From Foggy to Focused: How to Make Extra Money from Home This Fall.. Starting With Your Mindset

Ever feel like you’re spinning your wheels in the same rut you were stuck in last fall? Or the one before that? The truth is, you’re not alone. Every woman I’ve worked with in digital marketing, affiliate sales, or work-from-home careers has had a moment (or five) where life felt heavy, motivation was missing, and forward momentum felt like a fantasy.

I know what it’s like to feel like your spark is buried under laundry piles, past decisions, or the noise of everyone else’s success. To scroll past others living their best life while you’re just trying to live through Monday. That pit-in-your-stomach feeling? That tightness in your chest when you realize another season slipped by? Been there.

But what if I told you your mindset is your biggest muscle?

And fall? Fall is the perfect season to flex it.

With leaves falling, temps cooling, and pumpkin-spice everything hitting the shelves, it’s also the season of reflection, release, and renewal. This blog is your permission slip to pause, reset, and reclaim your goals without the guilt. You’ll find mindset shifts, healing practices, and money-making motivation to move through the stuck and into the season you actually want to live.

Let’s go.

🧠 Step One: Is Your Brain Even in Gear?

I’ve lost count of the times I’ve thought to myself: “Think, Roxanne!” or “Get your butt in gear!” But one morning, coffee in hand and brain in a fog, I asked myself a better question:

"Is my brain even in the right gear?"

Mindset is the motor that drives your day.

And when it’s stuck in neutral.. or worse, reverse.. you’ll find yourself stuck, spinning, and second-guessing everything. Your mindset determines how much energy you have, how you show up for your dreams, and whether or not you believe you’re capable.

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And here’s the thing: Your mindset can be your biggest ally or your worst enemy.

Negative thinking isn’t harmless. It creates patterns. And patterns? Create results. That loop of “I can’t do this,” “Why bother,” “Nothing ever works out”.. it becomes your inner soundtrack.

Let’s change the playlist.

One fall, I found myself sitting in my car in the grocery store parking lot, holding a cold coffee and crying over something I couldn’t even name. I had spent weeks putting on a brave face, forcing gratitude, pretending I was okay. But my mind was a noisy, cluttered mess. That’s when I realized, I didn’t just need a new plan, I needed space to breathe.

🧹 Step Two: Clear the Mental Clutter

Fall is the season of letting go.

So let’s do that.. literally. You’ve been carrying burning branches of regret, frustration, and self-doubt for way too long. Every time you pick up those old memories or replay those painful moments? You’re getting burned all over again.

Let that branch go, love. 🍂

Here’s how:

• Say it out loud: “This is not helping me anymore.”
• Get grounded: go outside, breathe, walk in the woods or just stand barefoot in your backyard.
• Call someone who makes you feel safe.
• Write it down, rip it up, throw it out.

Mental clutter is sneaky. But you are not your past. And you’re not a failure because something didn’t go how you planned.🌟 This is a new season.. you get to decide what you bring into it.

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✨ Step Three: Speak to Yourself Like You’d Speak to Her

Would you tell your best friend she’s a loser? An idiot?

Would you tell your daughter to give up? Quit?

No? Then why do you talk to yourself like that?

We’re often our own harshest critics. But that’s not helping you make money online, start the side hustle, or pursue the dream that’s been on your heart for years.

Flip the script. Say this with me:

• I can do this.
• I believe in myself.
• I haven’t figured it out yet.. but I will.
• This doesn’t define me.
• I don’t quit on me.

The more you say it, the more your mindset believes it.

🔗 Related Short Video: Three Reminders for a Better Day!

🛠️ Step Four: Create Possibility with Positive Habits

Motivation isn’t a mood.. it’s a muscle.

Years ago, I thought habits had to be monumental. Like waking up at 5AM, running 10K, and drinking kale smoothies before sunrise. But one of the most life-changing habits I ever started? Simply writing down one thing I was proud of at the end of each day.. even if it was “I didn’t yell when I spilled my tea.”

Start small:

• Listen to a podcast while doing the dishes.
• Replace one “I can’t” with “I haven’t yet.”
• Follow uplifting creators.
• Journal one thing you did do today.

This builds belief. And belief? That’s the fuel for side hustles for women, online jobs from home, or finally taking the leap into that digital product idea you’ve been sitting on.

No one’s expecting you to go from stuck to millionaire overnight. But one little win today? That’s traction. That’s movement. That’s muscle building.

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💬 Step Five: Deal With It.. Then Let It Go

Look.. I’ve had my weepy corner moments. Snotty tissues covering the floor.. I’ve danced with depression. I’ve sat in the dark with pain, doubt, and fear. But I’ve also learned this:

Avoidance is exhausting. And the longer you delay healing, the heavier it becomes.

If you need to:

• Scream into a pillow
• Call a friend
• Make the therapy appointment
• Journal it all out

Do it. Then? Move.

Healing isn’t linear. But forward is forward. Even when it’s wobbly.

🔗Related Short Video: What I Say to Myself When My "Inner Voice" Gets Out of Control

🍂 November Is the New New: Reset With Purpose This Season

If you’ve been:

• Doubting yourself
• Carrying pain from the past
• Talking yourself out of your potential

Then this is your invitation to breathe. To pause. To reflect.

Because fall isn’t just about change—it’s about letting go with love.
Maybe what some women call a mid life crisis is really a mid life awakening!

The falling leaves don’t resist the wind. They surrender to it. They trust the timing. And maybe, just maybe, that’s what this season is asking of you too.

To release the old stories that no longer serve.
To bless what’s behind you.
To gently turn toward what’s next.

This is your moment to reassess what’s working… and what’s quietly wearing you down. It’s your chance to choose direction over distraction, simplicity over stress, and alignment over obligation.

And if your heart’s been whispering for something new.. something that brings peace, purpose, and possibility?

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It’s not about rushing into the next thing. It’s about exploring a different way. One that meets you where you are.. with flexibility, dignity, and the freedom to earn in a way that actually feels good.

Because your reset doesn’t need to be loud to be powerful.
And forward doesn’t have to mean frantic.

This fall, let the wind guide you toward something more aligned.
Something softer. Something yours.

🌻Cheers to release, renewal, and rising,
Roxanne

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