Goals and a New Year Part 4

OK, so now is the stage of getting all of your stuff together and package it up in a simple plan for the upcoming year.
It can seem daunting if you have a list of goals and milestones and objectives.....suddenly this becomes the point where a lot of us put the notes in a drawer and wing it.  Don't stop know, this is too important to leave to chance.
You should make 3 lists.  They are: 1) Short term goals, 2) Mid Term Goals, 3) Long Term Goals.
Still with me?  Take the information you gathered from determining what worked for you and what did not over the past year, what is important to you and what are your biggest concerns.  As well write down what you decided upon as your "Big One."  This is the one goal which if accomplished would lead to an easy path to many of your other goals.  Your other goals Short, Mid and Long Term should all be helping you reach the Big One.  You might have other small goals not directly related and that is fine, but the key is to keep it simple.
On your list of short term goals list the items you want to accomplish in the next 3 months Mid Term over the next 6 months and Long Term over the next Year.
  These should all be very specific and measurable.  In other words don't list as one of your goals to have a lot of extra money, you need to be specific and state that you want to have $1000.00 in a certain account.  That is something that is specific and measurable.  As well they need to be personal goals.  You cant want to accomplish a goal for someone else.  Goals need to be personal and for you or your business.  You can't have a goal of no rain for 2 months, that is out of your control and not personal.

So list 3-5 goals in the short term. List 3-5 in the mid term and 2-4 Long Term Goals. 

These are numbers you can work with.
You should now have 3 lists with time lines and something to measure.  As well you should have your one Big Goal.  Now this is the most important part.  You have to write this down.  If you do not write the goals out you are fooling yourself into thinking you are doing anything.  Just letting them float around in your head does not work! 
I carry a small note book wherever I go.  My goals are written out in that book and I review them all the time.  When I am needing to remind myself why I am doing something or sacrificing something I use my written goals as a reminder to keep me on track.
Don't go through this whole exercise and not write them down and keep track of them.  Goals are a tool for business and personal growth and a tool needs to be used to be useful.