Mid-Year Momentum: Time to Check-in on Your 2024 Goals!
Can you believe it? It's officially July, and summer is finally here! 🌞
July isn't just about celebrating the kick-off into summer, it's also a chance to check in on the 2024 goals you set back in January, whether in the form of New Year's resolutions, action plans, or any other goal, intention, or desire you may have set for yourself. No worries if they've become a blur amidst all the excitement. We've all been there! Life has a way of keeping us on our toes, especially in six short months. But fear not, because this exciting milestone marks the perfect moment to kick things into high gear and embrace the potential of the next half of 2024!
So, let's pause for a moment, take a deep breath, and celebrate all the amazing progress you've made towards your goals! 🎉 Whether you've been crossing items off your list or embarking on new adventures, it's a time to pat yourself on the back for the hard work and determination you've shown so far.
Here are five tips to set yourself up for an amazing second half of 2024:
Audit: Take an audit of the goals or intentions that you set for yourself at the beginning of this year.
Celebrate: Celebrate your progress! Any wins, big or small, deserve to be celebrated.
Still Relevant?: Look at your goals or intentions to see if they're still relevant and important to you. If they are, are they reasonable to achieve by the end of 2024?
Bite-Size: Re-evaluate your goals or intentions into bite-size milestones. You have 5 months left in this year, break your goals down into month-by-month actionable steps so you know how you're progressing each month and you can see the progress you're making!
Community: Having a community to support you in achieving your goals and to help each other grow is essential. Some ways to do that are to join professional groups on LinkedIn, join leadership groups in your area, or join virtual roundtables.
And if you didn't set any goals at the start of the year, no worries at all! 🌟 It's never too late to begin your journey towards self-improvement and personal growth. Don't let the idea of "being late to the game" hold you back! Just imagine all the incredible things you can achieve, and we're thrilled to be a part of it.
This year, one of my personal goals was to gain more clarity around the next big topic that I want to dive into.
🥁 Drumroll please... It's menopause in the workplace!
This decision comes on the heels of my recent personal experiences with menopause as well as a very recent movement to make workplaces menopause friendly. About time if you ask me!
This new keynote (or workshop?) is tentatively titled Ending the Silence and the Stigma: Menopause in the Workplace. It will include information on education and awareness to end the stigma around menopause in the workplace, strategies for women to navigate menopause in the workplace, key statistics that employers should know, overall education and awareness for building allyship, and workplace-based interventions to promote wellbeing.
This is still a work in progress, so if you have any topics that you're interested in learning more about or any burning questions around menopause in the workplace, hit reply and let me know!
Together, we unleash forward,
Salima
