It did not dawn on me that we would be ending a decade this year until about October. Seriously things in my life have been non-stop and I had not taken the time to consider that a new decade was upon us!

All I can say is the past decade has flown by and been eventful:
- Both boys graduated from High School
- I began a new career at Tractor Supply Company
- David and I celebrated our 25th and 35th Wedding Anniversaries
- My father-in-law and Dad both left this world
- We bought a new business
- Youngest son graduated from college
- We have traveled
- And I started this blog and working toward becoming a midlife influencer
Wow, that’s a lot of events happening in a decade. Now, it has me wondering what the next decade will bring. I do have several goals that I want to achieve, and I have started planning them out – I am starting with the first year and will add new pieces to my goals each year. Below, I’m sharing with you some strategies that I will use to get me to my goals.
5 Steps to get the Most out of Year 1 in this New Decade

- Be specific in your goals. I have three main goals that I want to obtain this year.
10K Followers on IG
200+ Followers on my blog
3 Paid partnerships/collaborations
- With each goal, begin to break them down into smaller pieces that you will do monthly, weekly and daily to achieve those goals. Again, be very specific about the smaller pieces. Here are a few examples for my goals:
10K followers – plan a monthly content calendar, plan my weekly posts using the Tailwind app, engage daily with other accounts that I am following and new ones that fit with my brand.
Blog – plan a monthly content calendar (I will combine this with the calendar above), start working on my weekly post on Sunday afternoon, checkout and engage with other bloggers daily.
Paid partnerships – in my first month, I am working on deciding which collaborations I want to work with and that fit with my brand and lifestyle. After I have determined those, I will begin the other steps toward getting those collaborations.
- Check in with your goals, the frequency is up to you but it’s important to make it happen. I will be checking in weekly for the first month so I can see my progress and where I need to put more effort. At the end of the month, I will check in with my progress to see if I need to continue to assess weekly.
- Get a mentor if you want to make big strides toward your goals. A mentor can help you see the big picture and the small changes that you may overlook. A mentor can challenge you to take big steps/risks that you might not otherwise.
- Go with the flow. If you are making progress toward your goal, keep it up. If not, you may need to consider changing tactics or direction.
This year, I have chosen three words to guide me daily in my goals:
JOY
PEACE
POSSIBILITIES

I want to have joy for everything that I have and for the things I am working toward. I want to share peace and kindness wherever I can; and I want to be sure I don’t miss any possibilities that are presented to me.
Please feel free to share a goal or two with me in the comments. I would love to encourage you. Also, join us on Instagram using #peacetrain. We are spreading peace, kindness and understanding through our feeds. Everyone is welcome.
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I love how you laid out your actionable goals for this year. I need to do the same for 2020, both personally and professionally. Thanks so much for sharing this!
Thank you. These goals were just for my influencing business. I have others too!
Thanks for sharing your journey with us, Kim. You have so much going for you in 2020. All the best!
Thank you. I will be doing periodic updates of my progress!
These are definitely manageable goals.
I’d love to reach 10k on IG but it might be a while for me haha! I’ll just be focusing on my fitness instead. Good luck on the collaborations this year.
It has taken me awhile too so I understand!
You have set some great goals!
Thank you. I want to stretch myself.
I definitely agree, having actionable goals in place makes it easier to see your vision play out and you can see the progress as you move forward.
Thank you. I am working on taking daily actions.
Thank you for sharing these awesome tips! You have some incredible projects in the works! Congrats! One of my my goals for 2020 is to start writing my blog again. I left it behind for a couple of years. It’s time to write again what’s in my heart and hopefully inspire other women in midlife. I love this community women and I love that you and many others in this group value kindness and are so supportive ! Together we can do so much!
You absolutely should write again. Let me know when you do and I will sign up!
Yes! Taking steps every day in the right direction equals success. Wishing you the best of everything in 2020!
Same to you. I think 2020 is going to a good year for lots of people.
Love it Kim! I am inspired how you keep evolving. I look forward to following your progress!
Thank so much. Hope you all are doing great!
I wrote an article on why plans often don’t work, great opportunity to communicate from blog to blog. Your’s is so specific and committed that it it probably will. My experience with years of planning obsession; don’t let set backs veer you off and toss the plan. Plans work when they are like fluid dances and we never leave the dance floor.
I agree, don’t give up. Just keep moving forward!
I’m trying it this way