The super early arrival of Christmas trees in our shopping centres has got me thinking about how quickly this year is coming to an end. It’s also got me reflecting on my first ten months of business.

Generally – the first 6 months were incredible – exciting, I got some great exposure, made some fabulous relationships, established my blog, consultancy business and first eBook, secured a regular gig with Nett Magazine etc etc.

Then, around August something happened – I’m not sure if I was burnt out or it was Just One Of Those Things but I started to lose focus.

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I found myself questioning what I was doing – jumping from one project to the next -  strategising endlessly, designing logo’s – re-designing logos, writing content – re-writing content.

I was telling my husband about all of my big ideas and how everything’s going to be so great.

Meanwhile I had this little niggling thought that I didn’t want to admit to myself.

I was talking a lot more then I was doing. Don’t get me wrong – I’ve been busy – but not busy doing the right things.

I came across this post from Darren at Problogger and one day later I’ve set myself a 3 month deadline to get several large projects up and running.

The first was to set womeninbusiness.com.au live. I’ve got big plans for this site – and like all of my online businesses I’m developing it myself. I had a couple of features nearly ready to go but not quite.

I kept thinking of things to add and rationalised to myself that it should be one big launch with all the features included. Meanwhile, the 1/2 finished website sat behind the scenes while the holding page was getting a solid amount of traffic every day.

Now – I’ve got the site up and am adding the features as I go – the result? I’ve now got advertisers lined up ready to advertise to my audience. Today I’m working on the home page and will continue to add features weekly.

Moral of the story? You win when you stop dreaming and start doing.

What actions have you taken recently to take you a step closer to achieving your goals?

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