Dump 12: 'New Year, New Me' Is Exhausted
Setting Structures and Systems to Help you stay Locked In
The ‘New Year’ frenzy is still very much in the air. Everyone seems to have similar goals for 2025, which has me wondering if we’re locked in or chasing someone else’s goals.
Hey Bestie💜
I know you’re still in the ‘New Year, New Me’ mode and have been locked in since the first day of this year, but I think you’re going to get burned out and exhausted like you were in 2024, 2023, and the years before that since you became a working adult.
How do I know this? Well, humans are creatures of patterns. I do not need to be a soothsayer or fortune teller to say this.
Sadly, you’re locked in with the same strategies and structures from 2024. For all we care, the only system you have is an accountability structure for hitting goals and celebrating successes. What systems or structures are in place for when you hit a loss, lose a job, or fail on a new idea or business solution?
Did you forget that the times you felt your life had come to a halt were periods when failures were lurking? Times when you got tons of rejection emails that shattered your hopes of finally earning in dollars, or when your tech startup didn’t hit funding target during seed rounds?
Success can make you complacent, but structures and systems can be adapted to the varying seasons of your life–success or failure!
Growth is variable, and if you’re going to be ‘locked in’ in 2025, let me show you how to do it right—how to develop structures and systems that benefit your tech career, entrepreneurial life, and daily routines and help you win your day!
The best structures are simple enough to follow and flexible enough to grow.
How To Set Up Structures and Systems That Help You Thrive!
It doesn’t matter where you’re at in your tech journey, entrepreneurial life, or even daily routines, this tip is adaptive and forms the foundation for growth and success.
Here’s how to build yours:
Start With a Vision
What do you want to achieve? Having a clear vision is your anchor when your workflow becomes haphazard.Break It Down
Big dreams need small steps. Create systems that support your goals in bite-sized pieces—daily, weekly, and monthly actions that add up over time.Set Up Accountability Checkpoints
Build structures that hold you to your own word. It could be regular progress reviews, mentorship, or even tech tools that track and remind you of your commitments. Accountability isn’t about punishment; it’s about staying aligned with your goals, even when it’s hard.Fail Better
Systems don’t eliminate failure; they give it purpose. When something doesn’t work, a solid system lets you review what went wrong, adapt, and move forward with clarity.Keep It Simple, Keep It Flexible
Your systems shouldn’t feel like a straitjacket. They should evolve with you as your career, solutions, and life take a new shape. The best structures are simple enough to follow and flexible enough to grow.
Framework for Growth Through Failure
Remember we spoke about building an accountability system and structure for failures? Well, you don’t have to just go through the pain when you can grow through it!
Thriving isn’t about avoiding challenges; it’s about creating frameworks that support you through them. Systems and structures are your co-founders in every dream you chase.
Here’s a framework I want you to adapt to every roadblock, loss, or failure you encounter in 2025.
Clarity and Context:
What exactly went wrong, and when did I first notice it?
Was the goal clear from the beginning? Did I communicate it effectively?
Process and System Check:
Did my system fail to catch the issue early? Why?
Were there specific structures or habits that worked well, even amid the failure?
Learning and Adaptation:
What did this experience teach me about my approach?
If I were to start over, what would I do differently?
Ownership and Accountability:
How much of this outcome was within my control?
Did I rely too much on others or tools without proper checks?
Future Focus:
How can I adjust my system to better handle similar situations?
What’s one step I can take immediately to apply what I’ve learned?
Failures and losses are inevitable, but they’re also goldmines for self-awareness and growth when approached with the right mindset. By asking these questions and iterating on your systems, every setback becomes a stepping stone.
I not only have shown you how to set up structures and systems, but I have also shown you how to grow through the failures with an adaptive framework that took me years to learn and teach myself through the pain.
Now, this is your guide to getting ‘locked in’ the right way!
Phew! See you next Wednesday!
With Love💜
Precious( Chief Contributor, The Digital Dump)
Thank you so much for this, Precious.