Q4 Focus: A Brainstorming Session for MJV and My Life

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So let’s do a brainstorming session together. We are in Q4 and for some younger folks, the ‘Great Lock In’ but for me, I am in birthdays and Christmas holiday prep modes and feeling a little reflective.

So 2025 hasn’t gone the way I envisioned it on my 2025 vision board and I am OK with that. The career aspirations, even the upskilling, just haven’t panned out the way I thought they would back in December 2024 and I am releasing those plans and leaning deep into what I do have and what I have accomplished.

Birthday Mode

My birthday was last week but I am drafting this well before that in late September. I am currently mapping out my birthday outfit down to my fragrance profile I want for the day. Last year due to poor weather none of my birthday plans worked out so now I am hyping myself up for a fantastic day even though it is a weekday but that is what vacation days are for.

Christmas Holiday Planning

I haven’t quite written my Christmas holiday shopping lists or done my menu yet but ideas are swirling and I plan to get this done, this week and set my budget. But I am also planning on being present with those I love and care for this year and not just to give presents or cash. I want to spend quality time with my friends and family.

I will however, dedicate November blog posts to some Christmas holiday planning tips as well as meal ideas. And if you weren’t totally turned off by last week’s affiliate marketing post, maybe a Christmas shopping gift guide, let me know if you are interested in something like that I will work on it for November.

Home Reset

For Q4, I want to do a little home reset, nothing expensive but add some accents here and there, get and hang new art pieces. Grab a few new throws and light my autumn inspired candles. Just enjoy this little apartment a little more than I have been doing over the last year.

My Jamaican Vignettes Revamp 2026

I know I asked this already but do you like the new theme? So here is what I am going for, I want to transition MJV from personal blog to a digital magazine and more details will come in December on what to expect as well as a new posting schedule. But Q4 2025, will require some serious content strategy and planning as I write to lean into and love this community that I have created. So please support, comment and share the posts when the new vision goes live in January 2026.

Thank You

When I look at the statistics for the blog and see that over 50,000 people read the posts annually, I am a little shocked and blown away, like who are these people and where are you from. But I want to say thanks for being on this ride with me so far and especially in 2025 where I feel as if I have been a little more vulnerable and shared a bit more personal things that I may have in past. Thank you.

And I want to bring back newsletter, my own mailing list, not sure if it will be Substack or something different but watch this space for an announcement on getting on the My Jamaican Vignettes new mailing list in 2026.

Let’s Chat

What are your Q4 2025 plans? How has 2025 been treating you? Have you hit your goals and milestones? Or are you more like me and hitting reset and deciding that maybe you should go inwards a bit and treat this period as reset and recovery season?

I hope you are doing well. Until we chat again in November (get ready for Christmas holiday 2025 content).