finish the year strong in 100 days
If you want to finish the year strong use this as a guide to help you do that.
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It is hard to believe that there are literally only 104 days left as I am writing this. We are almost finished with this year. Most of us would throw in the towel with our goals and push them for next year. Most of us would drag our feet because what else is left to do in the year. How can we finish the year strong? After all, 100 days isn’t a lot, but that is where you are wrong.
Studies stay that it takes 90 days in order for you to develop new habits and kick the bucket to the old bad habits. It takes 90 days to write a book and publish it.
Here’s a little backstory, end of 2018, I started my blog in October. I was already in the 100-day mark. I wanted to end 2018 on a high note so I chose to start my
Everything is figureable
I am a big fan of Marie Forleo and she has a new book out called “Everything is Figureable,” basically this means that you can figure everything out. Every problem you may have has a solution. You can conquer every fear. You can achieve your goals and you can finish the year strong.
That is what I need you to understand. Have no idea how to design a website, that can be figured out. Not sure how you can pay off your debt, you can figure that out. Not sure how you can lose weight, you can figure that out. There’s nothing under the sun that can’t be figured out, what it takes is time and effort, but you can do it.
As impossible as it is, you can achieve your goals and dreams. This is where the exciting part starts, write down the one thing that you are terrified of doing. It doesn’t matter what it is. It can be a big or small goal. Maybe, throughout the year you struggled with this goal and have no idea how to achieve it. Remember you need to do this to finish the year strong. So ask yourself the following questions;
- What goal did I struggle the most with?
- Why did I struggle with it?
- What do I need to do in order for me to achieve this goal in 100 days?
- What steps are necessary for me to follow through?
- And what happens if I don’t achieve this goal?
I knew that if I wanted to finish the year strong, I had to do Facebook lives in order for my business to grow. So, I had two choices, to not do it and then always wonder what if or to do it and get over the fear. After I did it, I realized that our fears make things seem a lot more terrifying than they actually are and once I did it I wondered why I was terrified in the beginning.
For years, I was terrified of doing videos, but I have so many projects I want to do next year and most of them require me to do videos. So, if I continued to be afraid, I wouldn’t go very far.
When you do this step, this will motivate you to achieve your goals because it helped me go for it.
You can get Marie Forleo’s new book right here.
Six Figures to Six Months by Peter Voogd
One of my favorite millennial influencers is Peter Voogd because he understands how to speak to his audience. He understands what makes millennials tick and what we want to achieve in life. His book “Six Figures to Six Months,” shows you how to achieve your goals in six months.
What I love about it is you literally use it as a guide for what you want to achieve in 100 days. It will show you how to write goals that work in your favor, what you need to do if you want to make six figures in six months and how to visualize what your life can be.
This will book will help you build momentum so that in the first months of next year it will be different from how your year started. This is my all time favorite book and I definitely think you should check it out. You would be surprised with what happens in your life, after you read and how things look for you. This book will give you what you need to make sure you finish the year strong.
If you want next year to rock then you need to finish this year strong. That is extremely important. It matters how you end these last couple of months. The reason why most people never achieve their New Year’s resolutions is because they didn’t build up their momentum so it is a lot harder for them to achieve their goals.
Get the audiobook here.
Build a success mindset
Great, you are still with me. Awesome. You want to finish the year strong then what you need is to change your mindset. That is extremely important. Most of us don’t have a success mindset. The difference between a success mindset and one that isn’t is how they look at life. A person who doesn’t have a success mindset tends to look at problems with a defeatist attitude.
What to change that in 100 days so you can finish the year strong. You can do that. It all comes down to how you view yourself and life in general. A few months ago, I watched a video from this Youtuber called Vanessa Lau, she was talking about success and it occurred to me how important it is to change your mindset.
One of the things that she said changed the way I looked at success. She spoke about how she started thinking like a six-figure earner before she took off on Youtube.
Vanessa Lau said that when she did that everything changed for her. When she came across a problem, she tackled it head-on and solved it because she wasn’t thinking a broke person. She was thinking like someone who was earning six-figures a year.
Here are a few examples of a success mindset;
- I can solve this problem and if I can’t I will find someone who will
- What can I do that will help me grow as a person or help me build my business
- What skills do I need to learn to become successful (there are a lot, but I recommend picking three)
- Even if I don’t want to do X, I need to do it to achieve Y
- What am I afraid of and what should I do in order for me to achieve my goals
Design your life
A lot of people out there will say that it is impossible for you to design your life, but you can. Sure, it will take time, but in these 100 days figure out what you
want. That way, you can work on one goal in those 100 days so that you can design your life.
In 2018, I wanted to own a business and that is what I am doing right now. I sat down and asked myself questions that would prompt me to think long and
hard about my life. I had to ask myself what I wanted to achieve and where I wanted my life to go. For the longest time, I was far too terrified to venture out
of my comfort zone.
Far too sacred to want things that seemed too far out of reach, but then I knew something had to change. It was either I had to evolve or stay the same. I also
knew I wanted more from my life and that helped me keep going. It helped me move and that is extremely important. Whatever happens in life, you need to
understand that you have a choice in where you end up and where you go from here.
Start a business
Starting a business has changed my life, in so many ways and you would be shocked and what it can do for you. So, I understand you might believe that you don’t have what it takes to start a business. Maybe, you believe you aren’t a blogger or a Youtuber or an Influencer. I truly believe if you want to finish the year strong, you have to venture out of your comfort zone.
One of the best ways to do that is to start an online business. You will be surprised by where your life takes you or where you go. You’d be shocked at what you achieve and the opportunities that come your way.
I know, all this seems terrifying, but there are so many business models out there that you can try out. You don’t have to stick with podcasts, Youtube or even with a blog. You can start your own t-shirt company and use Instagram to sell them. You can do a juice company or maybe you want to do necklaces or chains. There are hundreds of business ideas out there that you can choose from.
Though, I do think starting off with a blog is the easiest choice because as you go, you build a platform and with that, you can literally do anything. With a blog, you can start your own Youtube channel then a podcast and even sell physical goods.
This where it is important to figure out what your why is? The reasons for why you are doing what you are doing and use that as the stepping stone that you need to get going. Your passions are the foundation you need to go after your dreams and this will help you build a business. Building a business will help you finish the year strong
so that you can start doing things that you love and live an impactful life.
Create an impact
Most of us want to make a difference, but the vast majority of millennials want to create an impact. They want to leave this place better than when they entered
into it. Growing up, my mother always used to tell me that what I do when I alive matters and I need to make a difference. To leave behind footprints. As a
twelve year old awkward girl, the last thing I wanted to worry about was making a difference.
I had enough problems as it was as most twelve-year-old girls have. I had to worry about puberty, the awkward phase, and boys. Now, my mother wanted me
to make a difference. How would I even go about doing that at twelve? There are dozens of kids who have changed the world. Anyone can create an impact
and how you change the world is different from everyone else. You just have to figure out how you want to help people.
Creating an impact is how you will finish the year strong.
What do you want to achieve in 100 days? Comment below.
Keep Pushing
Vanessa
