Episode 237: Looking at my goals and readjusting
Episode 237: Looking at my goals and readjusting
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looking back at my goals and readjusting -Â episode 237
looking back at my goals and readjusting -Â episode 237
 “Plan on a system with the assumption of hardship.” In this episode I reflect on the goals and systems I was hoping to put in place at the beginning of the year and see where they are. I look back on episode 204, Becoming, and repeat quotes from James Clear and Ashley Jansen about putting systems in place and making sure we have the assumption of hardship while we are trying to accomplish said goals or systems. I reflect on the systems that are working for me and what I need to do to get things back on track. I also make some adjustments to my key results as I go into the last two months of the year. Hoping this helps me go from feeling frazzled to ready to take on the day. Â
Show Notes: Hi Friends! I hope you enjoyed listening to this episode. Below are all the references.Â
Quote From the Episode
Quote From the Episode
“The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game. True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking… it’s about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement.”
Key Topics
Key Topics
Feeling overwhelmed as the holidays approach
Revisiting her “Becoming” goals from episode 204
The difference between goals and systems
James Clear’s principles from Atomic Habits
Minimum requirements and planning for hardship
Identifying systems that are working (scripture study, gratitude journaling, exercise)
Habits that have slipped (cleaning routines, decluttering, bed-making)
Creating new key results for the remainder of the year
Setting aside time intentionally
Giving yourself credit for “invisible” work: running a household, supporting kids, adjusting to change
Preparing mentally and spiritually for the holiday season
Thinking ahead to December and starting early on next year’s goals
System & Habit Themes Camille Highlights
System & Habit Themes Camille Highlights
Systems that survived busy months: daily scripture study, gratitude journaling, regular exercise
Systems that faded: decluttering rhythm, consistent nightly cleanup, inspirational videos
Minimum requirement habit: a small, doable version of the goal that you always complete
Assuming hardship: designing habits that still work when life gets messy
Scheduling time: blocking out weekly space for what matters
Support systems: letting others (like Nate!) join in to lighten the load
Camille’s Readjusted Key Results for the Rest of the Year
Camille’s Readjusted Key Results for the Rest of the Year
Continue nightly kitchen cleanup
Maintain existing cleaning schedule
Declutter once a week (starting with clothes)
Donate items weekly
Work in the storage room 30 minutes once a week
Begin the week with intentional planning and scheduling
Watch one motivational decluttering video each week
Sources
Sources
Sources & Mentions
Sources & Mentions
Episode on Objectives & Key Results (OKRs)
Personal updates: surgery recovery, stake calling, kids at college, property project
The mental load and invisible work of running a household
Transcript
Transcript
I am Camille Johnson, and this is Finding the Floor.
Stories and reflections of midlife motherhood, family, and finding meaning in it all.
Join me as I share a little piece of my life and figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
Hey everyone, welcome to Finding the Four.
Oh, how's everybody doing today?
And so this has been really good for me to kind of think about this.
So I'm going to share this with you.
I feel like you're just barely hanging on.
Not that I'm barely hanging on.
I just feel like I'm barely keeping one step ahead of things.
It was kind of the last episode before the new year.
So thinking ahead, 2024 was the title.
thinking about the idea of becoming this year as opposed to just things I want to accomplish.
And there's a process and so many good things come from the process of doing those things.
having your goals or your systems or your becomings, I think is really important.
And then I got my calling as the Stake Relief Society president.
And I just feel like I'm just been like dog paddling.
Anyway, it's just been a lot of different things that I kind of wasn't expecting.
So it was good to just go back a little bit and look at this episode and kind of readjust and see
In the newsletter, it's just really simple.
It has like 3 quotes from him and two quotes from other people.
Sometimes you're like, oh, that's so true.
And it kind of sticks with you.
And he sends it out every Thursday.
But this quote I really liked just about the idea of systems and goals.
Quote, a systems first mentality provides the antidote.
You can be satisfied anytime your system is running.
And a system can be successful in many different forms, not just the one you first envisioned.
He mentions like when you train for a big race and when you're done, now what?
So he goes on to say, quote, the purpose of setting goals is to win the game.
The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game.
True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking.
It's not about any single accomplishment.
It's about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement.
Ultimately, it is your commitment to the process that will determine your progress.
Okay, so how have your processes been developed, been working this year?
That's a really good thing to think about.
So I've been thinking about the processes that I have
in my life that I've noticed, even when I get busy, these things always happen.
So I've noticed that I've kept doing my gratitude journaling.
I do that when I start doing my scripture study.
Even if it's like a short amount of time, it always happens.
And then the other thing that I usually do almost five out of seven days a week is exercising.
So obviously I like that system.
Even if I do the, what I call the minimum
And then with my exercising, I try to do at least 30 minutes.
Sometimes I have a couple workouts that are less than that when I am really low on time.
So that is always happening, even when unexpected things happen, even when I go out of town.
I just feel like a more normal person when those processes happen in my life.
So that has been such a good thing for me to have that system in place.
And I noticed that I like that system.
So I keep doing that system, the process of continually playing the game.
I really like that quote and the idea as well.
So she says, plan on a system with the assumption of hardship.
So I think sometimes when things get hard,
I know for me, sometimes I just stop doing things.
But if I'm planning on things being hard and still doing those things, then that is the whole point.
She says, quote, it's easy to set goals and make a plan when you are energized and feeling good.
But what happens when things are hard?
Don't plan your systems based on the idea that you will be eager and motivated.
Plan your systems as though you will have to implement them when you are tired and things are hard.
Like I said, the same thing is with working out.
When it's hard, when you don't want to do it, what is the minimum you know you can make yourself do?
So I've heard of someone who wanted to make sure she walked every day.
That was her beginning goal of working out.
And so her minimum was to walk one mile.
no matter what happened, that she would always just have to walk one mile a day.
And to her seemed easy, even when she wasn't motivated, eager, energized, all those things.
If all those things were not happening in her life, she could get herself to at least walk one mile.
minimum things you can do to follow through on these goals.
Like I said, again, with my workouts, I can usually find something 30 minutes or less or even 25.
I've even found some like quick 15 minutes like HIIT cardio if I just have a tiny bit of time.
So I've noticed that I haven't been doing any decluttering.
But since then, I really haven't done much.
And I've thought about doing things like, what if I just going through
my day and I just start pulling things out clothes wise that I know I'm not wearing.
And I start just putting them in a bag.
I've talked about that probably a billion times before and I haven't been doing it.
So what are ways I can make that easy in my life?
Because maybe I'm not going to have 15 minutes or the time I think I'm going to have to declutter.
Or maybe I'm making sure to have it, stack it with something else or
Okay, so this week I knew I needed to clean out my fridge.
It's just like getting them out and cleaning everything up.
And I didn't know if I was like up to it.
But I decided because it was just getting bad and the fridge was starting to smell.
And so I was like, what if I just did one shelf a day?
I could be done in like 4 days.
And the best part about that was
my husband comes in and just starts helping me.
And it really didn't take that long.
Took 30 minutes, I think, by the time we started and then my husband hopped in.
So I think another thing with goals and with motivation is that if you have someone to maybe like
I do have to admit that I have been totally slacking on my bed making habit.
I think I've been doing it maybe one to two times a week as opposed to every day.
I can totally make my bed look nice.
So I'm going to start doing that.
She's an older woman, doesn't have a lot of family or any family in town.
And it was feeling really overwhelming.
Then I wouldn't have to spend extra mental space like worrying about what she might need.
If she needs anything, she obviously can get in touch with me, but those are the things I could do.
And that's something that I think is really important is this setting aside of time.
Because time can just get filled up with so many different things and it happens so quickly.
And so setting aside that time is really important.
So looking ahead, I was like trying to remember the goals that I made at the beginning of the year.
And we had an episode about objectives and key results.
And luckily I wrote those down.
Like I haven't probably thought much about them since April.
But as you're working towards like becoming whatever you want that to look like, becoming
more patient, becoming more clean, all the things that I kind of come to regularly.
Start with something good and then work from there.
Don't freeze because it's not perfect.
Number 4 was take items to donate or sell once a week.
Number 5 was watch one inspirational video each week.
Try to implement a principle you find helpful.
Okay, you guys, I didn't, I haven't decluttered.
I've been keeping up with the schedule.
I have been a little slacky with my cleanup each night, so I'm
And then I also haven't been watching inspirational videos.
So I'm going to 1st continue with cleaning up at the end of each night.
and then take said decluttered items to be donated.
Then I'm going to try working on the storage room for 30 minutes once a week.
And that, again, time will be set aside.
And this next one is really big because I feel like I haven't been doing this.
And then my last thing was watch a motivational decluttering video each week.
And I'm going to try to keep doing that.
I think sometimes it's easy to be like, oh, I fell off the wagon.
I didn't even think about my goals like me that happened, you know, since April.
I haven't been doing all these things, but what are the things that I have done?
And we ordered a dumpster and got rid of a lot of things.
I've been helping a friend with her recovery.
I've gotten children off to college and helped support them in the semester.
I've been supporting my husband.
I've been keeping everybody in this house alive.
And I've been helping to manage, make sure we have food, make sure people have laundry.
Actually, most people do their own laundry.
But just making sure that things are happening within the house.
easily overlook a lot of the day-to-day maintenance of what it really means to run a household.
And as you keep that running of household going fairly smoothly, that's really important.
And I was just thinking, yeah, and I totally redid my front
That is not how I want to feel.
I can keep moving forward and take time to really enjoy all the things that I'm able to do.
Even preparing for the holidays and all those fun things that sometimes can feel stressful.
Okay, guys, that's it for this week.
Good luck with all your looking at your systems and kind of readjusting.
And I think it'll be good also as we think about in December, those old year goals.
What are some things you want to start before the year begins to get yourself like a head start?
All right, thanks for listening you guys, and I'll talk to you next week.
I hope you enjoyed today's episode.
Special thanks to Seth Johnson for creating and performing the theme music.
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