You’re Going to Be Okay: A Year-End Reminder

Okay, you’re in it. This is probably the most stressful time of the year with your work. Well, I guess if you add on all the holidays and all that goes with it, it feels like piling on.

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I let myself get so caught up in all the busyness of this season that I start to develop anxiety. Distractions take over and I start sighing a lot. I can’t concentrate because I have so much going on in my head.

It feels overwhelming.

I have to remind myself, however, that I’m going to be okay. “Jeff, look back at the last 15 years at Veritus. Every year you feel the same way and you always come through it okay.”  This is what I tell myself.

And it’s true.

You have a lot going on right now. As a frontline fundraiser with either a mid-level or major gift portfolio, everything is heightened. Most of your giving will come in the next three months. It feels like too much.

But you also have a plan. You’ve figured out what you are doing basically every day until the end of the year. That is all you need.

If you work your plan, focusing only on what you can control, you will thrive during this extremely busy period.

And I’m going to take my own advice. I’m going to be okay and so are you.

Together, we got this.

Jeff