The Week In Between

Ah, back to the grind this week! Many people will take this week off….others will “go” to work without really getting much accomplished (see my blog re: the holidays)

This is actually one of my favorites weeks of the year. The phones are relatively slow, the e-mail torrent is a trickle-and there are just plain fewer folks in the office.

That means a fresh start to the new year. Some of the things you can accomplish this week include:

1) Cleaning your office/cubicle/workspace, tossing out all the crap that has been piling up
2) Install you new daytimer or calendar programs for 2009
3) Close out 2008 files and start ones for the new year
4) Catch up on your correspondence from the hectic holidays
5) THINK about what you would like to accomplish in the new year

Number 5 is especially important. Divide your life into it’s various component parts-as you have distinctively different “roles”. There is WORK, FAMILY, PERSONAL-and maybe you can come up with others.

Assess how effective you were in 2008 in each of your roles. Then, make your list of GOALS for 2009.

It’s a cliché, but it’s true: “Failure to plan is actually planning to fail!”

Here’s hoping this week is productive for you as you wrap up ’08!