{"id":1565,"date":"2018-01-05T03:50:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T08:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2018-01-04T19:58:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T00:58:41","slug":"week-173-welcome-to-2018-what-tracks-do-you-want-to-make-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1565","title":{"rendered":"Week #173 &#8211; Welcome to 2018!!! \u00a0(What tracks do you want to make this year?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1562\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Fresh-Snow.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1562\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1562 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Fresh-Snow-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Fresh-Snow.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Fresh-Snow.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Fresh-Snow.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Fresh-Snow.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Fresh-Snow.jpg?w=1632&amp;ssl=1 1632w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Fresh-Snow.jpg?w=1250&amp;ssl=1 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Fresh Snow in OG&#8221; (photo credit: Grace Church)<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Week #173 &#8211; Welcome to 2018!!! \u00a0(What tracks do you want to make this year?)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year, Tribe &#8212; and Happy First Friday of 2018!!!<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=1557\">last week,<\/a> I hope you made some time over the holidays to look back at 2017 and CELEBRATE the things that went right.<\/p>\n<p>And, I hope you have a plan in place to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=792\">keep track <\/a>of the good stuff that will come your way in the year ahead. \u00a0Because we are on our way!<\/p>\n<p><strong>But if not, don&#8217;t despair! \u00a0I just returned to LA after a ten-day trip back home to New Jersey &#8212; and to a calendar that seems stuck on December 24th!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My apartment is still decorated, there are unsent Christmas cards, and a list of yearly review\/planning questions still not answered!<\/p>\n<p>But January is a blank slate&#8230;like that fresh blanket of snow on the beach in my photo. \u00a0And I intend to take time this week to catch up on my end-of-the-year wrap-up and 2018 prep.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a little behind &#8212; or the holidays left you in the dust (or slush as it is for so many of you right now) &#8212; join me this week as I lay the first tracks into 2018!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a recap of some of my favorite tools:<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>YOUR &#8220;ONE WORD&#8221; &#8212;\u00a0Three or four years ago I ran across a little red book called\u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getoneword.com\/\">The ONE WORD That Will Change Your Life<\/a>. \u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">The gist is this: while contemplating the year ahead &#8212; and\u00a0working\u00a0through a few questions (in the PDF on the website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getoneword.com\/\">www.getoneword.com<\/a>) &#8212; you come up with ONE WORD that encapsulates what you want the year to mean to you. \u00a0Then, you make a plan to keep it front and center to live out daily. \u00a0What ONE WORD would you like to make your focus for 2018?<\/span><\/li>\n<li>David Allen (author of <a href=\"http:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/\">Getting Things Done<\/a>) offers a series of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidco.com\/newsletters\/archive\/0112.html\">&#8220;Year-End Review&#8221;<\/a> questions on his website that prompt you to &#8220;complete and remember&#8221; the year behind &#8212; and &#8220;create&#8221; the year ahead. \u00a0<span class=\"Apple-style-span\">(The link is from a previous year so just modify the years to 2017\/2018.) \u00a0You can move through this list quickly with first thoughts &#8212; or spend lots of time really unpacking things. \u00a0What would you like to create for yourself in 2018?<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Another favorite is the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/betterme.org\/cleansweep.html\">Clean Sweep Assessment<\/a>&#8221; &#8212; a more mathematical measurement of personal satisfaction in four key areas of our lives: physical environment, personal well-being, money, and relationships. \u00a0How do you tally up?<\/li>\n<li>And, of course, there is always traditional goal-setting &#8212; take a dream and use the &#8220;SMART&#8221; acronym to break it down into: Specific, Measurable, Achievable,\u00a0Relevant, and Time-Bound action steps. \u00a0Just remember to put a little <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spreadhappyness.com\/?p=268\">WHY behind your WHAT<\/a> &#8212; and consider an even SMART-ER approach <span class=\"Apple-style-span\">by adding EMOTION and RESULT to the mix by asking WHY? \u00a0(&#8220;So that I can FEEL&#8230;&#8221; and &#8220;So that I can achieve\/accomplish\/acquire\/arrive at\/accept&#8230;etc.&#8221;)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">And for all you\u00a0compulsive types trying to build a daily habit &#8212; check out Jerry Seinfeld&#8217;s excuse-busting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersstore.com\/dont-break-the-chain-jerry-seinfeld\/\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t Break the Chain&#8221;<\/a> method! \u00a0It&#8217;s not just for writers!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Your Happyness Challenge for the week ahead:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>What tracks to do you want to make in 2018?<\/strong>\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t done so already, take some time this week to reflect on the year past &#8212; and to think about the year ahead. \u00a0What are your\u00a0goals, dreams, aspirations, and visions? \u00a0Where do you want to be next year this time? \u00a0What is your WHY?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">If you have a favorite reflection or goal-setting tool that you use, please share it with me in the comments or via email. \u00a0And if there is some way that I can help you set a goal that will Spread Happyness to you or someone you love in 2018, please let me know that too!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><i>&#8220;The future lies before you, like a field of fallen snow: be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.&#8221; \u00a0(Author Unknown)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Spread Happyness<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0&#8212;\u00a0share your dreams, goals, aspirations, or favorite tools in the comments!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>1\/5\/18 by Grace Church<br \/>\n<\/em><em>\u00a9 Grace Church<br \/>\ngrace@spreadhappyness.com<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week #173 &#8211; Welcome to 2018!!! 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