In Part 1 of this series on Goal Setting for Creatives, I introduced the annual planning process I use to create and track my goals for the coming year. Out of this planning, I create my own Strategic Planner, which is a portable, visual booklet that serves as a beautiful and practical reference of the plans I’ve made.
Part 2 shows you exactly how to design achievable goals by using a handy spreadsheet I developed.
Here, in Part 3, I’ve created a video to show you how my 2010 Strategic Planner looks so far and how to put together your own.
Here’s a list of the supplies I used to create my 2010 Strategic Planner:
Cover: created out of a greeting card. Card stock or heavy paper will work.
Inside Pages: trim about five or six pieces of paper to the same size as the card when opened flat. Fold these pages in half.
My pages are created from one piece of decorative paper, plus pages recycled from a font catalog.
Envelope: An envelope the size of one page makes a handy pocket to store other pages of writing. I create one page for each category and store them in the envelope.
Ribbon: to tie the pages together.
Paint: Tempera paint or craft paint to paint out busy background elements from recycled paper pages, or to add color if you’re using plain paper.
Glue stick, tape and ephemera: glue in photos of yourself and images that represent the theme of your year or a specific goal. Clear packing tape is used to create extra page flaps out of postcards. Just tape paper and postcard along the edge, and you’ve got a fold-out page to work on back of.
Alphabet Rubber Stamps: optional, but you know you want some.
I own dozens of alphabet stamps. And I’m OK with that. My name is Lisa Sonora, and I’m an Alphaholic….
The alphabet stamps are from my friend Traci Bunkers.
Here’s a link to her etsy shop. She’s got loads of cool stuff, not just alphabets.
I see her book, Print and Stamp Lab: 52 Ideas for Handmade, Upcycled Print Tools is available for pre-order! Congrats, Traci!
I hope you have fun creating your own Strategic Planner. If you make one, I’d love to see what you did. Feel free to post a comment below with a link to your website or Flickr gallery, or however else you share images. We all want to see!
Next week, I’ll share some tips for staying on track with what you’ve mapped out in your Strategic Planner.
Happy planning and creating, all!
xoxoxo
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Howdy! I’m Lisa Sonora Beam, author of The Creative Entrepreneur. I teach people how to get unstuck and use their creativity to make a living doing what they love. 
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Hi Sonora…. it’s patrick,,, a voice from your past when you taught with stewart and I was a particpant in your painting workshops,,, san anselmo, abiquiu new mexico.. etc.. I stumbled upon your book on amazon and then this blog!!!!!! how wonderful !!!! how absolutely wonderful to find you and see how you are creating this life for yourself,,, I actually want to get your book as it looks very interesting. I have been teaching painting one day a week for a few years now but still have my garden design/build business which I think I’m going to phase out,,, are you in san anselmo or in LA???? do you remember me??? it would be nice to hear from you or see you and chat…. my email is pghouck@yahoo.com warm regards, patrick
@Patrick Hello! Yes, I remember you! It’s been about 9 years or so? So glad you got in touch. I’m renting out my SF Bay Area work/live space while I’m in Mexico.
I will send you an email….cheers for now. And happy new year!
I want to quote your post in my blog. It can?
And you et an account on Twitter?
korniyenko: Sure, you can quote the post on your blog, as long as you provide a link back to the original post and credit me as the author.
Hi Lisa,
Thank you for sharing this with the world. One thing I haven’t seen yet in this tutorial is how the book and the result of the goal setting connect. do you have a way of putting those in the book (or is that coming in the next part?)
Thanks,
Tom
I made one! You totally inspired me. You can see mine here:
http://barbarajcarter.wordpress.com/2010/01/06/art-inspiration-booklet-for-2010/
nice post. thanks.
Great post!