The last few years we’ve been publicly setting a focus word and intention for the year ahead. We’ve noticed it truly helped our mindset and inspired our actions throughout the year. A focus keyword is a constant reminder of your overarching goal you set for yourself. If you make one for yourself, write it big or get a sign made with your word on it so that you can always look up from your desk or other working space and keep your biggest priority top of mind every day.
Take some time with your intention and try to understand why you’re doing what you do in the first place. Where do you see yourself going? What word feels inline with that vision? What have you kept telling yourself over and over towards the end of the previous year?
2020 took a toll on so many of us. It’s time to find your center and see where you fit into the chaos and how you can protect yourself from it or passionately involve yourself in it. Last year was the Year of the Emperor and 2021 is the Year of the Hierophant. The Emperor taught us a lot of hard lessons. The Hierophant wants us to digest those lessons and build a sturdier foundation. Try new things and take risks to set yourself up for the ‘right path’. Really dive into stabilizing your dreams.
Our word of 2021 is Sustainable. We’re aiming to take the tools we’ve gained from 2020 and use them to our advantage. Fine tuning until we feel we’re ready to dive into the next thing. We don’t know what our world is going to be like in a few months. But we do know we’re going to want to continue to learn, grow, and adapt personally and professionally.
We’ve all got this. <3
Have you written your 2021 goals or resolutions yet? If not, we wrote some for you.
- Try something new with your branding
- Test out different marketing efforts
- Develop your core values
- Plan your social media monthly
- Organize your files
- Revisit your sales pitch
- Update your website
- Delegate tasks that take up too much of your time
- Revisit your onboarding process
- Update your business plan
- Connect with your accountant and see how you can do better
- Set time aside to reflect
- Get an accountability buddy
- Create a survey for your customers to see how you’re doing
- Work on your automation
- Put money aside for taxes weekly
- Setup or add to your retirement
- Hire a design and marketing team
- Take an online course
- Mail ‘just because’ cards to friends, family, and colleagues
- Examine online presence and make sure it’s all up to date
- Take a 1 week staycation
- Be kind to yourself
- Set professional boundaries
- Ask your friends and family what they love about you
- Budget your cash flow
- Reflect on your months
- Take a bike ride
- Journal your intentions
- Learn something new
- Buy art from a small artist
- Ask your team for feedback on processes
- Practice personal development
- Shut all electronics off for 1 weekend
- Limit mindless social media habits
- Surround yourself with people who love you
- Develop 4 new healthy habits
- Practice gratitude daily
- Schedule time with friends and family, safely
- Learn about your strengths
- Nurture your strengths
- Buy yourself something you’ve been wanting for a long time
- Ask for feedback and critique
- Redecorate your work space
- Volunteer with an organization
- Meditate weekly
- Read 3 books
- Listen to a new podcast
- Get a massage
- Be Sustainable
Download & Print this list to hang in your workspace!
