You wrote down a virtual ton of ideas during the initial meeting exercise. You then put all of your ideas through the IDEA Criteria. Now it's time to start scheduling when you plan on making those ideas happen.

It's time to put together an idea calendar.

This is the part where the rubber meets the road.

What you need to do now is grab a calendar-or just write down the months of the year on a sheet of paper. Make sure you leave enough room next to the name of the month so that you can put down the idea on paper. Now, write an idea down for 9-10 of the 12 months in the year (it's important to give yourself 2-3 months of breaks from big ideas so that you can put your best work out there). You are committing to bringing that idea to life in that month (or at least starting the process of bringing it to life). The idea behind the idea calendar is to make sure that you schedule when you're going to do the bigger picture ideas in your life. You will want to keep this close at hand throughout the year so that you can monitor your progress and make sure that you stick to your committed months.

There is no cop-out here. Even if you are completing this exercise outside of the month of January, you can use that sheet of paper method and write down at least 12 months at a time. Then just translate those commitments into the calendar of your choice when the new yearly calendar is needed.