Good morning
“Spend your Energy on Action…Not Words.” PK Smith
It’s Friday and two weeks before the big guy in the red suit shows up – for all of us believers anyway. Yes, I still fill my kid’s stockings. I’m pretty proud of myself that I got all my gifts from small business owners – zero from the Big A – it wasn’t easy but I did it! Ho! Ho! Ho!
Anyway – back to creating our plan for 2021 – connecting goals with purpose and our three words. Refer back to the monthly article on the Inside for guidance on the three word project if you haven’t started! I’ll be releasing mine next week. 🙂
I’m doing this along with you, as I’m in this reinvention of Cindy mode. I can tell you I find the process incredibly therapeutic – doing all the deep soul searching and spending time on ME. PS – we never spend enough time on ourselves!
Here are some prompts to help you create your plan for 2021. It’s what my coach has me working on. Is it easy? Hell no! Is it needed….indeed it is.
- As you look over the past year – what was the most important issue, question, or big “thing” you were dealing with. I know for many it’s just surviving the crazy Covid – but look beyond that. For me, it’s merging my two lives – hippie Cindy who loves to travel and Business Cindy who is a strategist and finding that one ME and creating a brand message that tells my true story.
- If you look at December 2019 – what were your goals and aspirations? Did you achieve them? If not, why? If Covid is the answer – ask yourself did you use that as an excuse or was it real? I know I used it as an excuse more than once. Enough is enough.
- Going back to the Seven Levels Deep exercise – are you being honest about what drives you? I’m re-doing this again. The key is to NOT answer the questions as you feel they should be answered, but answer them as your soul speaks.
- If you could design the perfect Day, Week, Month, Year – what would it look like?
- What in your life right now do you DREAD doing? What do you secretly or openly CRAVE to do? If you crave eating Cheetos and binge watching Netflix – that’s not the answer I’m looking for because that shows you want to escape – dig deeper. Just saying 🙂
- Who is in your Circle of Five – those people who lift you up? Do you have people who are dragging you down? Where do you need to make changes?
- Are you doing things out of guilt? Spending time with people because you feel you have to? This one is huge for me – and one I’m working deeply on with my coach.
- Are you doing things that don’t serve you?
The quote above is from my coach. It’s all about spending your precious energy on things and people that matter. Words are cheap – actions are everything. That includes your words and the words of others.
If you want to make 2021 different than 2020 – Covid aside – it’s up to you to take action.
It’s up to you to surround yourself with people that matter and will lift you up not drag you down.
It’s up to you to stop making excuses and take responsibility for your actions.
It’s up to you to take control of your life and your happiness.
Like I said – I’m in this with you. It’s not a fluff exercise I’m putting out there to just get an email written – I’m pondering ALL of these questions to.
Let’s do it. I’m ready to look 2021 in the eye in a BIG and BEAUTIFUL way. Are you?
Namaste,
Cindy