Newsletter: September 28

Are you ready for the last quarter of 2022? 😎

September 28, 2022

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It's happening... 

  Before we know it, 2022 will be over. Yes, we are stepping (hopefully not falling) into the last quarter of the year. Crazy, right?  

  1. It's not a countdown.

We tend to view the last quarter of the year as "the end," sometimes literally. This is because we as humans find meaning in "The Quest" or "The Journey." For it to work, we need a start and a finish.When approaching the finish line, you get these emotions and an adrenaline rush, only to get to the other end, sometimes feeling disappointed or not knowing what's next. Something like this:

We let the last months of the year come with so much weight (emotional and professional), but remember, January 2023 is just another month. It's not magic, it's not a countdown to midnight for the spell to be over. So try to manage your expectations before doing the work (that's point #2). 

  2. Focus group it. 

With yourself. How? You may ask. As we covered above, you are right now with two different sets of goals: 

  • Goals I want to achieve before 2022 ends.

  • Goals I'm expecting to set for 2023.

To make both sets achievable without harming your mental well-being, it's important to approach them as you would do a focus group. This means: 

  • Have questions: Goal-oriented: I am reviewing my goals for 2022. Is there a need to add one/delete another/ rephrase? / What do I see myself doing in the first quarter of 2023? | Well-being-oriented: Am I setting myself to failure by choosing a goal I can't achieve in XYZ amount of time? / Have I taken into account every aspect of my life?

  • Ask different "people": Write your goals down and recheck them a week later, during the weekend. Your relaxed weekend version is different than your Wednesday work-mode self. Your well-rested morning brain is different from your 2 a.m. insomnia brain. It's not different people but different versions of yourself, each with different perspectives. This is why starting early and not rushing mid-November is essential. You need time to understand yourself and truly achieve the results you want. 

  3. Divide and conquer.

Make your goals into bite-size actions that can be done in one day (or less). For example: "In 2023, I want to sleep 8 hours every night, instead of the 6 hours I currently bank every night". This is a big goal with no roadmap or concrete actions. Let's make it achievable: 

  • Identify sleep routine.

  • Awareness of "sleep-stoppers." 

  • Recognizing positive patterns or activities that make me fall asleep. 

  • Curate a white noise playlist on Spotify. 

  • Turn my notifications off by 9:30 p.m. 

  • Play the white noise tracks and set the Spotify sleep mode, so the playlist turns off after 1 hour. 

  • Try it for two weeks. 

  4. Make it annoyingly visible. 

If you don't see it, it doesn't exist. Add it to your save screen, make it your new desktop wallpaper, use post-its, Google task manager, or any other tool that works for you.Some people create vision boards. Others make a recurring calendar appointment every Friday to self-note any progress.

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