Recently, I’ve been feeling a bit down. Like most people, I have certain goals that I’m working towards and projects that I’m working towards and sometimes I get frustrated with the progress that I’m making. Recently, I began taking some time to really assess my progress and was surprised to discover that I was doing better than I expected. I figured if I’m having these types of thoughts, that other people may be too. And, July is a great time of year to begin something new, or breathe life into a project or goal that you’re working on.
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Show Notes
- I have a question for you…what can you get done in the next year? Or, better yet, what would you like to make happen by Summer 2020?
- Start that blog?
- Write that Book?
- Meet the One?
- Create a family (in whatever way that happens for you)
- Launch a course?
- Lose or gain weight?
- Launch a movement/grow your brand
- A few weeks ago I was feeling a bit frustrated with my debt-repayment journey. For some reason I decided to look back at the beginning to now and get a better feel for where I was at. I’d underestimated (by a lot) the amount of debt that I’ve paid off, and the subsequent cumulative affect on my life. What this currently looks like.
- Thousands of dollars in debt eliminated
- A rapidly shrinking number of entities that I’m financially obligated to
- Increasing simplicity to my financial life.
- Then, I spent some time looking at some of my business/personal goals.
- Increased my passive income steadily each month since January 2018 when I first decided to track my earnings. This year it has gotten ridiculously easy to make passive income and I can’t imagine how things would be if I hadn’t started tracking that income. By the way, I made a whopping $22.84
- Have been asked to speak at more events.
- Podcast Movement 2019
- Outlier Festival 2019
- Was asked to become a podcast mentor for the inaugural “From the Margins to the Center“ podcast incubator program launched out of Denver, Colorado at the House of Pod. And, I was paid for my time.
- What YOU Can Do!
- Be Kind to Yourself-Your journey will ebb and flow
- Decide what you want to focus on for the next year, understanding that focusing on more than 2 areas of focus will likely slow down your progress.
- You can’t do everything (and, that’s ok)
- Create the simplest systems that set you up for success
- Visualize the end result. I love using a Vision Board to help me with this.
- Whenever possible, try to have fun working towards your goal
- Measure your success using the metrics that make sense. But, don’t lose your mind over this. If you’re paying off $100 of debt each month-that’s still a win because you’ve gotten into the habit of paying off debt. Then, gradually increase the amount. Don’t set yourself up for failure with unattainable or extremely difficult to attain wins.
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