I have a coupe books I might move up to goals for this year. And I plan on building my small home on our property. That will be fun. More room for me and the dogs.

I live a very simple life and love it.

I might do some more speaking this year, but to be honest, in the past, I’ve not wanted to be away from the dogs for that long, so we’ll judge each opportunity as it arises.

So how is your life? What shifts are you thinking about making? What does success look like for you? I hope you are focusing on happiness and not some other bottom line, because without happiness, there can be no success.

If you could pick one word as the theme for this new year, and dare I say this new decade, I hope it is happiness. Or choose another word that can bring you the same feeling.

Perhaps Joy… or fulfillment.

A word that helps you stay your course. That helps you make decisions. A word that focuses your intentions and attention.

This is a word that you can meditate on in the morning before you get your day started or just before bed. How will you pursue this word today? How did you achieve this word today?

I’d love to hear how you develop this task. What your word is and why. Please share it and any other stories questions or concerns through an email or a voicemail. I have a voicemail button on every page of all my sites. You can head to dachia.com to leave a voicemail. Email me at dachia@dachia.com

I tell ya what. I have a very small page on facebook, if you’d like to share your goals there and read others. Maybe get some ideas. Express Yourself Online. Coe on over. It’s a closed group so we don’t get a lot of junk posts there.

And of course, if trying to find answers online is frustrating you, go try the 5 day free trial of the membership at Dachia.org.

I’ll see you next week.