How I plan my year

Even though the year has just started, the truth is I start to feel the energy to plan the coming year super early around October of the year prior. So maybe I can’t be too hard on the supermarkets selling Christmas treats from September… when you feel the instinctive pull you just gotta flow with it!

A lot of my annual planning is centred around launches for my business. I grab a single-view annual wall planner (unsponsored shoutout to Sasco for the Compact Year Planner I always buy) which (and this is important) runs horizontally not vertically. This makes it easier to see the days and weeks for launch periods.

But you know what? Before any launches, marketing activities and promotional slots go down I always put up icon stickers in this order:

• New moons
• Full moons
• Leading Successful Change monthly coaching calls for my students

These things are immovable and all-powerful, so they are laid down first.

Next comes…

• Holidays

Yep - before any work comes play. I mark out my rest and breaks so I know I’ll prioritise them. I’m currently in Europe skiing so this obviously went on the calendar. I’m also planning a Europe trip mid-year but not sure on dates so I’ll lock that in once flights are booked.

Birthdays, anniversaries and special events go next, again to make sure I don’t overload myself and that I’m not launching over quality time with my partner, family and friends.

So only then do I put in my launches - my masterclasses, webinars, workshops, bootcamps, and retreats.

Through the year as I book on to speak at conferences, other people’s events, or travel and events for consulting clients, they start going on to the calendar, too.

And soon my year is filled with all the buzz of the activities I love.

With so much balance, it feels like a wave in flow.

It creates a container for me to then break down into quarterly planning, and then monthly planning and weekly planning.

So even though my year is broadly planned out on “when”, there’s flexibility around “what” I focus on and talk about. I’d love to know from you:

• What do you want me to talk about this year? 
• What are you struggling with? 
• What would you like more ideas, advice and guidance on in career, leadership and life? 

Send me a DM on LinkedIn and let me know - I love co-creating and co-designing my content with my passionate Change Inspiration community (that’s you!) and I’d love to know what’s top of mind for you for 2025. 

Hit me up on LinkedIn and let me know: What do you want me to talk about this year? 

Lata xx

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