4 Ways To End The Year Strong

This week I started thinking about a lot about gift-giving. 

I love giving gifts. Specifically, I like to give the small little things that people don't think to buy for themselves but add so much joy, interest, and practicality to everyday life.  

Inevitably, during the gift-giving season, I end up getting a gift or two for myself too. When I do, I think back to the present I gave myself in 2015. 

That's the year I decided to quit my job and give myself 5 years to pursue my entrepreneurial dreams.

I chose 5 years because I thought that would be enough time to see if my business was truly viable.

And because I figured that, in 5 years, I'd still have time to rejoin the workforce, and to double down on my company-sponsored 401(K) if I found out that things weren't working out for me in the business world. 

Since giving myself this gift, my journey in business and life has had many unexpected twists, turns, and humbling moments. But it's still the best decision I've ever made and the best gif…