A Beginner’s Guide to Getting a Headstart on 2021

New Year 

 

7 tips to help you make the next year a great one

 

Tom Handy

 

 

Photo by Waldemar Brandt

You’ll be glad when January 1st gets here, so you can get started on 2021. This year put you and everyone else through much change, deep thoughts, and adjusting plans all at the last minute.

In a sense, this is how life is in general but compressed into nine months or so. You saw everything. People lost their jobs, businesses went out of business, the stock market crashed only to rebound, and kids learned via computers.

Governments pushed out trillions of dollars in response, but it still wasn’t enough. Unemployment is still bordering on above normal rates.

To get ready for 2021, this is what you need to do. It’s time to pull your game plan out and strategize for a new year. It’s time to reignite your life.

1. Say good-bye to FEAR.

2. Plan like you are playing to win a chess game. Don’t play chess? Scrabble works as well.

3. Keep building your emergency fund in case your city runs into another round of the virus spreading.

4. Learn to invest if you haven’t already. Investing is one way to build your reserves. Government and work retirement plans are very unpredictable.

5. Work off the virus weight you put on. A healthy body is a great way to avoid getting sick.

6. Cherish and spend time with your loved ones as best as you can.

7. If you are in business or a writer, you need to focus on the next 12 months. Figure out what you can do that is different to set you apart from your peers. What you did in 2020 was good, but you need to make 2021 better.

Final thoughts

You need to mentally prepare to make 2021 the best year possible. This year was tough, and you got through it. You learned some new skills, persevered, and put up a good fight. Now it’s time to put all that together for your comeback in this new year.

Start the year strong and finish the year even stronger. A great deal of life is mental, regardless of how smart or how strong you are. Your mental toughness will prove that you came out on top.

Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.

— A.C. Green

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