I create vision boards to help me move towards my future goals. I also write lists. Lets’s just say that I need photos to lay my eyes on so that I can actually see the outcome that I want. My new vision board has a sector for: love, finance, health, and work.
So, what is the blog post that I would like to write at the end of this year?
“Debt Free, In love, 20 Pounds Lighter and Working for Myself!”
The thing is in order for this to happen I will have to take a lot of action steps between now and the end of the year.
Fear has been my enemy. I have been afraid to take that leap of faith in myself and that’s a shame…or, maybe we take that leap when we’re actually ready? I finally feel that I’m ready now. I understand that in taking this risk I might end up hating it, loving it, or something in between.
The other week Lauren from L Bee and the Money Tree told me about a video by Marie Forleo. She is a life coach amongst other things. Ironically, I had read her book on dating a few weeks before being told about this video and I absolutely loved it!
The question that this video asks is where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Actually what she really asks is:
“Ten years from now will you regret not following your heart?”
For me I am already 5 years into that question and I can no longer ignore the fact I am in charge of my life and I while I’ve made the pragmatic choice, the safe choice by sticking with job and staying in Colorado that choice is no longer the right one for me. I have let go of any regret that I may feel concerning that choice. It was the right one for that time and given the same circumstances I would still make the same decision.
People change and it’s now time for me to take a risk-even with my debt.
I still want to live in Colorado but I need to push the envelope. I want to volunteer, meet new people, enjoy the outdoors, and exercise. Things that I love doing. I want to spend time with family and actually have the time to clean my house. I want to DATE! And have love in my life. I want to feel rested everyday instead of exhausted.
I would like to wake up every day and be emboldened by the thrill of the hunt. For work. For love, for everything. I want to live up to my potential which I’m currently not because each day is the pretty much the same.
It’s time to shut the door on one chapter of my life and start a new one. Am finally not afraid but I had to work through the process of acknowledging and facing my fear. Looking fear straight in the eye is an intense process.
Let’s see what happens.
What is the blog post you would like to write at the end of the year?
How will you make it happen?
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That would be a killer post 🙂
I’m pretty happy with where I am in life. However, I’d like to write at the end of this year that I’m credit card debt free! I’d also like to write about the awesome travel plans I have in 2015 — which don’t currently exist, but here’s hoping!
Believe me when I say I am working hard on it. I can’t wait to read your credit card debt free post!! Start planning the trip…churn some credit cards??
I’m excited to follow your journey. I’ve been thinking a lot about what the next steps are for me. For now I’m focusing on getting my next professional license, then deciding if I want to stay in my current career path. I definitely don’t want to wake up 10 years from now and still be living the same life (work wise).
Thanks KK! I’m also reading a book written by a personal coach and working through the exercises. It has given me a lot to think abut about my life and the different sectors in my life that aren’t working well. I’m just spending time working on myself. I’m also thinking about getting some credentials…still deciding for what.
I love, love, love this!!!!!! We are going thru many of the same things and you are forcing me to think out loud and do something and make some changes!
Thanks Crystal. I am working through a personal coaching book that is helping me identify the things that I’M doing that are keeping me from what I want in my life. At this point I know what I want but I’m the only constant.
I’m excited to follow your journey. Your motivation is so inspiring. The post I would love to write is “I’m done with debt — for good”. Or ” The Crazy Things that Happened in my Life that I Never Thought Possible”. 🙂
Aaggh Thanks! I would love to read that post from you. It’s going to happen.
How about “How I Made a Billion Dollars in 8 Months of Freelancing?” Not feasible? LOL
I’m reading $100 Start Up right now. I find it pretty inspiring considering you’re talking about people who took almost nothing and made it BIG.
Until you try, you don’t know LOL! I love the $100 Start Up. I think that most people over think the obvious: Pitch, pitch, pitch. Deliver great service, Under promise and over deliver.
Great post idea! Love it esp the part about working for yourself – heyo!!! I think I hope to write something like “I survived my first few months with my twins without losing my mind and also my business didn’t fail”…. but I should prob work on shortening it or something haha!
You will rise to the occassion of being a mommy to twins! Just make sure that figure out the best people to help out (grandma and grandpa!)
I’m wishing good things for you!
I’d love to buy a house but there’s no way that’ll happen. I’d settle for a great job that T loves – that’s my main concern right now.
T will find a job and I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will be something he loves. He might end up making a pragmatic choice-working a job that pays well but is ok. Either way, things will settle down. You will buy a home, I can’t wait to read that post.
What an awesome question, really! Cause last night, talking with my BF, I feel like I’ll be in ‘idle’ for the next year, whilst he gets his stuff together (money to buy a house… I already bought). So, the post I would love to write, honestly, is probably ‘I’m married now, and a baby is on it’s way’. Cause I feel like that IS the next stage in my life. But seeing it takes two people for those, in the meantime, I should grab any opportunity to do things where a baby might make it hard. Which pretty much cements a question I got via email yesterday, a chance to spend 2 weeks in Japan learning about disaster response and recovery. I have already identified that’s where I want my career to head, where I get excited, so I’m going to email ‘yes’ now and see what comes of it. (thankfully, I’m debt (other than mortgage) free, so I can dip into the rainy day savings!) I’ll not regret the money spent, but the opportunity may never come up again
I have learned the hard way that when opportunities present themselves you have to grab them because you never know if they will happen again. I love the idea of your post and will be sending good vibes your way. Congratulations on your Japan opportunity. It’s an amazing country. It has taken me so long to figure out my next act and I will be honest and say I have a lot of doubts but I think once you’ve got that feeling about where you should be headed just put one foot in front of the other and GO!!
I agree, that would be a killer post. Jan last year it was similar to what I wanted – I wanted to be under 70kg, my house sold and living in Canberra, in love, and for my business to have doubled. It happened within 6 months! I still can’t believe it. I worked with a life coach a bit back then and really worked out what was stopping me and what I needed to change. As you know there were a lot of bumps in the road, but I persisted and it’s so worth it. I know you can do it 🙂
As for the blog post I want to write at the end of the year “We bought a house!” It is our family goal and focus. I know we can do it. The deposit I know I could do, there as another hurdle, but it looks like I might clear that come May 🙂
WOW, I am so excited that all of these things came into fruition. I think that sometimes when you send an intention out into The Universe you also begin developing habits and a focus that moves you toward what you want. I am working very hard towards what I want but understand that it’s a process. Sometimes I get frustrated with the process because I am so impatient to achieve the end result. I think the other post that I look forward to writing will about the journey.
I can’t wait to read your “I Bought A House Post!!!” You’ll clear the other hurdle, just keep focused and look at every angle so that you can eliminate whatever is in your way.