Are you ready yet for the coming year?

2025 is only a few weeks away.

From a business point-of-view, we're deep into?Q5, the fifth quarter of the year. I know, there's only four quarters, but I like to think of the time?between Thanksgiving and Christmas as extra space.

The week of Thanksgiving I always try to slow down a bit, not take on so much extra busy work, and make my core business goal for Q5 nothing more than Planning and Plotting.

You may not do this. You may not be able to. I know some of your businesses ramp up during the holidays.

And that's all fine.

I just want to make sure you have a plan for the coming year.

Here's my plan for my newsletter.

My list got big quick. So quick it got ahead of me a little. Because of that, I realize I lost a lot of connection with my readers. I lost?some of the personal touch and connection I wanted.

Filming so many episodes for my new podcast this year made me realize that, because I enjoy those interviews so much. It's just plain fun to sit down with both new and old friends and talk over coffee (and Zoom) for a few bit.

I plan on reaching out individually to as many of my readers as I can next year.

• I want to know what they're doing for income.
• I want to invite them to be on my podcast.
• I want to extend the offer of a stay at?the campsite in my haunted barn.
• I want new folks to join me on my?weekly small adventures or quarterly longer ones.

I am really excited about 2025, and I hope you are too.

Dr. Dave