{"id":434,"date":"2015-12-31T11:44:10","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T16:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mytruckbuddymoving.com\/?p=434"},"modified":"2015-12-31T11:44:10","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T16:44:10","slug":"heres-to-a-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mytruckbuddymoving.com\/heres-to-a-happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Here’s to a Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"
Happy New Year!<\/p>\n
That went fast, didn’t it? Sure, everyone’s experiences time differently, but here at the tail end of one year it always seems like…”What? Where did the time go?” After all, I’m still planning for the summer rush of 2014. Gotta get on that…<\/p>\n
Many thanks to the 2500 or so people who used MTB this year. Seriously — I always appreciate it, and after the terror wore off of realizing the business was “out there” and visible to gobs of people, it was an amazing, humbling experience. And to the many thousands of people who\u00a0tried<\/em> to book our services, I’m very sorry — we’re going to be hiring like mad in the spring. Hopefully we’ll be able to help you out!<\/p>\n I won’t list all the amazing statistics from the past year because, well, I’m one of only 45.8\u00a0percent of DMV residents who actually enjoy business-related statistics. But I’ll say this — work requests were way up, jobs completed were up, reviews were up, and we capped off the year with our 6th consecutive Angie’s List Super Service Award (more on that when they, you know, actually send me the award. Seriously, Angie, why’s it taking so long this time?)<\/p>\n I’ve been working on my goals for the new year. I don’t typically like to do this, nor do I stick to them very well, but the last nine years or so of running MTB have shown me the value of\u00a0at least<\/em> attempting to set and accomplish them. I got to about five pages of Goals, Objectives, Strategies and Tactics, and even got so far as scheduling milestones, due dates, and even blocks of time on such-and-such days to handle recurring activities.<\/p>\n And then I broke down with a near heart attack. What I laid out was impossible. Or nearly so. I’ve been here before, many times, and I can already see I’m setting myself up for failure. So, while I’ll still have several goals, here’s how I’m going to approach them:<\/p>\n Get up early<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n This is one of those lost bits of wisdom from the past. Not everyone truly realizes how important it is to start the day before the day starts you (I just made that up.) It is\u00a0so<\/em> important to have quiet time before the day begins, to pray, to meditate, to just think through the things that you need or want to get done. If you get to work, whatever that work might be (including finding work),\u00a0during<\/em> the morning rush, you’ll be sailing into the wind for the rest of the day. Lose the morning, lose the day.<\/p>\n Of course, this means going to bed earlier. You’re basically hosed if you try to\u00a0get up at 4:30 AM after going to bed after 11:00. You can fake it better when you’re younger, but trust me, kids, it gets harder. Establish good habits now.<\/p>\n Schedule everything — but don’t overdo it<\/u><\/b><\/u><\/p>\n