Fall forward

It's the time of year where we have to look at whether we have met the goals we intended, whether there is time to catch up before the year end, or whether that goal was nice but unrealistic. In the arts that doesn't just mean , "oh well I never lost that 20lbs". Sometimes it's a much harder truth. More like "This program is not doing what it should. I can't afford to keep it." I have 5 more months in this year (which ends March 31st) If I don't want to run out of money before year end, then the tough decisions have to be faced. Cancel the program? Reduce staff hours? Reduce staff? I always prefer the time honoured "Find an alternative". It doesn't always work but it buys some time before I really have to make the hard decisions. That's always in January... now it's just the warning flag.