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Hi! Itโ€™s Doone, your hype girl in bizโ€ฆ Soooooโ€ฆ Weโ€™re all officially circling back! Letโ€™s jump right into the first newsy of 2025:

  • ๐Ÿ’— Goal-setting & brain-dumping for the new year

  • ๐Ÿ’— Old habits wonโ€™t be dying hard this year

  • ๐Ÿ’— Hello Alice x DoorDash are back with $10,000

  • ๐Ÿ’— Catch-up on the news over the holidays

  • ๐Ÿ’— Female-founded โœจremote jobsโœจ on our radar

Goal-setting for 2025 ๐Ÿš€

My adhd brain can be a real pain in the butt going in all different directions (aka not knowing where or what I should be focused my energy on). Helloooo brain clutter. Lol. So letโ€™s do a quick exercise diving into my ultimate goal-setting strategy designed for founders and future founders. This process is about taking every idea-dream-goal floating around your noggin, getting them all down on paper and streamlining it into a set of powerful, focused objectives. Easy!

Step 1: Dream Big Brain Dump ๐Ÿง โœจ

First up: give yourself permission to think big. Set a timer for 10 minutes and write down absolutely everything you might want to achieve (no matter how ambitious, outrageous, or small it might seem). Ask yourself:

  • What do I want to learn?

  • What do I want to have?

  • Who do I want to become?

  • What do I want to create or contribute to?

  • What do I want to experience or try?

  • What places do I want to go?

Think beyond this year, where do you see yourself in the next decade? Use prompts like:

  • โ€œMy dream is to ___________.โ€

  • โ€œIn 10 years, I want to ___________.โ€

Donโ€™t overthink itโ€”just get every rough idea onto paper. This step might feel a little overwhelming (your list will be and should be LONG) but itโ€™s the foundation for everything else.

Step 2: Timeframe Tagging ๐Ÿ“†

Assign a numberโ€”1, 3, 5, or 10โ€”to each dream based on the timeframe that you want to achieve it in. Whether it's seeing your biz right through to a successful exit (a solid 10-year dream) or learning how to master FB ads without an agency (a cool 1-year challenge), give each dream its time horizon. (The key here is to be realistic on how long things take.)

Step 3: Distill Your Focus ๐ŸŽฏ

Now comes the fun part: narrowing your list to the goals that will define your year. For each timeframe (1, 3, 5, and 10 years), pick 3-5 goals that feel the most meaningful and aligned with what you want. Aim for a mix of goals that span:

  • Work: Your business, career or creative projects

  • Health: Mental, physical or emotional well-being

  • Relationships: Connections with family, friends or community

Step 4: Stay Accountable โœ…

You've done all the hard work, now let's make sure you actually stay on track. Itโ€™s easy to fall back into old habits. Hereโ€™s how:

  1. Get SMART about your goals: break them down into Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound action plans.

  2. Schedule check-ins to your cal: set quarterly reminders to revisit your list, track progress, and make adjustments as needed.

  3. Celebrate wins: acknowledge every milestone, no matter how small, to keep yourself motivated throughout the year

By staying intentional and revisiting your goals regularly, youโ€™ll be in an amazing position to make 2025 the big year youโ€™ve been dreaming of.

Gold Tweets This Week ๐Ÿ’—

1/ What would your โ€œCalendar Wrappedโ€ teach you?

Basically; where are we wasting our timeโ€ฆ. Jumping into Jan is our nudge to recalibrate. Less meetings that go nowhere. More work that feels aligned. Letโ€™s make space for the things that matter in 2025 and get reeeeeeally good at saying no to the inbounds, so we can say yes to ourselves and whatโ€™s aligned to our priorities.

2/ Ins: evolving, outs:

Extra Stuff to Check Out ๐Ÿ‘€

๐Ÿ’ธ Hello Alice x DoorDash are back with their $10,000 disaster relief fund for hospitality owners: know someone?

๐Ÿงฐ I can't explain how excited I am for 2025, this tool is going to change it all!

๐Ÿฉท This investor is directly looking to connect with founders raising in 2025

๐Ÿ“ฉ TikTok released their โ€œWhat's Next 2024: Trend Reportโ€ (& I just hope that shutting down isnโ€™t in the schedule)

Female-founded โœจremote jobsโœจ

Secure a paying gig that supports your financial needs and allows you to invest in your biz from a place of โœจabundanceโœจ rather than scarcity โ€”right hereโ€”๐Ÿ‘‡

REMOTE ๐Ÿ๏ธ

  • Your one-stop destination for all things wedding (Zola) is hiring an Account Executive to work remotely from NYC | apply here.

  • Tiny Tags, creating personalised jewellery exclusively for moms, is hiring a flexible remote E-Commerce Manager to join the team | apply here.

PART-TIME โณ

  • Wellness-focused startup WeNatal is looking for an Executive Assistant to help both in business and personal capacities | apply here.

โœจ It feels pretty damn good to be back in your inbox! Let me know what you thought today ๐Ÿ’—

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