We have just finished Q3 and are sliding into home plate for Q4. A friend of mine recently said at her quarterly planning session that games are won in the 4th quarter. I loved that analogy. The game has certainly been going on all year but technically what we do in these next 13 weeks can make all the difference.
What’s possible?
What have you done this year? What’s possible for this final quarter of the year? Are you going to meet your goals? Are you still stuck having the same conversations and facing the same challenges you faced last year?
I personally think there are many different ways to look at every situation. It may be no surprise to you I typically do my best to spin stuff as positively as I can. We have had a good year. I don’t think we will hit all the goals we meant to hit but we did some great things we had not planned for.
Daily Gratitude
When I think about finishing strong, I’m forced to celebrate all the good things that have happened in order to not get mired in the mud of the points we didn’t score. Some people might call that counting your blessings. If celebrating success or counting your blessings is not a habit you have, I encourage you to start running through your success list on a daily basis. It takes about ten minutes to reflect and get grateful for the day’s wins. You can easily reflect on the stuff you didn’t get done. That’s easy and exhausting ;). Why not trade your “woe is me” list for “Yay… I did that!”
As I went through my daily gratitude list, I felt like it was important to share with you that we are celebrating yet another win over cancer at my house. My beautiful husband has beaten this vicious disease again. He is so amazing. JD refers to his recurrent non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma as cancer-lite. I don’t know that I agree with that assessment but I’m happy for him to think of it any way he wants.
He endured six rounds of chemotherapy again and this time he did it with very little disruption. Honestly, I think he made up his mind it wasn’t going to knock him down. He played tennis, bowled, and worked right through this episode. The little bit of hair he has stayed intact and we just celebrated every day.
Celebrate Success
There’s a ton of tough stuff in the world today. We can’t deny the difficult conversations we bump up against on a daily basis. However, for me and my house, we choose to celebrate the successes of each day. I hope you are encouraged to do the same. Dig deep if you have to. I know every day is not great. I understand sometimes you have to simply celebrate the success of waking up on time or having access to a good meal or fresh water. When you think about all the people who don’t have those things, maybe it will be easier to celebrate one another and the day.
I hope you have a great day today and take the time to acknowledge all the good that is there for you.
