Did you ever stand in the middle of a room full of boxes after a move, or look at your office with piles all over your desk (the floor, the table, etc) and feel totally overwhelmed? Having completed five moves across country in ten years – and being a great piler myself – I’ve been there. Done that, on both counts.

It is completely overwhelming.

That is exactly how I felt with the task of writing “What I’ve accomplished in 2012″ for my business coaching program. On the one hand, I was excited to think about what I want to (will) accomplish this year. On the other hand, just putting it all together was overwhelming.

Having recently written an article for the synergizer! newsletter – (Almost) Everything I Learned about Business I Learned from Chickens – it made me think about our little feathered friends. Chickens lay about 365 eggs every year. Personally, if I were a chicken I would be totally overwhelmed at the prospect of laying 365 eggs a year.

But thinking of laying one egg every day isn’t all that oppressive.

So I sat down and brainstormed what I want to accomplish in 2012 with the following categories:

  • Creative
  • Financial
  • Personal
  • Physical
  • Spiritual
  • The Women’s Center (a new revenue center for synergize!)

And then, since I am supposed to consider how I accomplished these goals, went back for each one and wrote what I did to accomplish it.

The time spent on this was well worth it – I ended the exercise ready to sit down at the piano, not eat that bowl of ice cream, get to bed on time, and get up before dawn to run.

What will you accomplish this year? Laying one egg a day brings astounding results at the end of the year. What ones do you need to lay to get you where you want to be at the end of the year?