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\"Nurture<\/a>Each year in November\u00a0and December, I spend about\u00a0three total days planning the following year.\u00a0 I have a specific process for each day, a set of tasks that I work on with a few weeks between them, to really get the most out of the preparation time.<\/p>\n

This year\u00a0I am honing my process so that I can offer it to clients, friends, and followers in 2014.\u00a0 It is something I have worked tremendously hard on over the years, and examining it from this new perspective has been empowering!\u00a0 This review allows me to get a fresh perspective that may help someone else plan for and get the most from their upcoming year.\u00a0 I certainly know that it works for me.<\/p>\n

My first step in my process is to review.\u00a0\u00a0I review 2013 and look back, month by month, at what happened.\u00a0I answer some basic inventory questions like:\u00a0Where did I grow?\u00a0 Where did I fall back on my old ways?\u00a0 Where was I challenged?\u00a0 Where did I find success and where was I left wanting?\u00a0 Where am I?\u00a0 Where do I want to be?<\/p>\n

This review flows into a gratitude letter. I write it, literally, “Dear 2013″… then follow with a summary of the year and my thoughts and feelings about what happened or didn’t happen.\u00a0 This process has a profound impact on me.\u00a0 I put the letter in my binder and over time it creates a nice annual journal I can review to really see how God’s blessings and faithfulness have unfolded in my life.<\/p>\n

I also review my life intentions.\u00a0 I create four intentions (physical, mental, social, and spiritual) for my life.\u00a0 I am not really a bucket list kind of girl. Sure, there are things I would love to fit in while I am here, but I really have been so blessed that I am content with where things are.\u00a0 There isn’t a list of things “I just have to do before I die”.\u00a0 Life “goals” are hard to qualify, so I consider these things intentions.\u00a0 Things I hope are true about me when my loved ones gather to celebrate my life and lay me to rest.<\/p>\n

I also prayerfully consider my long-term intentions and make sure that they are still right for me as I move forward.\u00a0 Sometimes they need “tweaking”.\u00a0 Once I have them tweaked, I print them and add them to my binder.<\/p>\n

When I start the actual planning day, I have completed my vision board, my letter to the passing year, my inventory, and I have reviewed my life verse, my life intentions, and my long term intentions.\u00a0 Often, from this and time in prayer around it, I have chosen a new verse for the New Year.\u00a0 If I have not yet, I also spend time choosing a verse from the Bible as a focus for the coming year.<\/p>\n

It really is a process… one that helps me ground, focus, and approach the New Year from the best foundation possible.<\/p>\n

What is your process for annual planning?\u00a0 I would love to know!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each year in November\u00a0and December, I spend about\u00a0three total days planning the following year.\u00a0 I have a specific process for each day, a set of tasks that I work on with a few weeks between them, to really get the most out of the preparation time. 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