Mid-year reset
Let's get set to finish the year strong
We’ve hit the halfway point of the year. How are you feeling? Are you hitting your goals? Or are you a bit off-track? Did you even set any goals at the beginning of the year?
If you feel like your year has been drifting a bit, mid-year is a great time to reflect on what’s been going well (and not so well) and reset so you can finish the year strong.
3 steps to your mid-year reset
#1. Get your list out.
If you wrote some goals at the start of the year, dig that list out (if you had ideas but didn't write them down, scribble them down now – loads of research says even committing goals to paper makes them up to 1.4 times more likely to happen).
#2. Reflect.
Take 15 to 30 minutes to see how things have gone over the past 6 months. Are you still aligned with the goals you set at the beginning of the year, and where might you need to make a change?
When you look at your goals, ask the following questions:
What did I expect the year to look like, and how has it changed?
How far have you come with your goals? If you could give your progress bar a percentage, where would you be?
Why did you set this goal? What did you want to achieve?
What has gone well? Where have you reached your goal, and what has made it possible?
Where are you struggling? Note, this isn’t about beating yourself up over not achieving these goals, but do look for the barriers that you may have built up around why you can’t achieve these goals. Dig into where this came from and look at how you can overcome it in the next 6 months.
#3. Reset
Once you’ve done a good review, it’s time to decide on what you DO want to do next, and push reset for the next six months.
Does each goal still make sense, or do they need an edit? Maybe priorities have changed, and you need to assess if this goal is still important now?
Are your goals balanced? Set one goal for the next quarter for various areas in your life, e.g one goal for health, work, finance, learning, relationships and whatever other categories resonate with you. Focusing on just one thing in each category can really help you make giant leaps.
What are the things that are in your circle of control? What are the things you can directly influence and change?
Break it down. If you have a goal that now seems too big, can you break it down into a quarter goal? Smaller numbers or tasks feel more achievable, and they all move you towards your bigger end goal.
Add in fun! Plan your holidays first before thinking about anything else. If you have no plans for a holiday or a break on your calendar in the next six months, add one now! What small or big activities might you be able to plan to look forward to? When you allow yourself a true break, you often get massive breakthroughs and a-ha moments in your life.
Do you do a mid-year reset? Does it help you keep on track?