August is the Perfect Time for Prep Work
So the last couple of weeks have not been great for me. I have been down with some kind of flu and still feel like I am fighting my way back to the surface. Still, I’m trying not to be too hard on myself and to just keep moving forward.
It’s actually been a time of giving myself a little space to think and I have lots of new plans running around my head now. Will I implement them all? Probably not, but time and again it always brings me back to what I want to be doing, rather than what I currently spend a lot of my time doing, so I think it’s important to pay it some attention.
Hello August
And that brings me to August - which I always think of as a kind of a ‘pause’ month. Before we know it we will be in September and hurtling our way into Autumn and then the Holiday Season ahead.
I know as soon as September 1st comes around that the year is virtually over, but here in August we have a little time still to take stock and work out whether we are on track to achieve what we want to this year.
If the answer is no, then take this month to prepare for the final quarter, to take stock of what needs to change, or even to decide to pivot. There’s no shame in taking a new direction.
If you are on track then use August to bank some content for the busy months ahead. Batch some blog posts, write some product descriptions, or create a new lead magnet or 3. Whatever you need to do to get a jump on September.
The Gap
Where I am right now in my business and my life, is very far from where I want to be. I’m taking August to look at why that is and what I need to change.
If you feel the same, let’s share August to get some deep thinking done and see where we are on the other side.
What’s New
2nd Update on My Blog Case Study
So last month I started a case study on a blog I am building. If you missed that, you can read it here.
This month it’s time for an update. I’ll be honest very little has happened in the interim but I didn’t want to falter at the first hurdle and not write this update, so here it is if you would like to check in.
A New Discovery
So one thing that was a great find in the last coupe of weeks was this free tool that helps out on multiple levels.
TinyWow is a file converter, but also so much more - have a look in case it helps you out in some way.