{"id":2600,"date":"2019-06-07T11:00:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/?p=2600"},"modified":"2019-06-07T15:58:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T20:58:58","slug":"annual-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/annual-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Annual Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Put Together an Annual Calendar?<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measuring Your Length of Time &#8211; Part 7<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I mentioned earlier how we don\u2019t actively consult or use an annual calendar to track and prioritize what we do with our time. \u00a0However, there are a few items I\u2019d like to highlight that happens annually that we have built into how we do life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #999999;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2602\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607-TIF-SM-Your-Annual-Calendar-2.png?resize=400%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607-TIF-SM-Your-Annual-Calendar-2.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607-TIF-SM-Your-Annual-Calendar-2.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607-TIF-SM-Your-Annual-Calendar-2.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607-TIF-SM-Your-Annual-Calendar-2.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607-TIF-SM-Your-Annual-Calendar-2.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607-TIF-SM-Your-Annual-Calendar-2.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/20190607-TIF-SM-Your-Annual-Calendar-2.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #999999;\">The Thought or Concept:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every year there are events that occur that you never miss and some you don&#8217;t wish to miss, but somehow have a tendency to sneak up on us. \u00a0This would include birthdays, holidays, Mother\u2019s day, significant dates, etc. Why continue like this year after year, when you know they\u2019re coming? \u00a0We used to wait until the month before Christmas to start preparing, why? Why, do that to yourself? It happens every year at the same time, so why not be better prepared?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our annual activities are staple items that don\u2019t require much attention once recorded to the calendar. \u00a0They\u2019re already set in stone for the year and everything else must work around these items. And since these activities are something we participant in regardless, we might as well be prepared in advance and no longer find ourselves coming from behind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #999999;\">The Practice:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a list of nine activities that we consider annually, to name just a few.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/plan-to-be-generous\/\">Our fiscal year<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Our financial calendar ends on the last day of November. \u00a0We run our financial plan and budget from 12\/1 to 11\/31. In this way, we cut off in November so that we can use the month of December to make plans, adjustments, and to implement changes as the new year begins, starting day one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/rent-to-own-method\/\">Self-implemented Budget Billing<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Our budget billing for expenses is based on 12 months of invoices. \u00a0You&#8217;ve heard us talk about our budget billing process for paying bills before. \u00a0These numbers are based on 12 months of statements. Using 12 months of history for each bill, we true-up these numbers in December as we\u2019re preparing a new family budget for the next year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Annual vacations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Each year we have three staple vacations that we plan for. \u00a0These vacations include the following:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamia\u2019s main vacation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/play-to-your-strengths\/\">Annual marriage retreat<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clark family vacation<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/preparing-for-the-new-year\/\">Annual Family Plan review<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; I mentioned our financial budget earlier, but that financial review is just a piece to our annual \u201cFamily Plan\u201d overview. \u00a0During the month of December we comb through every area of our lives to make plans and adjustments for the new year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/share-together-stay-together\/\">Events stored in a shared annual calendar<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; We keep our annual events in one Outlook calendar, like <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nolongercommon.com\/how-our-friends-untraditional-christmas-changed-ours\/\">holidays<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and birthdays. \u00a0Using a calendar more items are added\/updated overtime. \u00a0Each year it\u2019s more refined and more reflective of the events and dates that matter most to our family. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/using-401k-to-save\/\">Incremental adjustments<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Incremental changes at the beginning of the year work best when implementing lifelong improvements. \u00a0Any changes you\u2019d like to make with the least amount of friction, save them for Jan 1, the new year. For some reason we&#8217;re conditioned that this is the time for change and it makes it easier for everyone to get on board.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/storing-the-plan\/\">Family Plan closeout<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0&#8211; We have a scheduled time to closeout the current year\u2019s family plan binder, so that we can start a new one.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerryaclark.com\/blog\/the-binder\/\">Binder closeout<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; We&#8217;ve set aside a time to closeout our books, so to speak. \u00a0We closeout our binder for paperwork accumulated for the year so that we may start over clean for a new year. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nolongercommon.com\/praying-for-your-new-year\/\">Annual New Year\u2019s Prayer<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; This is the event that ends our year and starts our new year. \u00a0This is the most important scheduled event that we have as a family. \u00a0We\u2019ve done this for more than a decade.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whatever you and your family (your business) do in a year, make note of it. \u00a0This way you have something to share, pass along, and most importantly follow for years to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today is Friday!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a way to record what you do annually. \u00a0In a year, it\u2019s easy to forget and let the things that are most important get out of sight &amp; out of mind, slip away without you ever revisiting them. \u00a0That\u2019s why having an annual calendar is most important. What have you missed this past year that you\u2019d never want to miss again? 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