The Start of the New Year - Expectations vs Intentions

The start of a new year - whether calendar, school or fiscal brings new hopes, expectations and the best intentions to make the most of the time ahead.  It's a reset opportunity, time to start fresh and really make a difference.  Regardless of how it actually turns out, the blank page of possibilities staring at us at the outset reflects our desires and hopes.

So, it's an odd approach to elect to go slow, and measured, and turn down as much as one takes on, but that's exactly the situation I'm in.  I don't want to be swamped by work, or constantly busy, in this my own busiest season historically.  Instead I'm going to try to focus on quality deliveries at home and work.  To do a smaller amount of work, but do it really well.

Understanding your own capacity to do things is a great thing, but also determining where cracks start to appear, where the deliverable isn't quite as good as it could be - that's also very important I'd argue.  I don't want to have to justify to anyone (including and especially myself) why the work I've done isn't up to my own specs.  Not when it's my own foot on the throttle.  We always have some degree of control to make what we each do, positive for ourselves.  Look for it, find it, and exercise it.

Here's to a new year full of expectations that you can meet.