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Key Points to Stay Laser-Focused and Avoid Overwhelm for 2023

The beginning of the year always feels like a time for fresh starts, and we are conditioned to start new habits in January by setting new year resolutions.

However, those resolutions are often unrealistic with no real plan, leaving us disappointed and overwhelmed.

Whether you're working on your fitness, finances, or business, staying motivated can be challenging when progress seems slow. Setting goals is a better strategy for achieving success than setting new year resolutions that seem to fade by February.

Here are four tips to help you stay focused and achieve your 2023 goals week by week.

Clear Up Your Calendar

I know, I know. You're a busy woman. You have a lot on your plate, and it is easy to overbook yourself. In fact, a lot of people do it without even realizing it.

The problem is that when you have too much on your plate, you can quickly become overwhelmed and stressed. And that's definitely not good for your mental or physical health.

So, before you commit to that next small or big thing, take a step back and ask yourself this question: are you absolutely sure you can handle it?

Because if you're not, chances are you'll wind up doing an injustice to all the other things on your plate.

If you want to be at your best, it's essential to clear up your calendar and avoid double or triple booking yourself.

Why should you clear up your calendar?

You'll be able to focus better on the tasks at hand.

You'll be less stressed out and more relaxed.

You'll have more time for yourself and those you love.

You'll be less likely to cancel last minute or rush through tasks.

Go through your calendar now and decline, defer or delegate... you'll feel so much lighter!

Have a Main Focus For The Week

You know how it is when you are juggling so many new and exciting tasks and ideas that it seems like there is no time for strategic thinking or time to plan out what needs doing first?

It can be difficult, if not impossible, for some people.

The key to success is having an overall main focus for the week.

There's something about finally completing a specific goal you had in mind that can make all the difference when you look back at your progress.

Having a primary focus for the week is essential, so you stay focused. You're less likely to get sidetracked and more likely to stay on track when you have an endgame in sight.

You have an opportunity in front of all this chaos:

Set your main focus for the week.

Identify what needs doing each day, leading back towards said big picture goal or outcome (this helps keep motivation flowing throughout the week).

Do those before anything else--and watch as everything falls into place without much effort, and you will find yourself crushing those goals.

Stick With One Thing

Women, we are amazing multi-taskers. It is incredible what we can juggle successfully—or so we think. Sometimes multitasking can be detrimental to our productivity levels when focusing on more than one particular task at a time.

Our focus tends to scatter in too many directions, but if we want to get things done and cross everything off our never-ending lists, honing in on just one task at a time is the way to go.

Here are four tips for staying focused when you have a lot on your to do list.

Make a list and prioritize items based on importance or urgency. This will help you stay organized and avoid overwhelm.

Start with the end in mind. Keeping your specific written task in mind will help you from being distracted by less important tasks along the way.

Take breaks! Breaks allow your brain to rest and rejuvenate, so you can come back to your tasks with fresh eyes. Scheduling periodic breaks also helps ensure that you stay on track throughout the day without taking too much time away from what’s important.

Remove distractions from your environment. Stay off social media, put your phone away, turn off the TV, don’t check your emails, close out of all unnecessary tabs on your computer—whatever it takes to minimize potential distractions and allow yourself to focus expressly on the task at hand.

Be Ready To Say No

It's the age-old question: how do you balance getting your goals accomplished and pleasing others? Sometimes it feels like we're damned if we do and damned if we don't.

It is always a good idea to be clear about your priorities and stay laser-focused on achieving them.

Here's a way to get what you want without sacrificing yourself in the process.

You need to set healthy limits and important boundaries with other people.

Become an effective communicator knowing how and when to say no, so that you can focus on what's important to you.

Remember that every time you say yes to someone else, there's also a lot of things getting left out and abandoned off your list.

When other people start to ask too much of your time or energy, politely let them know that you need some space to work on your own things.

You may be surprised at how understanding they'll be! And once you've got your goals in sight, they'll be happy to see your success. Win-win!

Let's make 2023 the best year yet!

Keep Moving Forward
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Mary Jo Whelan

Mary Jo Whelan is a leader in the field of residential property rentals. She owns and runs a property management and renovation company in Baltimore.

Mary Jo started with no money, college education, or job. From these humble beginnings, she has grown her company to manage over 100 rental properties and manage over 50 rental renovations ayear.

She co-facilities a monthly landlording strategy meeting for a local REI group and is the past president of NAPRM, National Association of Residential Property Managers.

Mary Jo is also the founder of Lucrative Landlording for Women, an exclusive community for success-driven women landlords. Lucrative Landlording provides an elite coaching program, masterclasses, and networking events designed to help women landlords maximize their cash flow and keep high-quality renters.

Mary Jo is passionate about helping women landlords succeed in the field of landlording, secure their financial future, and create generational wealth.

In her spare time, she enjoys practicing techniques for furniture painting, gardening, and traveling. And yes, just for fun, she actually jumped out of a perfectly good plane.

The content presented in this document is provided for entertainment and educational purposes only and does not constitute legal or other professional advice on any subject matter. Lucrative Landlording provides information it believes to be accurate, however, Lucrative Landlording makes no representations or warranties about the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on this blog.