November

Hey friends!

I've had a lot on my mind the past few days, as evidenced by the ELEVEN PAGES I wrote in my journal yesterday. It's not always that much, for the record. I write so often that it doesn't all come out at once like that.

Anyway, some background context: I'm a huge fan of Dr. Benjamin Hardy. I worked quite closely with him for a time and learned a lot from him. We don't work quite as closely now, but I do still love reading his books.

I've been reading Be Your Future Self Now (PS- that's an affiliate link) and seeing posts about a new program he is running to finish 2023 strong. There are 8 weeks left in this year that can accomplish big goals and set up 2024 for some big forward momentum.

As my life is about to make some big changes with me going back to work full time, I've been writing and figuring out what I want my life to look like and what is most important. 

Luckily, a full time job does seem to fit into those goals quite nicely. There are 3 areas that I want to make a priority, my finances, my family, and my career as an author.

For the last 8 weeks of this year, I'll be focusing on my health. Which also luckily, has a lot of overlap in my 3 priorities for 2024. See, each of those 3 priorities have much more specific sub-goals.

In regards to family, my husband and I want to have children. But if my body is going to first of all get pregnant and then carry a baby, there are a lot of health things that need to get in line. 

Also in regards to family, we need to have the finances to afford children and to buy a place where we have room to grow. 

Obviously, my career as an author is going to affect our finances as well. 

In Be Your Future Self Now,  Dr. Hardy speaks of Steve Jobs when he returned to Apple. At the time, they had many different products and Jobs removed most of them. They focused on just a few products and made them incredibly high quality.

Which I've also realized I need to be better at within my business. I can add more as I go along, but especially with the time constraints I now have, I need to focus on what is most important. 

Right now, that is finishing Madamn. As I publish and promote it, it will feed into building the publishing house. However, the publishing house is not the current focus.

Sadly, this also means that I might have to put a pause on the Reader Escape Retreat I usually host every year. Which kind of stinks, they were finally starting to build some momentum. They have been growing, so it's hard to hit the pause button on that. 

But I feel so much more clarity in what I want. And it's exciting.