I just spent the day today putting together my KRAs (Key Result Areas) for 2007, and it was a very good time to prioritize my year.
As I look back over 2006, I am very encouraged to see that I met all of my main KRAs for the year. My biggest KRAs were to get involved in a local church and stay involved there, to get competent enough at Logic Pro (music composition computer program) to begin writing the music scores for my movies, and to develop more of a balanced relational life outside of work, rather than just being a workaholic camped up in my office 24/7. There were many other KRAs I had for the year, but these were the big three, and I’m proud to say that I accomplished all of them. It might not sound like a big deal, but if you saw where I was at on these issues at the beginning of this year, you’d be amazed I came this far too.
End of 2005, I was stressed, weary, depressed, lonely, and I spent almost every night and weekend at the office. It wasn’t all bad – I was totally in awe at all the experiences I had had that year with traveling to Sudan, the Tsunami impact zones, all over East Africa, and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. But all the same, I was a first class workaholic, and I didn’t know any other way to live. And though I knew that kind of lifestyle wasn’t sustainable over the long haul, I didn’t know how to break out of it either.
Well, there have been ups and downs this year, but I can truly say that I feel like a different person now. So much more balanced, and really, so much more human. There is more to life than work, and I’m so glad to be partaking in the rest of life now too.
Now, my 2007 KRAs are largely geared around preparing me for where I see myself headed in the next couple years. This involves preparations to make another piano CD next year, preparations for grad school in 2008, and preparations for my ultimate life ambition of directing feature films. And then my biggest KRA for the year is to make my relationship with God my chief grounding in life, and what I turn to for everything.
There are many other KRAs, but along with continued focus on relationships with others, I’d say these are the big five.
Happy New Year to all, and to all a good night!
