The last few days I’ve been working on an exercise that’s been really helping me overcome my own mind drama and excuses.

Here’s how it works:

1. Write out what you want at the top of a page.

2. Write out every single excuse your brain gives you about why you don’t already have it.

3. Next to every excuse, write a solution to overcome it.

4. Go and execute those solutions as soon as possible. Before your brain has a chance to come up with more excuses.

Simple. So. damn. effective.

These are the excuses my brain has made for why I’m not where I want to be yet with all my goals:

• I don’t have professional enough photography

• I haven’t learned keyword research on YouTube

• I’m not “successful enough” for people to publish anything about me

• My Instagram feed isn’t pretty enough

• I’m not a practiced speaker

• I don’t have enough followers

Yes, for real, that is the BS my brain comes up with. 

It’s so embarrassing to write it down because I can see how UNIMPORTANT it all is to achieving my goals.

And yet, they still bother me.

So here is my solution:

I can either:

a) Do the thing I think I need to do just to get it off my mind

OR

b) Decide to never ever worry about it again for all eternity

Here is what I’ve decided to do:

• Just get the photography done (I just posted in an NZ Facebook asking for a photographer)

• Buy the YouTube course I’ve been procrastinating buying (just got on the email list for when it next opens)

• Decide that I AM successful enough already, and send my content to publishers now (Tuesday I will write something to send!)

• Literally never ever worry about my Instagram feed ever again for all eternity because it doesn't matter

• Practice speaking and watch presentation videos on YouTube (This Thursday I will begin working on this).

• Serve the audience I DO have because they are amazing (Keep showing up every day with value)

I've decided I will never. ever. let excuses stop me.