Spring-When the New Year REALLY Begins...New Life & 1st Quarter 2010 Progress: Objectives & Goals #socialmedia #marketing #books #dbw

I find it interesting...

that the globally recognized “Gregorian Calendar” year begins in January - which is generally, the “dead of winter”... for most of the Western world.

...the “dead of winter” when the ground is frozen and the landscape is generally barren or covered in snow...

In contrast, the "Old Roman Calendar" year likely started the first of March… closer to Spring's dawn… which seems to be a much more fitting time to "begin" the year...

In fact, the Romans apparently pretty much just ignored the remaining 61 days, which fell in the middle of winter.

“The [Roman] calendar year lasted 304 days and there were about 61 days of winter which were not assigned to any month. ” Roman calendar - Wikipedia

Interesting…don't you think?

And, what does that mean in regard to/have to do with goal setting, evaluating progress toward objectives and the first quarter check-up?

…it means that the “real” beginning... the "New" year is just getting started!

Spring is about newness of life,
rebirth, Spring Holidays

and bright, beautiful flowers!~

If you feel that you have “fallen behind” on your "New Year resolutions"
(usually made in Dec/Jan)… it’s NOT TOO LATE... to get things restarted!

SOOO, DON'T QUIT!
DON'T PUT IT OFF ...until "next year"...
time to get crackin’~… Start Fresh! AGAIN!~ : )

• "Fall seven times, stand up eight." ~Japanese Proverb
• When the world says, "Give up," Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."~Author Unknown
• "It's never too late to start life all over again and make the change"~Never too Late- PersonalGrowth.com
• "IT'S NEVER TOO LATE - Lyrics" ~John Kay & Nick St. Nicholas
• "Don't Quit When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When... " ~BoardofWisdom.com
• “Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.” ~Lance Armstrong

• Please revisit:
  Goals & Objectives for 2010 ~ My "3 Words" - Heinlein Group
   
• And here are some simple guidelines to help keep you on track or
  to get you started [again : ) ]:
  "How To Set Goals" (http://www.dkeener.com/keenstuff/goals.html)
  1. What you want to BE
  2. What you want to DO
  3. What you want to HAVE
  4. What you want to GIVE
  5. What you don't want to BE, DO, HAVE, and GIVE
  

While you are brainstorming in these categories, you'll want to make sure you think about subcategories of interest to you. Ones that people often use are:

• Personal
  
  
  • Artistic-creative,
  • Fitness-Health/Wellness
  • Learning-Intellectual, 
  • Fun-Recreation

• Family: Personal Relationship(s)

• Spiritual-Faith Practice 
•  Community- Friends

• Professional-Career

• Financial

So  continue... GO... BE... DO... BECOME...

It's Spring Time!~ the Year is New!...

Please do tell me about how things are going...