283 | Crush Your Biggest Holiday Goals

This is our last episode in August talking about fall and holiday prep mode. And I want to just hone in for a little bit. Let's sit on the couch together drinking our tea because coffee is going to hype us up, but let's just focus for a minute. If it is safe for you. To close your eyes and just pause for a second.

I would love for you to do that with me. Okay, because it is important to think through these things without chaos going on around us because there's something about like chaos breeding chaos, I swear. If not, my toddler just knows how to do that magically. Okay, so I want you to think through what is your goal for The upcoming holiday season, what is your goal between September 1st and the end of the year?

Do you want to see an increase in the brands that you work with and make more money there? Do you want to make the most money you've ever made with affiliates? Do you want to hit enough page views to get on Mediavine? Or maybe grow your email list. I want you to really challenge yourself to pick one or two and focus in on that.

When you spread yourself too thin, you're not going to see as big of changes as you want across the board, right? Because we're spread thin, we're not able to give each area as much time and energy. So, for example, if you are really wanting to go in on affiliate sales during Black Friday, that is going to take up a lot of time and energy and prep work and also time and energy during that time period.

So you're not going to have as much time to spend on, let's say, growing your email list, right? When you can focus in, you're going to see bigger growth. So pick one or two is my challenge for you. Okay. It could be something from this list. It could be something totally different, but I really want you to hone in and think, what do I want to come out of this season with?

I think we go into it being like, yeah, I want to see an increase across the board. And honestly, you probably will, okay? But you're going to see significant increase on what you're able to focus on. And you're also going to just enjoy life a little bit better when you're not trying to focus on all of the things at once.

I want you to get to January 1st and be like, Oh my God. I freaking crushed the last four months. Look at what I was able to accomplish. Look at what happened. Look at that bingeable series I was able to do. Look at how I planned my content and executed it. Look at how I increased my income or my page views here, or, Oh my gosh, can you just believe that I have this many people on my email list now?

That is what I want for you. Come. January, but it's not going to happen unless you pause right now, do everything I said to work on. Over the last four episodes of these thrive and five holiday prep mode episodes and slow down and plan Create that content and really hone in on what you're gonna focus on if you don't do that You're gonna get to January 1st and be like, ah, dang it.

I wish I had done that. I wish I'd hit that goal I wish I had done X, Y, and Z, right? Let's not do that. Let's make this happen. I want you to also think of what is your personal goal for this season? When are you taking time off to have fun? When are you not working? How will you recharge? And what memories do you want to walk away with in your personal life?

I've got a toddler. She is going to be so happy. So much fun during the holidays this year. She was so much fun last year, but this year she is just going to know and like see so much more. And I cannot wait to soak up every single moment of that. I always make sure that I take off a couple of weeks in December and I'm 100 percent going to be doing that again because it is so important to me to have those memories.

And I never want to look back and see, Oh, September through December, I worked like a crazy person, and now I start to like hate this time of the year. That, to me, would just be so tragic and horrible for me. So, I want you to think of what your personal goals are for the season, as well as your goals for your business.

Let's crush it. Hello, September. We are freaking ready for you. Let's go.