October is here, Dear Readers! But are you ready for fall? Do you know how to reset for a new season after such a trying year? And is it even possible to end the year on a high note when inflation and supply chain disruptions appear to create even more chaos than COVID-19 did last year? Against such incessant cascade of bad news, how can you hit your goals and end the year on a high note? Keep reading to find out the actional tips you can use today to weather any storm in your personal and professional lives.
Welcome to new and returning readers to the Branding24seven community!
The JMS team is back with valuable insights that will inspire you to be fearless in the pursuit of your dreams. Dear Readers, if it’s your first time here, welcome, and thanks for stopping by the JMS blog. FYI, JMS is a consulting firm located in Philadelphia that advises people and companies to manage risk and avoid organizational or fiscal paralysis. To that end, the JMS team is in the business of designing recovery plans as robust as possible that avoid behavioral or productivity inertia.
Therefore, this blog will help you make sense of these unprecedented times without feeling devoid of motivation and utterly defeated. You, Dear Readers, can find your groove again as soon as you get a handle on a better approach to crisis management, thanks to a well-thought-out strategy that lays out how to reset for a new season and become the best version of yourself in the process.
TIP ONE: Learning to level up your time management skills is how to rest for a new season.
Well, the goal is simple. Based on the many emails you’ve sent us, Dear Readers, you are tired of the rat race. So, wouldn’t it be great to get off the hamster wheel for good? Think about the bad decisions you’ve made trying to keep up with the Jones. Perhaps, you chose to get deeper into debt to afford a hefty mortgage that was not within your reach. You might have worked long hours to move up the ladder faster at the expense of spending quality time with your family. Maybe you convinced yourself that you are happy with an expensive car payment although you live in an urban area with readily available public transportation. Does any one of these scenarios sound familiar? So, Dear Readers, how do you reset for a new season? You must level up your time management skills to avoid the rat race.
In practice, it means that you want to set priorities that align with the life of purpose you want to have. If spending time with the family is your number one priority, you’ll need to organize your workweek to maximize the amount of time you want to be with your family. If reducing the credit card debt you’ve been carrying for years is what matters most to you, you’ll have to be strategic with the work that you do. Ideally, you want to increase your income while maintaining your expenses as low as possible. As you can see, Dear Readers, if you are serious about resetting for a new season, you must learn to level up your time management skills pronto!
Here is a time management edit to help you become your best version yet!
TIP TWO: Addressing organizational paralysis.
Eighteen months of mayhem into an interminable global pandemic, yet, so many of you, Dear Readers, have shared with us that you are more anxious now than you were a year ago. How is that possible? Well, perhaps you are feeling so overwhelmed that all you have the strength to do, is live day by day. Of course, this blog is not suggesting obsessing over a future you cannot control! As public policies keep changing and ruling over our freedom, it is impossible to plan well into the future.
But, with the global supply chain wreaking havoc by creating “historic delays and product shortages”, Dear Readers, you will need a game plan to prepare for the busy year-end celebrations. Yes, you have to start getting organized now if you hope to experience the holiday season in its full bloom despite the national labor shortage gripping the U.S. at the moment.
So, rather than be upset that yet another hurdle is making turning our lives upside down, let’s attack life with a renewed sense of purpose. Why not do a massive brain dump of everything you want to accomplish between now and the 31st of December. Next, assign specific projects to each month. And break them down further into weekly blueprints that are easy to follow. All you need is a pen, any notebook, and less than two hours to reset for a new season. You got this!
Find out how you can upgrade your weekly planning process to improve productivity right away.
TIP THREE: Optimizing your financial goals and stop living paycheck to paycheck with a sprinkle of credit card.
Alright Dear Readers, this blog cannot explore how to reset for a new season without discussing money management. As a reminder if you are new here, the JMS team organizes the blog publication calendar around the concerns and questions you send us by email at jms@branding24seven.com. Consequently, this blog offers budgeting tidbits to ease the anxiety you may have whenever obsessing over your financial goals.
As many of you are quitting jobs you clearly do not like, Dear Readers, this blog wants to encourage you to become fiscally discipline and not solely thrifty. Indeed, few people have the capability to be frugal for a long period of time. In fact, many people can do it for a specific project and a short period of time. But after a while, as people experience stinginess fatigue due to the unsustainable self-imposed austerity measures, they inevitable rebel, spend, and take three steps back. Shame, sadness, and regret follow suit as people believe that they will never attain financial freedom.
To avoid such a vicious and demoralizing cycle to hold your wealth journey hostage, Dear Readers, this blog suggests taking the time to explore all avenues that are likely to lead you to financial freedom given your priorities. In other words, Dear Readers, this blog encourages you to create a financial plan now to help you navigate a holiday season like no other given the supply chain setbacks we are already experiencing.
But please remain flexible and account for your strengths as well as weaknesses. For example, if you love eating out, your financial roadmap must reflect a few night outs in October and November. Christmas comes the 25th of December every year. Thus, you can start planning for your holiday shopping and menu now and slowly getting the stapples your need over the next few weeks rather than waiting on December 23rd to get everything your family needs. That last minute approach is simply not going to work this year!
There are three easy budget tips you’ll need to ease anxiety as you create a money routine tailor-made for your priorities.
Final Thoughts.
There you have it! The JMS team thanks you, Dear Readers, for taking the time to read today’s publication. The branding24seven community is here to inspire and encourage as you, Dear Readers, are embarking on the exhilarating journey to design the life of your dreams. This blog wants you to have the confidence to chase your dreams with reckless abandon!
The JMS team thanks you for your support as you continue to submit requests by email or via the contact form. Don’t stop, Dear Readers! As a small consulting firm, the JMS team feels lucky to have the ability to support clients across industries through any given crisis that rocks their daily operations. We want to do the same for you, Dearest Readers. We love creating articles that make you think, question everything you thought you knew, and change your life! Please share this publication on social media with friends or colleagues who might need an extra pep talk!
Updates from JMS
Come back every week for actionable tips to level up your time management skills and optimize your financial or professional goals. Please forgive the inconsistent schedule the Branding24seven community has had since the middle of the summer. The Delta variant and catastrophic flooding from hurricane Ida wreaked havoc on our client work which inadvertently impacted our publishing schedule. But, good news, in November, we will return to publishing two articles a week!
As always, Dear Readers, we want to hear from you! Do you have a routine to reset for a new season? What are your actionable tips to prepare for a holiday season that promises to be like no other? Did we miss anything? What else can, Dear Readers, this blog cover that will motivate you to become the best version of yourself and crush Q4 2021?
Let us know by email at jms@branding24seven.com or by mail at JMStrategy LLC
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