It’s Time to Check In on Your Goals!

Happy New Year!

It’s been about a month since 2025 began. Did you set goals for the year? Here at CultureSync, we hosted a goal-setting workshop to help our clients and friends create clear, actionable goals for the new year. Whether or not you attended, we want to check in—how’s it going? 

We know goal-setting can sometimes fall into the “set it and forget it” category. To avoid this, we recommend a monthly review to help you stay on track. Here are a few tips and strategies to ensure steady progress toward your goals.

Did You Complete Your Goal-Setting Process?

If you haven’t yet finalized your goals, take a moment to do so. If you already set them, consider sharing them with someone or setting up an accountability structure to keep you motivated.

Create a One-Sheet Summary

Compile a one-page document listing your key goals for the year. Place it somewhere visible as a daily reminder. For those who attended our goal-setting workshop, this sheet includes your:

• Guiding principles
• Empowering paradigm
• Focus for the year
• Core values
• Key roles
• Top 10 goals

Track Monthly Progress with Measurable Stats

We recommend you do a monthly review to help you stay on track with your goals this year.  Ideally, you can set up some monthly stats that will help you track your goals.  Look at each of your goals and set up a measurable monthly statistic to check in on.  Here are some examples:

• Goal:  Monthly date nights with my husband/wife.
  • Stat:  Date nights
• Goal:  Lose 12 pounds this year (1 pound per month)
  • Monthly stat:  Pounds lost
• Goal:  Read one book a month
  • Monthly stat:  Books read
• Goal:  Exercise 3 days a week (12 days a month)
  • Stat:  Days exercised

Some of your goals won’t easily lend themselves to a stat.  That’s okay.  ​You should think about how you want to make progress on those goals and if there is anything you want to do next month to move you closer to accomplishing them. Then, schedule that in your calendar or add them to your task list.

​You may ​also have stats you want to track that aren’t directly linked to one of your top 10 goals.  Examples:

• Read (pages, days, books, etc.)
• Booked Revenue
• Speaking Engagements
• Insomnia
• No sugar
• No alcohol
• Medication
• Vitamins
• Language learning (lessons, days, classes, etc.)
• Made the Bed
• ​Did the dishes before bed
• Went to bed by 10 pm (or whatever time you aspire to)
• Got up by 6 am (or whatever time you aspire to)

Reflect Monthly

Here are some additional questions for you to reflect on each month. If you decide to join us for CultureSync’s goal-setting session next year, this will make it very easy as you just go back to your monthly reflections and review them:

1. What did I accomplish this month?
2. What were my challenges or disappointments?
3. What are my favorite things?

I also like to go through my phone and grab 1-3 photos from the month.  I print those out using my HP Photo Sprocket (2”x3” photo stickers) that I can put on my review pages in my journal.  If you’re using an electronic journal like Canva, that’s even easier.  You just import your pictures. No new tech is required.

Adjust as Needed

Don’t forget this isn’t a life sentence or an exercise in self-flagellation.  If you are not making progress on certain goals, actively engaging with certain roles, or living according to specific values, perhaps you need to CHANGE WHAT YOU HAVE WRITTEN DOWN, rather than beat yourself up about it.

If you’re stuck on any of this and want help, reach out. We are here to help!