My June 2021 Goals

Usually I have mostly business-related goals, but this month I’m feeling the pull to focus on my health and relationships. I've healed my shoulder (whaaaat?! More on this soon!) so it feels like a great time to get back into some more rigorous health routines.

1. Do a cardio workout at least 4x a week
   I was doing cardio before, but kind of being cautious and holding back. Now that I know I’m safe to exercise, I’m excited to just go for it! I track my satisfaction across different life arenas, and my health arena has been steadily climbing. My goal is to get from a 7/10 to an 8/10 in the health arena this month.

2. Join a dance class with Daniel
   We just signed up to Lindy Hop Swing Dancing classes (1940s/1950s style) and some of our friends are coming too. I’ve done it once before and it’s a real workout!

3. Actively revisit the Ultimate Relationship Program
   Some of you may recall that I was doing this Tony Robbins relationship program with Daniel. It’s super comprehensive and definitely not a “10-day program” as it’s suggested to be. I’d recommend spending at least 3 months on it! So now we’re going to revisit the next level of teachings and content. We just celebrated our 6 year anniversary in May, and we’re ready to dive back in!

4. Double my emergency fund
   I was leaving this goal for the end of the year in my planning, but it looks like I’m ahead of schedule. Does anyone else get major satisfaction from building an emergency fund? (I’ve watched a LOT of Dave Ramsey videos haha).

What are your June goals? Comment below or write your own post for us to get inspired!

May 2021 Goals Review

Five months into 2021. How can that be REAL? Here’s my rundown of my May Goals:

1. Complete the back healing work by Dr Sarno
   DONE. I’ve finished reading (listening) to his book on audible, and I have to say, May has been the month with the least back/neck/shoulder pain that I’ve had in the last year and a half. I’m OVER THE MOON! I’m also doing 21 day e-book program by another author, who put it together through the teachings of Dr Sarno. I’m going to do a proper review/talk about my back pain, but for now – if you have any type of chronic pain at all, READ OR WATCH SOMETHING BY DR SARNO! I mean it when I say it’s life-changing.
   

2. Mindset journal every day in May
   INCOMPLETE. Some days I did this in my journal, some days in my phone, but there were a few days I didn’t do. I realise it was because I wasn’t checking in with my goal list for May enough, to stay on track. I let myself off the hook too easily. However, I can say that daily, I still thought about the question, “Who do I need to BE to create the result I want?”
   

3. Implement steps to make my daily work tasks more effortless
   DONE. I changed some of the privacy settings on my social media accounts so that I’m not receiving as many spam messages, which is really helping me stay on task. I’ve also been repurposing my blog content and social media posts to create new ones, and that makes the “show up every day” motto that I live by a lot more effortless. Additionally, today I started getting up at 6am to write and create content to make the rest of my day more effortless (hey, it’s May 31st, it still counts towards this goal!).
   

4. Start tap dancing (excited about this one because I danced for 13 years as a kid!)
   DONE. I’ve been to four classes and I’m loving being back. I joined an advanced class and discovered that while I know how to do all of the steps, the challenge has been to re-train my brain to learn choreography as quickly as it’s being taught! I posted my life assessment categories the other day, and the satisfaction in my “hobbies” category has increased because I joined tap. In June, I’ve signed up to do Lindy Hop Swing Dancing and a dance fitness class too. I’m excited to get back into dancing in a big way!

Did you hit your May Goals? Let me know in the comments!

Discipline is Choosing Between These Two Things

Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most. – Abraham Lincoln

I heard this quote and immediately knew it was going to stick in my head.

Choosing what we want MOST over what we want NOW is one of the biggest keys to success.

Doing the thing we said we’d do, not the thing we feel like doing in the moment is how we get what we want – it’s how we hit all of our goals.

What I want most, is to give more value to my audience on Facebook and Instagram. But what I want now, is to avoid writing, thinking and putting my work out into the world.

So I’ve given myself a challenge this week: I’m going to create/write/work at 6am every morning, before I start my coaching calls around 8 or 9am.

The goal is to wake up, write, publish, and then start my day from there.

Getting the essential work done first.

Wish me discipline!

Balancing Masculine & Feminine Goal-Getting Strategies

Balance isn’t always 50/50.

Balance is whatever makes you FEEL balanced.

For me, 90% masculine strategy, 10% feminine strategy is my perfect balance.

I’m GO GO GO, no BS, have a simple plan, take action, attack.

I thrive on that, 90% of my day.

And then I’ll balance it out with 10% being, allowing, flowing, letting what will be, be.

That part is important too.

But I feel my best when I’m in “unleash the beast” mode for most of my day.

That doesn’t mean my way is the only way to hit your goals. I’ve got clients who are crushing the game and they’re the most “allowing, come what may, let it be, be patient and manifest it from the universe” people ever.

You might find 60/40 is optimal. Or 20/80.

Excellent goal-getting doesn’t require you to find equal balance.

It just requires you to function at your personal optimum.

Let me know in the comments – what is your optimal masculine/feminine percentage?

The Simple, Easy, Ugly, Random Challenge

"If it’s not complicated and difficult and pretty and consistent then I can’t post it."

I just got off the phone with a client who said this to me.

And I had to immediately write it down.

Because I think SO many people have this thought about social media.

We want eveeeerything to be perfect from the get-go.

And it PARALYSES us.

What if instead, creating content could be simple and easy and ugly and random?

If you've been avoiding posting about your project, business or passion, I challenge you to just post something simple and easy and ugly and random today.

Because it’s SO much better than posting nothing at all.

#SimpleEasyUglyRandomChallenge

Need Goal Inspo?

Here is a list of all the impossible goals my clients are currently pursuing.

1. Getting a book published with the world’s biggest publisher

2. Falling in love/finding a relationship

3. Becoming a full-time copywriter

4. Creating a full-time income as a coach for dog parents

5. Editing the first draft of their novel

6. Taking a business from side hustle to full time

7. Landing $1000 projects in their design business

8. Starting an online media publication

9. Selling their photography prints in galleries

10. Hiring employees for the first time

11. Getting influencer collaborations with 5-star hotels

12. Starting a personal styling company

13. Creating 5 new clients

14. Raising funding for their monopoly-style board game

15. Launching a membership site for learning german philosophy

16. Getting famous speakers on their podcast

Your impossible goal can be ANYTHING.

You just have to commit to it

The Kind of Goals Worth Pursuing

Pursue the kind of goals that are so big, you don’t even want to admit them to other people.

The ones that make you think “Can I really do this?” “Am I good enough?”

Not because big goals are better.

But because of the person you’ll become when you show yourself you CAN really do this, you ARE really good enough.

(You don’t have to hit the goal believe it – you just have to try).

They’re the kind of goals that are worth pursuing.

Honing My Craft

I’ve been spending a lot of time over the last few days diving into my coaching materials and tools, thinking about my clients, what they need, and how I can serve them best.

Each year, I re-certify as a High Performance Coach with the High Performance Institute to make sure I’m up to date and coaching at the highest level.

And every time, I find another amazing tool or perspective that I didn’t see the first round. I want more of this in my life so I’ve decided to craft time out weekly to review all my coach training.

What do you do to hone your craft? Let me know in the comments!

Pros and Cons of Blogging

I can feel my chapter of blogging coming to a close. I’m so pleased I set myself this 730-day challenge, and now that I’m nearing the end I have made the definite decision to stop posting daily (although I will probably still post when I have something super valuable to share).

Pros of daily blogging:

• It’s an opportunity for me to be creative every day

• I have developed my writing skills and honed my “voice” as a writer

• Having almost 700 blog posts is a great resource for repurposing content

• I have a record of my experience building my business and going after many goals

Cons of daily blogging

• Sometimes I end up writing something low-quality, just to get a post out

• It has served its purpose and I no longer feel the need to keep going

• It takes time away from my other goals I’m working on

Overall, I’m SO grateful for the experience, and soon this chapter will close.

Tracking My Life Arenas

One of the things I do with my High Performance Coaching Clients is to figure out where they’re at across all areas of their lives – and then give them tools to increase their satisfaction in each area.

Many of my clients choose to focus on just one area (most commonly career or health), but some of them don’t have one specific goal, they have a general desire to become a high performer across all areas of life.

Recently, I’ve been tracking my own life satisfaction across eight different areas. I’m starting to notice patterns (like how my career satisfaction and financial satisfaction – unsurprisingly – go hand in hand).

I’m not tracking it on any particular day, just when I feel like checking in. I also keep notes of why I feel like each area is a certain score, and how to improve it.

The best part about it is that I get a chance to ask myself what I’d like to see in each area, everytime I track it. Then – and this is the most important part – I actually schedule time for improvement into my calendar (this week, I’m booking into a Pilates class because I can see my physical health stagnating across time).

Have you ever tracked your overall life satisfaction before? Let me know in the comments what you discovered!