Do More Stuff in 2016 -Productivity

Happy New Years!  It seems I went dark for a brief moment.  Well I’m back.  I hope that you enjoyed your holiday festivities.  I definitely enjoyed mine. 

My heart, soul and spirit tells me that this year, 2016 will be the BEST YEAR YET. 

I can’t explain it or quantify it but I have an overwhelming feeling of expectancy in the Year 2016.  I expect great, miraculous and wonderful things to happen.

Now My New Year’s Celebration didn’t involve balloons, champagne, clocks, balls falling from the sky or a New Year’s Eve Church services.  What it did include was a couple of days of true reflection and prayer. 

And then at the stroke of Midnight on New Year’s Eve the house was completely quiet and I was surrounded by my journals, planners, books and endless amounts of resources paid and free that I’ve accumulated over the past year or so.  

Guess what? I have download and printed literally 10 reams of paper of things that could possibly help me fulfill my dreams and I have barely touched the surface of any of them.   What a waste right? 

So this year I decided no more clicking the free download button, no more add to basket and no more signing up for online workshops.  Not indefinitely, just until I incorporate the things that I have already.  Oh and no more NEW BOOKS till I read recently purchased BOOKS!

Now I must be honest I will be pining my lovely finds to one of my 100 Pinterest boards for later consumption unless its time sensitive; (if so I have to make the right decision….if I get it now then I have to use it now).   I’m not quitting cold turkey either I will subscribe to a few blogs that I am serious about following…. limiting myself to 3-5 email subscriptions a week.  One of my email is full of spam from bloggers who have not grasped the concept that some times less is more.  The reason this is a problem because when I start clicking I start reading and the clock keeps ticking.  So in the email I use now for business and blogging I add blogs that will compliment my life’s works.  For instance other writers, homemakers, planner junkies and people who make me feel great when I enter their blog.  

I will do all of these things to eliminate a lot of noise around me.  Not bad noise but noise is noise and it can distraction. 

Now to get to the wonderful One Word for 2016.  For the last …. Years I have participated in using one word to describe my annual New Year Goals or as others describe as resolutions…. I like Goals better. 

The first year was in 2013 the one word I used as a theme was Reposition this was the year after my mother passed and I really had to reposition myself and deal with being a grown child of deceased parents.  Then in 2014 my word was focus.  I choose focus because my objective was to become more focused on my goals and the things that I considered important at the time.  Last year my word was Intentional.  During that time I was very selective in what I did and how I did it.  Making sure that every move served a predetermined purpose

This year’s word is Productivity….. The reason that I choose productivity is because this year is the year that I will be focused, positioned and intentional in all my efforts.  This year’s theme is to get stuff done, do more stuff, make more stuff and read lots of stuff!  Stuff is whatever moves me closer to my ultimate goals in life.  Whether it is Spiritual, Financial, Relational, Mental or Physical my overall objective is productivity.  In the coming weeks I will share some of the productivity tools that I’m currently using.  I will also share if they are a help or if they have become noise.  Blogging is at the top of my list of stuff to do and I will blog with a purpose related to my ultimate goals. 

Have you settled on what your New Year Resolutions or goals will be this year? Have you chosen a themed word to dictate your journey this year?

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The image of desk is from Jill Levenhagen Collection of stock photos