Dear Wonderful Woman,

I hope you're well.

Are you feeling energised or lethargic as we approach the end of 2021? In some respects although globally we have made progress with the battle against the global health pandemic, there have been fits, dips, and fresh lockdowns. Against that back drop it can be hard to see, why you should keep on working towards your career goals with commitment. There is only one thing that you can be certain of and that is change! So whilst we would have hoped, that 2021 would be markedly different from 2020, in some ways it has been.

This is what I want you to focus on in this final leg of the year:

• Being Kind to yourself
• Acknowledging your wins!
• Learning and development
• Speaking-up!
• Feeling the fear and doing it anyway!
• Celebrating your Career Cheerleaders
• Self-Care
• Advocating for yourself in the workplace 

These 8 things are where I want you to focus on and give time, attention, and energy too. Because what you think of most, take action on focus on is where your energy goes.

Before I close the email this week, I'd like to provide 2 tips on one of the 8 things you should focus and give time too. You should give care and attention to Self-Care, because as they say taking care of you is taking care of business. Self-neglect is easy to do without realising the real toll it has on you cumulatively. So here are 2 Self-Care tips to help you do all of the 7 tips!

1 Take Time to Decompress Every Day 

Your day may be busy, full, stressful, great or insert your own! The point is you should take at least 5 mins at the end of your day to decompress, and breathe and let go of what happened at work or in your business that day. Take the time to put work down and close the door on it mentally until the next day. 

2 Schedule Time "Insert your Name Here!" to do the things you enjoy!

Schedule time every week in your diary, to spend time doing the things you enjoy, art, dancing, yoga, Zumba, HITT, baking or whatever your thing is. Take the time to diarise time in your calendar to do it every week! Block it out in your calendar and give it an appealing colour, so when it flashes up at you, you get a hit of happiness!

And finally to aid you with learning and development for career advancement, please check out the KickStart your Career for 2022 virtual stocking filler. It has all the tools, tactics, and advice that you need to make a strong start to your career in 2022.

To your Career Success!

Warm Regards,

Ekua 💛