How to Finish the Year Strong: 8 Things Successful People Do in November
How you spend November decides how your January begins and whether December stays free for celebration. Here is what to do, and the science behind it.
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Every November, the same thing happens. The year-end deadlines start to crowd in, the diary fills and the plans you made in spring begin to slide towards next year. Without a plan, the work spills into December, you reach Christmas tired and you open your laptop in January to find the same unfinished list waiting for you.
December is for celebrations, not deadlines. The way to protect it is to finish the year's real work in November, while you still have the time and energy to act.
November sits at a useful point in the year. You have ten months of evidence about what worked, the celebrations have not yet begun and you still have four clear weeks to finish something that matters. The eight habits below draw on research into performance, motivation and habit, and each one takes less than an hour to start. For the festive weeks themselves, our guide to reaching January rested covers sleep, money and the season's social calendar.
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