31. How To Make The Rest of the Year, The Best of the Year
Listen, you don’t need a new year. You don’t need a Monday. You don’t need another sign from the universe to start showing up like the woman you said you’d be. What you need is a decision one bold, definitive, unapologetic decision that the story changes now.
Most people coast through the second half of the year. They shrink, they stall, promising themselves it’ll be “next year.” But if you’re reading this, I already know you’re not most people.
There's still room to shock yourself. And there’s a version of you who’s not waiting on permission to take the wheel and turn everything around.
In this article, I’m going to walk you through my 6 step guide to the mindset shift, strategy, and unapologetic energy you need to make the next few months your personal plot twist.
You Don’t Need To Do More
The first thing people think when they start thinking about how they can change the ending of the year is that they need to do more. But that’s not the case.
You don’t need to do more. You need to do what matters.
Doing more for the sake of doing more or to feel productive is actually counterproductive. Be strategic, be deliberate and with zero tolerance for your old self dragging her feet.
Here’s how you can make the rest of the year the biggest plot twist you didn’t see coming.
Audit The First Half of The Year
What did you actually do?
What worked? What flopped? What did you avoid because it was uncomfortable?
It’s in your best interest that you don’t sugarcoat it
Honestly, ask yourself:
Where have I shown up for the woman I said I wanted to become?
Where have I let her down?
2. Pick One Identity and Embody Her Ruthlessly
You don’t need a new plan, you need a new standard.
Choose one version of yourself that you are committed to becoming before this year ends.
Not a better version, not even the best version, but the version. You know, the one who eats differently speaks differently, shows up like she’s being watched, because she is…
Instead of “I want to be consistent”
Say: “I’m the kind of woman who is consistent”
3. Drop the 12-Week Hustle and Master the 12-Hour Day
Last year, I became obsessed with the concept of the ‘12 Week Year’. I was so excited to start, but then I started to fall off. Even though the idea is to break the yearly view down from 12 months into 12 weeks, I still found it to be overwhelming.
So I started focusing on the 12-hour day.
Instead of obsessing over the next quarter, place your attention on what you can do for the day.
What would happen if, just for one day, you actually:
Followed through on your morning routine
Ate like you were passionate about your health
Moved your body with power
Acted like time was precious?
Stack one thing a day. Then another. That’s how compounding is built.
4. Cut It Out
Your results always reflect your environment.
That means becoming conscious and aware of:
Your phone habits
Your inner circle
Your content diet
How your space looks and feels
If at the time of reading this, you only have less than six months to make it happen, you are going to have to become strict. Very strict on your non-negotiables.
Trying to evolve inside the same world is keeping you stuck, and the longer you remain there, the harder it is to leave.
Make it easier by making your space feel and look like the version of you you’re aligning with. Reality will catch up much faster.
5. Make Discipline Sexy Again
Discipline often gets a bad rep because it’s usually associated with punishment. But that’s not the case.
Discipline is the best friend you didn’t ask for, but you know you need. She’s good for you, and unlike people-pleaser motivation, the closer you get to her, the quicker she will change your life.
If you can keep the promise you make to yourself, you will become unstoppable. Not because it got easier, but because you were prepared to face the music.
6. Romanticise The Comeback
Do you really need a new year to have a reinvention? Of course you don’t. You just need to make a decision followed by aligned action that doesn’t wait for the mood or feeling to strike.
They said have a ‘winter arc’, I say have a ‘standing on business arc.
Let the rest of the year be the chapter where everything changed because you did.
Finally…
You’re not behind, but you are done with being the supporting cast in your own movie.
And these next few months can change everything if you let them. Shock yourself with how seriously you take your own potential.
Move like you’ve already made it, show up like you know your future self is watching, and you will do anything to avoid having that awkward conversation with her when she asks why you did nothing when given the opportunity.
She’s living her best life, and she’s waiting for you to catch up.
What will you do?
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