Learn how to review goals so that you can hold yourself accountable and achieve your goals! Keep reading to learn how to review your goals! This is my sixth month review of my goals. We are halfway through 2024!
Review of 2024 Goals
Here are my goals for 2024 that I made at the start of January. It is important to look at the list and think about are these goals that I still want? Sometimes we make goals and we forget about them or we make them and they aren’t actually goals that we want badly enough to work towards.
Goals for 2024:
2000 people on my email list
Run ads to market business
Take my business full time by making more money than I did as a teacher
Offer cyanotype commissions
Have 2-5 exhibitions
Receive 1-2 artist grants
Growing my fine art Instagram to 1000 followers
Participate in 1-2 art markets
Get my artwork or prints in a local shop
Take more photos from the series Patched and Tree Houses
After looking at this list - these are all still goals that I want to achieve for the most part. I want them because they are going to help me grow as an artist and push my art business forward!
Now that we have gotten clear on our goals and know that they are all still goals that are desired we can get specific about each goal and figure out how we have been working towards them.
Review of Progress at 6 Months on Goals
It is good to review your goals frequently, but especially at the sixth month mark. Figure out how close or how far off you are from achieving your goals. If you are really far off you might need to let go of some projects to make more time for your goals, you might need more motivation, you might need to schedule more time or you might need to do more research to figure out how you can attain your goals.
If you are close to hitting your goals or if you have already accomplished those goals - then maybe the goals were too easy. Maybe you need to adjust the goals and make them more challenging. If a goal isn’t challenging enough you aren’t going to be driven to pursue it.
2000 people on my email list
2000 people on my email list - I currently have __about 400________ on my mailing list. I have really focused on growing my mailing list by offering two new freebies for people to sign up. Now people can sign up to save 15% on artwork (fill out the form below).
They can get my FREE guide for 10 tips to improve your beginner acrylic painting skills that includes a roadmap to help you transition from a beginner to an intermediate painter- click here!
My free 14 pages of symmetry drawing pages perfect for grades 4-7- click here to download those!
Or my FREE guide with 10 Tips to help you create an art portfolio that stands out and gets accepted into an art program or school of your choice! Click here to download!
I will be creating a couple of new freebies and trying Pinterest ads for the first time soon to grow my mailing list.
Run ads to market business
Run ads to market business-I will be trying Pinterest ads to share my Portfolio Tips free guide to have more people on my mailing list to be able to launch my art portfolio course. I haven’t done this yet but hope to do it in the next few months.
Take my business full time by making more money than I did as a teacher
I have been able to stay at home with my son while working on my business, I have worked on an art commission, done some workshops, coaching and I am getting ready to launch my art portfolio course. I am working on adding my TPT art teaching resources and lessons to my store.
Offer cyanotype commissions
I am in the process of working on the cyanotype commissions. I haven’t had the chance yet to make cyanotypes- but I hope to do this soon!
Have 2-5 exhibitions
I currently have 4 exhibitions scheduled for this year. I have made it a habit to try to apply to one exhibition each Monday. This doesn’t always happen but carving out time for it in my schedule has been really important.
Receive 1-2 artist grants
I have received 0 grants so far. On Mondays I work on grant applications and exhibition applications so this has helped me have a set time to apply. I have applied to 2 grants and I plan on applying to at least 3 others.
Growing my fine art Instagram to 1000 followers
I currently have 763 Instagram followers on my account @jackiepartridge_ and I have 1170 followers on my art teaching Instagram account. I have been prioritizing planning my content and creating reels which has helped me gain followers. I has been very hard to post consistently and grow both accounts.
Participate in 1-2 art markets
I am scheduled to participate in 0 markets. I have decided I don’t want to do this goal anymore. Markets are a lot of work and with a young toddler it’s not how I want to be spending my time right now, Instead of doing markets I have decided to contact local shops to sell my art instead.
Get my artwork or prints in a local shop
I will start to reach out this summer and prepare my pitch soon. I am still working on this.
Take more photos from the series Patched and Tree Houses
I have started to make photos from this series and will continue to do so now that it is warmer outside. I will hopefully do this in the summer and fall!
Here is a behind the scenes look at how and why I review my goals. I think reviewing your goals at the sixth month mark is especially important. A lot can change in six months. It is not too late to get started on your goals if you haven’t been making progress on them. Good luck with your goals!
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