Make Room for Follow-Through: Design Your January Action Plan

January plans and goals are often made for an “idealized version” of the workweek with fewer interruptions, clearer priorities, and more available time. However, ABA leaders return to real environments where competing demands can quickly displace even meaningful intentions. This interactive session applies values clarification, committed action, and behavioral systems design to planning for January. Participants will select one professional priority and translate it into an observable action. They will examine how antecedents, response effort, and consequences may affect follow-through, then identify an environmental change that makes the action more feasible. Participants will use the Choice Point to anticipate difficult moments and plan a flexible response when competing demands or uncomfortable private events arise. A brief review process will help them evaluate implementation and adjust their plan. Humility and self-compassion will frame missed opportunities as information for revision rather than evidence of personal failure. Participants will leave with a January Action Plan grounded in their actual responsibilities and available capacity.