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Have you looked at the calendar recently? \u00a0We are in the final trimester of this year. Eight months ago you never thought it would be here so soon, but we are in the final stretch of this year. Now is the time to “peruse” those goals you set, check off those that have been completed(like you have not done that already!), and setup the task of doubling down to get them all done.<\/p>\n

For most of you, you thought you had plenty of time. \u00a0Then, life happened. \u00a0Things you had not planned on happened and here you are. \u00a0Are you willing to let those things sidetrack you from completing the goals you laid out?<\/p>\n

Today, dust off the list of goals. \u00a0Recommit to the completion of the goals. \u00a0Layout a plan to get all of them done. \u00a0You only have four months to make it happen and you can do it!<\/p>\n

Leave a comment her to encourage someone else…<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have you looked at the calendar recently? \u00a0We are in the final trimester of this year. Eight months ago you never thought it would be here so soon, but we are in the final stretch of this year. Now is the time to “peruse” those goals you set, check off those that have been completed(like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,26,14,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encouragement","category-goals","category-planning","category-productivity"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Final Stretch - Financial Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today, dust off the list of goals. Recommit to the completion of the goals. 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