Since May is officially in full bloom, I thought it would be helpful for me to do a monthly plan with me video to give you some planning inspiration and instead of just talking about the tasks and plans I am writing down, I thought it would be much more motivational if I gave you a little pep talk on an important topic about planning.
So, grab your planner, your pens, highlighters and a beverage of your choice and let’s settle in to to do our May monthly planning together and discuss the topic of What it takes to make lasting changes to your productivity?
Pep Talk | What it takes to make lasting changes to your productivity?
As many of you may already know, last week I went live on my youtube channel for a productivity check up where I walked you through my Productivity Assessment. If you haven’t done the assessment yet, as we are planning today, schedule some time this week to complete the assessment because it is something I’ve been working on for a long time, and it’s essentially a self-reporting test to help you identify what you’re specific productivity and planning issues are and it gives you the framework for actually making lasting changes that will cause a ripple effect into so many areas of your life.
Identifying and improving skillsets related to planning and productivity are what will actually cause real visible changes to your life and the results you get from your life.
For years, on Youtube, my blog and even on Instagram, I have been teaching what I know is really good, actionable information on various planning and productivity topics, but something I noticed very often was that the same people in my community would continue to come to me asking how to solve the same productivity issues over and over, even though I had shared tons of content showing how to solve those issues. I began realize that although many people were watching my videos, many of them were not practicing what I was teaching, or they would give is a shot once immediately after learning it, but then failed to follow through over time to see real measurable changes.
They were getting the information, but not implementing. And that implementation is the thing that makes the difference if you want to change your life through planning and productivity.
Once I really realized that was the issue for most people, I became focused on how I could not only provide great information and strategy, but also how I could create a framework to ensure the women in my community were using the information to improve their skills and make long term changes.
And that was my major motivation for creating the Charmed Life Master Mind. To help women learn and do so they could finally experience true changes in their lives.
The work we do in the Charmed Life Master Mind truly matters to me because I know how impactful and empowering it is.
Women join this Master Mind feeling behind in life, overwhelmed by their to do list, and completely goal-less, but then shift into a state of clarity, empowerment and confidence.
That shift is the deliberate result of the way I have structured the Master Mind through information, resources and accountability, that create a very strong process you can follow to change your mindset and behavior.
→ The information you learn through this experience will give you a fresh perspective on your life and what you need to do to make change.
→ The resources I’ve intentionally designed based on research backed strategy will give you practical actions to take to build new skillsets to put that change in place.
→ The accountability the group provides keeps you on your path by providing check in points to motivate you to show up and do the work, even if you fall off course for a bit.
For those who truly desire a shift and transformation in their productivity and lives, this structure works if you show up to do the work.
And I make it as easy as possible for you to follow along, with live classes, on-demand replays for everything we do together, digital/print-at-home resources and a private community were we can remain in constant contact with one another!
Yes, there is a lot of value inside the Charmed Life Master Mind in terms of the content and resources that far exceed the membership price.
But the most valuable part of the experience is the structure and framework intended to help you quickly implement change that would otherwise take you months if not years to achieve on your own.
So, now I want to think- what is truly holding you back from joining me in this master mind experience and making true change in your life?
I have heard from master mind sisters in the past that they were hesitant to join because they were worried that the paid content would be the same as my free content, would be repetitive, or that I wouldn’t be as present in the private group as I claimed. It sounds like those are issues that people have commonly experienced in joining other memberships groups for creators they follow, but let me assure you the Charmed Life Master Mind is different.
If you already enjoy my free content, you are going to love the content in the master mind because although I talk about some similar topics, we go much broader and deeper than I ever do in YouTube videos, blog posts or on Instagram. There is no duplicated content, my free content is completely separate from the content I produce in the master mind. And I understand that perhaps in some other membership groups, the figurehead may only check in once in a while, or go MIA for periods of time- but that is not me and that is not what happens in the Charmed Life Master Mind. I post prompts every day Monday through Friday. I have never missed or even rescheduled a live class- we have always run completely on schedule, and I check the master mind group every single day to answer questions and do coaching with my master mind sisters. So if you join and you post questions, get ready for me to give you direct attention and coaching because I am extremely active in the group!
Now, as for other reasons why you may not have enrolled yet, I also personally question how comfortable people feel with the idea paying for additional content, and now that the number of creators who have started memberships or patreons has grown, it likely feels as though you are being asked so often to join a membership to support a creator you like to “support their work”.
Something that makes the Charmed Life Master Mind different than those other situations, is that this membership isn’t simply about buying more content from me- it’s about learning and doing together. Taking what I teach and creating practical tools and resources so you are implementing what you learn. Then of course having a structure for accountability with the monthly live calls, the Slack posts and the opportunity to bring your questions and issues directly to me for one-on-one coaching and strategy.
If you truly desire change in your life,
If you want to know what it feels like to experience clarity and confidence in your actions,
And if you want to start seeing the new results that can only come from true change,
I welcome you to join me in the Charmed Life Master Mind!
Today I am sharing more on Planner Alchemy- tips for using your planner to manifest productivity and success in your life. Specifically, I want to share some tips for how to Feng Shui your planner to attract positive productivity energy.
Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese practice of using and directing universal life force energy or qi into areas of your life to achieve balance, harmony and improvement.
When we hear about Feng Shui, we often hear the practice used in terms of organizing and decorating our homes, but we can also apply Feng Shui principles to our planner and so I want to share five such tips with you today.
Tip 1. Keep your planner open whenever possible: If you are working at your desk, keep your planner open, even if you are not actively using it or referring to it, because this helps to clear the air around your planner and attract positive chi as part of the Feng Shui Philosophy.
Tip 2. Clear out clutter: a main principle of Feng Shui is to keep your spaces clean and neat. One of the tenants of Feng Shui is that positive energy or qi can’t flow in a hoarded room. So, good qi also can’t flow into a hoarded or messy planner. I regularly remove unnecessary pages from my planner and either discard them if they are not needed or save them in an archive or storage binder for future reference, as this will help clear the energy of my planner for positive qi!
Tip 3. Fill your planner with beauty and happiness: In Feng Shui, the way an area looks and feels has a major impact on the type of energy that is attracted to it. So, make sure you leave inspirational images and quotes in your planner so that positive energy is attracted to it. Keep some tokens of happy memories tucked inside extra pockets or punched inside your planner. I’d also recommend taking notes of achievements and positive events on your agenda pages as this will also help to make your planner a destination for positive energy.
Tip 4. Choose your ink color purposefully: In Feng Shui color is a powerful quality meant to strategically attract energy into your life. Consider choosing the ink colors that you use inside your planner, in terms of your pen and highlighters, strategically to correspond to what energy you are looking to attract more of in your life.
Here are the Feng Shui Color Correspondences:
Black: Career + Life Path White: Children and creativity Grey: Helpful people and travel Blue: Knowledge and personal development Turquoise: New beginnings and confidence Green: Growth, family and health Brown: Stability and security Purple: Spirituality, adventure and prosperity Pink: Relationships, partnership and romance Red: Fame and reputation Yellow: Power, health and patience Orange: Health and happiness
Tip 5. Store your planner in a clean and well lit space: Don’t keep your planner shoved in your bag or in a drawer for hours on end, leave it in a place of respect out in the open where it will not get damaged and will be like an ornament in your life. If you have respect for your planner and treat it with respect, positive energy will also continue to flow to it, attracting success, abundance and productivity into your life.
Watch the Video on How to Feng Shui Your Planner
So, those are my top five tips to apply the principles of Feng Shui to your planner to start attracting positive productivity energy into your life. I hope this gives you some new inspiration for using your planner to attract more abundance, productivity and success in your life.
I have finally written and published my book on planning and productivity called the Functional Planning Handbook and it is available right now for sale on Amazon.com.
Those of you who have been following me for a while know that this book is something I’ve been talking about writing for years, and I’m so excited to finally launch it publicly to the world!
As you can surmise from the title, this book is my official guide to functional planning, and it was truly written to be a companion to your planner as you can see from it’s petite 4 x 6 inch size!
It’s a book you can learn from by reading through it, sure, but it’s really meant to be a reference guide for you as well because if you have been planning for any period of time, you know that it’s not about learning the strategies once and you suddenly know exactly how to plan and organize your life.
Functional planning is truly a skill and a practice that you develop over time and I wanted this book to be your pocket reference guide and handbook that you could reach for when you had a question about how to perform your daily planning routine, but also to be a source of inspiration and motivation for you to get things done. That’s why several chapters of this book are dedicated to discussing time, task and energy management strategies you can implement quickly and easily in your life.
This book, like much of my content, is direct strategy- no fluff or filler- that is actionable and practical for the variety of women and lifestyles in my community. If you are an ambitious woman in my community who desires a more organized, intentional and successful life, and knows planning and personal organization are strategies that can help you achieve more with less time, stress and effort, then the functional planning handbook is for you!
And, of course, for those of you who support the launch and purchase your copy this month, I have a special bonus gift for you- A Functional Planning Routines planner insert with 21 prompts that you can use to support your daily, weekly and monthly planning routine so that you make better, more complete plans that you feel confident executing on to make your ideal life a reality!
I sincerely hope you love the book, the bonus and will consider leaving me a positive review for the book on Amazon so we can get this essential functional planning information in the hands of more amazing women who need it!
Thank you all so much for your ongoing support and encouragement, this won’t be the last you hear of the book- we will certainly be discussing it more in the coming weeks, so you can understand more of the behind the scenes of what finishing this major goal looked like for me!
Thanks for joining me on this journey and we will talk soon!
→ Have you been struggling with your planning and personal organization?
→ Do you question how to best set up your planner for the year?
→ What inserts to include?
→ How to establish a regular planning routine?
→ And how to ensure you actually use your planner to get more done with less time and effort?
Learning how to properly set up and use your planner is the first step to ensuring you have the systems in place to confidently plan a balanced and successful life.
One where you have visibility to all the important tasks in your day, the time set aside to get them done, and still have room each day to care for yourself, your family and the other priorities in your life.
Whether you work for yourself, another company, are a stay at home mom, student or even retiree, having a reliable planning system at your fingertips is the difference between a balanced, intentional and fulfilling life and one where you feel completely disorganized and out of control.
That’s why I have created a NEW FREE TRAINING Class called:
How to Plan for a Balanced and Successful Life!
I’m hosting this new training live on Saturday, January 22nd at 2pm EST and you are invited to be part of the inaugural class.
In this FREE Training, I am going to teach you:
✔︎ How to set up a functional planning system, one with the inserts you need to ensure you are capturing all of lifes tasks, and then how to establish a simple routine to ensure you are utilizing your planner to get things done on a daily basis.
✔︎ I am going to teach you how to use your planner to create a system to ensure you are able to quantify and track your work to make your planning process easier, and also to make organizing your tasks and scheduling them into your life a seamless process so that there is a time for everything and everything gets done.
✔︎ Finally, I am going to teach you ten time, task and energy management strategies to help you complete a long to-do list. These are simple, practical strategies you can implement immediately in your life for a greater sense of productivity and satisfaction with your work.
You are going to walk away from this training armed with knowledge that you can put to use immediately to finally commit to a planner system that works for you, to help you get all your tasks organized and to ensure you know fundamental productivity strategy to work smarter not harder.
Greatest of all though, you are going to walk away from this training with a sense of confidence and clarity that you know how to handle the endless stream of tasks that life brings to you!
Embodying that sort of confidence will immediately bring you more ease, intention and balance to your life because you will begin to recognize that you don’t need to hustle to get it all done. You don’t have to sacrifice your personal goals, time with your family, your wellbeing and even your sleep just to complete a to-do list.
As Elton John sings in the Circle of Life, “there is more to do than can ever be done” in this life! The to do list is always going to grow no matter how much we check off each day, so utilizing systems to manage the work is the best way to bring yourself a sense of peace and trust that you are in control of your life and it’s direction!
I’ll be emailing you reminders and the link over the next few days so you don’t miss out, but make sure to mark your planner and set an alarm on your phone now so you have the time blocked off!
In the meantime, let me know your biggest planning and productivity struggles. Leave me a comment and let me know what specific questions or issues you have and I’d be glad to help.
Today I want to share with you 7 crystals that you can use to supercharge your planner!
Many of you ask me about my crystals, which ones I have and what I use them for and I thought this would be a fun themed video for all my planner lovers.
If you are new to crystals, they are beautiful natural earth elements and stones that are believed to hold a specific energy based on their color and structure and therefore have metaphysical properties that may support you in different areas of life.
Any one crystal can be used a number of ways, but today I want to introduce you to seven that hold specific energies that I believe are helpful for planning and productivity.
Video: 7 Crystals to Supercharge Your Planner
I hope you’ve enjoyed this video and learning about how crystals can help support your planning and productivity needs.
Now I want to hear from you in the comments, which crystals or stones are you interested in picking up and using with your planner?
Imagine this scenario:It’s the first week of the New Year and you are desperate to get your ish together so you can finally become that productive and organized woman with the amazing business or career- plus a perfectly balanced life where you remember everything important, achieve all of your goals, and even make time for your own self-care!
I don’t think this is a difficult scenario for any of us to imagine because this week is the first week of the New Year, and the woman I described is that ideal woman we all wish we could be. That includes ME! I know many of you may feel like I am that woman already, and perhaps I am in your standards, but a collective problem we all face is that the standard for that ideal woman we want to be is different for all of us, and no matter how much we have achieved, we all feel like we have much more work to go until we become her.
Realistically, I think as we continue to grow, expand and evolve, so does our vision of that ideal woman, which accounts for why most of us aspire to be her, but few of us ever feel like we embody her.
But guess what?
Whether or not we are setting a realistic expectation for the ideal woman we want to be, I know there are practical, action oriented steps we can all take right now to get and stay productive and organized this year, and at least intentionally move in the direction of what life as our ideal selves would be.
So, I have broken this work down into nine practical steps we can all take to organize our lives, get clear on what we are trying to accomplish this year, and put ourselves on the path to productively achieving the results we desire.
Are you ready to get started?
Awesome, let’s jump right in!
Step #1: Choose and Use a Planner
This first step should surprise precisely none of you, because you know I am all about organizing my life, time, and tasks with the help of an amazing, custom productivity tool, aka my planner! But, I have to mention this step because it is in fact the first step we need to take, and we know common knowledge isn’t always common practice- and this post is all about practicing what we know we need to do to become the organized and productive woman we want to be.
So, have you figured out your planner of choice for the year yet?
It doesn’t matter to me if you use a custom paper planner situation like I do, or if you decide you are going to use a digital system. I just want you to have a dedicated planner that can do the following for you:
Act as an inbox where you store all your ideas, tasks, schedule, key information etc
Organize information in a streamlined way so you can make the most of time, task, and energy management principles to literally work smarter, not harder
Give you a clear line of sight to what you need to be working on each day, week, month, quarter of the year to remain on track with your goals and vision for the year
This needs to be one single planner or digital system because if you have multiple inboxes and schedules and task lists, you won’t be able to get that big picture view of everything you have going on.
Also, this really should be one single system you commit to using for the complete year because, again, all the information in all the places really becomes a disorganized mess. That mess translates into your productivity, organization level and success for the year, so you do you, but I say one planner for most people is all you need.
If you want to use the same system of inserts that I use, click here.
Your planner is a tool, not a toy, so choose wisely!
Once you have your planner picked out and/or set up you now need to start populating it with information so you can start planning and scheduling your year. I know, I know, another revolutionary tip, but set your snakiness aside, because I know that many of you reading this right now have a planner and are not putting all the important and necessary information you have into it.
I know some of you have information for your schedule or appointments or kids school calendars someplace else. Another calendar, another app, someplace other than the one planner I said needed to act as your ultimate inbox!
And what is actually worse, I know some of you have that beautiful planner that you are really vibe-ing with at the moment but you have some tasks, ideas, meetings etc that you have decided you are just going to remember the details of… like remember in your brain as opposed to inside your planner. Recipe for disaster!
I don’t care how fresh in your mind some of that information is- I know you are going to forget some or all of it by the time you really need to have that information in front of you. But still, you continue to defy my practical advice. I promise you, things won’t change for you this year unless you start making changes. So, please, populate all the information you know about for the year into your planner so you have a line of sight to it.
Go ahead and write it in pencil if you are afraid plans will change, or write the information on a sticky note and put it in the right area of your planner to act on later. But, please populate what you know as soon as you can, and continue to add new information as you receive it.
If you aren’t sure what information to add to your planner, the video linked below will help provide more details and recommendations.
You already know, the habits you have established by this point in your life are the make it or break it for your overall success. We are what we repeatedly do. The reality we see around us is the result of the actions we take on a habitual or routine basis.
And I’d venture to guess that you have some bad habits that you know are holding you back from achieving your goals and becoming that ideal woman you want to be!
So, we have to get our habits under control and to do that we need to get clear on two things:
We need to know which habits are keeping us stuck with the results we currently have, and…
We need to understand the process for replacing habits so we can make a meaningful change to adjust our results
If you need help with changing your habits to change your life, the video below will provide you a framework of practical steps and advice to guide you.
Step #4: Decide what you want your life to look like
Now, before you can actually make any real meaningful change in your life, you are going to need to get clear on what it is that you want your life to look like. And the wonderful thing about this is that whatever you imagine or desire for your life is something you can create and bring to reality.
Many people hold themselves back from the life they want, simply because they can’t get clear on what it is they actually want. They think they are just indecisive, but let me tell you, indecision is a decision!
So, when you are looking around at the areas of your life thinking that things need to change, and you look at the opportunities and paths you have before you, if you don’t choose one and take action, that is a choice to stay exactly where you are.
I know making choices can seem intimidating.
What if I make the wrong choice? What if I go down the wrong path and I end up further behind than I already feel? What if make a change and things don’t work out?
Yea, that can happen! And if it does you can choose again and keep trying. BUT staying where you are can also be the wrong choice. Not changing paths and remaining where you are can also put you further behind. And keeping things the same means things that aren’t working out for you right now, will continue to not work out for you. You think making a decision and making a change is a risk, but you take the exact same risk when you choose to be indecisive and don’t make any change at all.
One of my favorite quotes from Einstein says “The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over and expecting different results.”
So, if you desire a change in your life, trust that this feeling will lead you to an opportunity and a path where your desires will be fulfilled. The path may not be a straight line to fulfillment, it may require time and patience and a period of uncertainty, but if you stick it out and keep choosing the new path everyday, you will absolutely make it to a better destination. Because I don’t believe following your desires and following the calling of your heart can ever lead you astray.
It just can’t! You can’t mess it up as long as you choose a direction and see it through. Because God/Spirit/The Universe uses our feelings and desires to guide us and God/Spirit/The Universe has a much better view of our life and all the possible paths we could take.
So there is a lot of power in deciding and doing and trusting, so if you are feeling indecisive the video linked below is going to walk you through a simple but powerful activity you can do to understand what you want to for your life right now.
Step #5: Set your goals and get them mapped in your planner
Once you decide what it is that you want to accomplish this year you can go ahead and set actual goals for achieving those results and changes you desire. Now, I know that for many of you, you have tried to set goals in the past and failed to achieve them. So for some of you the idea of setting goals seems like a waste of time and not worth the effort.
If that sounds like you, I want you to know that this is the start of a new year, it’s a new day, a new week and a fresh opportunity for you to start over and achieve whatever you desire. But first, I’m going to need you to forgive yourself for messing up in the past because actually, that is the toughest part of the process of goals and achievement.
Like you, when I get off track with a goal or feel like I’ve messed it up entirely, I experience a lot of guilt and that guilt, more often than not, is the reason I can’t continue to take action.
It can make me feel like a failure, like I made the wrong choice of a goal or like I am not worthy to receive the outcome I was working towards…
BUT IT’S ALL LIES!
You can never really mess anything up until you give up on it entirely, and I don’t think you are ready to give up on that goal yet that is weighing heavily on your heart.
So, repeat after me:
Even though I have lost track and perhaps even lost faith on this goal, I still truly and deeply love and accept myself.
I forgive myself for believing I wasn’t capable of achieving my goal.
I am worthy to receive every goal I set and every outcome I desire.
Doesn’t that feel much better?
Now, it’s time to recommit to your goals!
The video below will talk you through what you need to do to set your goals for the new year if you’d like some additional guidance.
If you have never created a vision board before, you are definitely in for a treat with this step because I love making a fresh vision board each year. It’s one part fun crafty activity, one part practical productivity tool, and one part mindset reprogramming tool.
A vision board is a collage of images that represent your goals brought into fruition. So, image what having each of your goals would look and feel like to you. Your vision board gives you the literal ability to see what those goals look like in your life and when you can actually see an outcome, it becomes much easier for you to achieve it.
Vision boards work based off real science too. There is a network of neurons in the human brain stem known as the reticular activating system (RAS), and this network governs multiple different bodily activities and reactions, but an interesting activity it is responsible for is the information that our brain filters to our conscious minds. The human brain actually receives and filters through a tremendous amount of data and information about our bodies and the world around us. Most of which, we are never consciously aware of because our brains don’t give us information it doesn’t think we need. Using a vision board begins to train your RAS to adjust that filter so that we become aware of specific data and information related to the images on our vision boards. It’s one of the limited ways, we as humans, can actually reprogram the processing and computing power of our brains to work for us in pursuit of our goals.
So I definitely recommend creating a vision board if you are going to set any sorts of goals for your life because it can be a powerful tool you use to help program yourself to achieve the precise success you desire.
If you need more specific direction on how to create your vision board, definitely check out the video linked below.
Like many who have accomplished any amount of success, I attribute much of my achievement over the course of my lifetime to my mindset. It’s pretty well accepted now that mindset, your beliefs and outlook on life, play a key role in what you are able to accomplish, also known as manifest. Mindset is often the “secret ingredient” that gives specific individuals an edge in their pursuits. Where many have failed, a positive mindset is often the deciding factor in why one prevails.
Of course, there are still plenty of people who label mindset work as a type of pseudoscience that isn’t real. This doesn’t surprise me, as mindset is often difficult to quantify, and therefore nearly impossible to test for or measure in any way that would allow us to understand its precise role in patterns of success or failure.
That doesn’t prevent or deter me from believing in and working on my mindset, in order to manifest the outcomes I desire for my life. If self-reporting counts for anything, I certainly can attest that working on my mindset with tangible strategies has, in fact, made me a more productive and successful person.
When I actively work on my mindset, I hit more of the goals I set for myself, and show up more fully and intentionally to my tasks for the day.
I certainly prescribe to the idea that “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right,” – Henry Ford
When I choose to “think I can” I am more focused and accountable to seeing my goals through to fruition.
So finding ways you can cultivate a positive and strong mindset, are essential to whether or not you will be successful this year at getting and staying productive and organized on your pursuit to become that ideal woman you want to be!
For more strategies on how to work on your mindset, check out the video linked below.
Step #8: Continue focusing on personal development and educating yourself
Did you know that reading is considered to be one of the most universally acknowledged success habits?
Statistics are thrown around all the time about how many books millionaires and CEOs read in a year. It’s always something crazy like 4+ dozen! I know for some people, that number seems intimidating. They say the average American reads less than one book per year.
But personally, I don’t believe that it’s the exact number of books read that really makes someone successful. What I think is a more accurate predictor of success is that you are someone who values ongoing education and the way that is most commonly and easily practiced is by reading.
Look, if you are truly trying to have a wonderful, productive and successful year and you don’t feel like you are someone who normally achieves that, you are in fact requiring that you do some personal development work in order to upgrade or up level yourself into that ideal woman you want to be.
Personal development can take so many forms and be practiced in so many ways, but focusing on continuing to educate yourself through any means available or interesting to you is going to need to be an essential part of your daily life moving forward into the new year.
So find some ongoing education practice that works for you and find a routine way to follow through with it on a regular basis.
If you need more ideas, the video below can definitely help.
Now we’ve made it to the ninth and final step in this productivity and organization process and if you took the time and put in the effort to review and act on steps one through eight, some you are going to be in excellent shape for the new year.
BUT- despite all that prep, many of you could still flub your best intentions and goals for the year because you are missing one very small, easily overlooked element of success.
That element is accountability, specifically, external accountability.
That’s right, having some form of external accountability is going to be crucial for many of you if you want to follow through with your plans and goals for the new year. That’s because for many people, their own internal accountability is not enough. And, let’s be honest with ourselves here… if you are reading this you most likely aren’t someone who does a good job at keeping themselves accountable to their goals.
And I know many of you right now are probably rolling your eyes and acting like you don’t need any external accountability, that you are sure you can do it alone, but if you have tried and failed in the past, that’s likely a pretty solid indication that you can’t do it alone. I think you know this on some level. But really, the negative reaction you are having comes down to one or both of the following very common issues.
You don’t want to have to bother someone else for help
You don’t feel comfortable sharing your goals with others because what happens if they don’t happen and you look foolish
I know asking for help is hard. I know asking for support and accountability feels vulnerable and feels like you are giving up control on some level. But for most people out there, external accountability is absolutely the deciding factor for whether or not you will follow through.
Look, it’s human nature. Change is hard, even when it’s a change that would bring us into alignment with a wonderful and ideal future for ourselves. Part of becoming a successful human is learning from your past mistakes and avoiding them at all costs so you aren’t doomed to repeat the past. So, if you tried to go it alone in the past and you weren’t able to keep yourself accountability- learn from that experience now and find some support or accountability.
So, if you need ideas for finding support and accountability, the video linked below will definitely help you generate some great ideas!
Members of my Productivity + Planning Mastermind get weekly accountability check-ins with me, as well as both group and direct coaching. Plus, members of the mastermind get a library of planning tools to help them get organized and manage their time and tasks better. They also get masterclasses that walk them through setting their goals, changing their habits, working on their mindset and other ongoing education topics.
Essentially, you could check off each and every step of this process right now, by enrolling in the Productivity + Planning Mastermind!
If you are a luxury fashion and accessory lover like myself, you may have noticed a very common phenomenon when it comes to people and their luxury bags.
It often takes a person years to purchase their first luxury handbag.
Years of lusting after bags.
Years of researching the bags they believe they want.
Years of setting money aside to save for the purchase.
And then, as soon as they make their purchase, as delighted and content as their heart is in that moment, their collection ends up multiplying very quickly.
Now, from the outside, you may think this is happening out of greed, lack of gratitude or a need to show off, but I have noticed this happens for a very very positive reason that we all should learn from.
Very often when we want to achieve something that seems far off, it takes us a long time to shift our mindset and get our energy and intention behind achieving the thing.
We get hit with a barrage of internal limiting beliefs like:
Do we deserve it?
Is this thing really acceptable for my lifestyle?
Are people going to judge me for this?
Will something bad happen after I achieve this?
But then, as soon as you’ve made the shift, done the action, reached the achievement, it becomes so much easier to do it again.
This is a common phenomenon when it comes to manifesting your goals.
They seem hard to reach until you start taking action.
When you take action you challenge the limiting beliefs.
When you challenge limiting beliefs it becomes easier and easier to continue taking action and achieving your goals!
The truth of the matter when it comes to luxury bags or any other goal you have in life is this: You are closer to achieving it than you think, but you are holding yourself back with limiting beliefs.
Crush those and you can attain anything!
This phenomenon and the process behind it is what I teach in my New Year’s Goal Setting + Planning Workshop.
If you have never set goals before, and wonder why things in your life don’t seem to change or improve, this workshop will guide you through the annual goal setting process I have been using and refining for years that has helped hundreds of women across the globe set goals that truly matter to them and have major positive impacts on their lives.
If you set annual goals but never really follow through with taking action on them beyond January, this workshop will teach you how to break down your goals into individual action steps that are mapped across the year so that you don’t get overwhelmed and give up, and have plenty of time to achieve your goal before the ball drops on New Year’s Eve.
We both know you want more for your life and I’m here to remind you that you are worthy of whatever vision you have been dreaming and fantasizing about. But it’s time get those bigs dreams out of your head, put them onto paper with a strategic action plan, and get out of your own way so you can get the work done and the goals crushed to actually change, improve and upgrade your life!
It’s much easier than you think, and once you know and experience this process for yourself, you will be blown away at how easy it becomes to set and hit goal after goal after goal.
The greatest testament to the power of this goal setting process is that I have women who sign up for this class year after year to set their goals with me even though they know my process. The workshop is so valuable and effective for them that they know showing up and doing the work will be the difference between another blah year and a year of success and accomplishment!
This year, the workshop even comes bundled with my all new 2022 You Got Goals Planner. This is my first ever complete goal setting planner, available as a PDF download that you can print on demand at home. It’s the ultimate goal setting tool and resource to help you get your goals planned on paper so you always know the next right step to take on the path to accomplishing your ideal life.
But you’ll have to enroll for access to the workshop and the amazing 2022 You Got Goals Planner that I’ve designed to help you work through the goal setting process!
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It’s the same great OG Functional Planner you know and love with even more organization and productivity sprinkled in.
The Master Planner was the first planner of its kind termed a “Functional Planning System” because it was more than just monthly calendars and weekly agenda spreads like 99% of the planner market.
The Master Planner includes everything you need to get your big thoughts, plans, dreams and ideas out of your head and onto paper so you can get down to business planning for a balanced and successful life!
The 2022 Master Plan System includes:
A set of 5 Functional Planning Worksheets to organize yourself and your year successfully
2022 Calendar Spreads (Year on One Page, Yearly Tracker & Yearly Overview)
Your choice of: Month on One Page Calendar, Month on Two Pages Calendar, or BOTH Monthly Options
Your choice of: Vertical Week on 2 Pages Agenda, Week on One Page Agenda, Day Per Page Agenda, or ALL 3 Agenda Spreads
Project Planning Inserts (Yearly Project Matrix, NEW Project Tracker, Project Plan with Notes)
Get 2021 Master Planner Inserts for FREE with your purchase of 2022 Master Planner so that you can get started with your system TODAY!
Bougie Master Planner Dashboard
Monthly Review Planning Insert
Braindump Triggers List Insert
Master Planning Printable Tabs for additional organization
Every 2022 Master Planner comes with:
Print on demand PDF files so you can immediately begin printing and creating your own personalized planning system to your preferences and unique needs- this is NO one size fits all planner!
BOTH Personal Filofax (3.75”x 6.75”) and Half Letter (8.5”x 5.5”) sized files that can be printed to fit Personal, A5, Half Letter, Letter + A5 (PLUS Happy Planner and other sizes as well!)
Detailed Print Instructions
Additional Support from me: So if you have trouble with your purhcase or need some ideas for setting up or using your planner, shoot me an email and I am here to help you set up a system that works for you!
BUT THAT’S NOT ALL!
What is better than this amazing value on the 2022 Master Plan System?
Getting it as a FREE Bonus when you enroll for an Annual Membership in the Productivity + Planning Mastermind!
Right now I am also running a special limited time promotion on the Productivity + Planning Mastermind Annual Membership option.
Now thru July 31st, when you enroll in the Productivity + Planning Mastermind you will get:
A special $222 Discounted Price for your Full Year Membership
Immediate Access to the Productivity Mastermind which includes a complete Productivity Course, all the past Masterclasses, workbooks, inserts and resources
A full year, 365 days of Mastermind Access which includes the next 12 months of Masterclasses, accountability support and resources
AND the complete 2022 Master Plan System for FREE (Including all bonuses listed above for the Planner)!
If you are a functional planner looking to develop your productivity, planning and personal development skills inside a dedicated community of like-minded women, I welcome you to join the Productivity + Planning Mastermind!
Remember, the Discounted Price on the Mastermind Membership expires end of day July 31st, 2021 so ACT NOW to secure your spot in the Mastermind + all these amazing bonuses for an incredible price!
We are officially half way through 2021 and hopefully each of us has made the time to perform a Mid-Year Review.
I’ve done two at this one, one for my business which was streamed live on YouTube as the last CEO Power Hour and one for my overall goals, which happened on Saturday inside the Productivity and Planning Mastermind.
Now, after doing my reviews, I personally felt a little meh about my goal progress. Yes, I’ve made progress in most areas, but some goals were a challenge for me during the first half of the year.
Obstacles are a natural part of life and goal setting, so we don’t need to feel bad about them. Life happens, after all. However, the mid-year mark is an excellent time to remind ourselves that we have much more control over obstacles than we like to admit.
We can’t stop obstacles from coming, but we can do a few things to manage them better.
First, we should acknowledge that anything we allow, persists. This includes obstacles. I’m sure you have some obstacles that you’ve allowed to continue affecting you, even though you do have the power to remove them from your life.
For me, a major obstacle that stood in the way of one of my goals this year was Uber Eats LOL! I know, it’s a little funny that a food delivery app was an obstacle for me, but as I explained to the Mastermind, ever since the pandemic began, I had become comfortable using the app more and more often and now, no matter how much great food I have prepped in the house, I still default to Uber Eats when I have a craving. It’s been an obstacle for me to remain fully committed to my weight loss, so on the suggestion of my Mastermind sisters, I deleted the app off my phone along with all the other miscellaneous food delivery apps that give me the ability to easily cheat on my diet. Now, I have the obstacle removed. And if for some reason I download them again, this is a situation where I am keeping an obstacle and allowing it to sabotage my success, so I’ll be thinking long and hard before I re-download them for sure.
The second way we allow obstacles to remain in our lives is by failing to set boundaries. Sometimes, obstacles pop up in our days that we react to even if we don’t need to. How many times have you gotten involved in a situation or offered to help someone else with their problems and then you took on a burden that wasn’t your own? When we fail to set boundaries with others or even boundaries to prevent ourselves from going out and getting distracted by external issues, we are really stealing time and energy from ourselves and our own goals. This includes us being distracted by social media or other fun entertainment activities that aren’t part of our daily plan. Until we set good boundaries, we are allowing obstacles in our lives.
The third and final way we allow obstacles to remain in our lives is by failing to plan for them. We each have a certain set of obstacles in our lives that we can anticipate and plan for if we want to. This could have to do with protecting our time, minimizing distractions, and paying attention to our energy patterns. Many obstacles we face in the day are things we might be able to plan to avoid completely. If you have kids or co-workers who interrupt your productivity, there are things you can do to plan to avoid those situations. If constant emails and calls interrupt your work, you can put an out of office on your email and voice mail and let people know you’ll get back to them when you have the time. We need to have some plans in place for the obstacles we know we face or else we are allowing them to continue.
Taking back control of the obstacles you face in life is a key element to finding success with your goals and desires. So, no matter how well you made progress this year, or perhaps you faced a lot of obstacles that prevented you from making process, I want you to remember that you still have six months to do some focused and intentional work on your goals.
Believe it or not, six months of hardcore focus and alignment can put you five years ahead in life!
So much can change in half a year. You can decide to shift out of a negative mindset riddled with limiting beliefs and see immediate results in your life. Most of our goals can be reached in far less time than we imagine, because we are basing our expectations on what other people have done. Yes, there are a few examples of goals that do take time, and if you have set any like that, get focused and started right now, and you will be six months ahead by the end of the year!
But if you are like me and most of your goals are based on your effort and intention, now is the time to look forward, establish personal accountability and build your self-discipline muscle.
You can have a completely different life by December 31st, 2021 if you choose to show up and do the work today, and tomorrow, and each single day you wake up. Take it one day at a time, that is my plan and I hope to see you at the finish line with me by the end of the year!
STAYING ACCOUNTABLE TO YOUR GOALS ISN’T EASY
It’s not easy being an ambitious working woman in today’s society. Women have more responsibilities on their shoulders now than they ever have that can make getting organized and motivated feel impossible and overwhelming, which is why goal getters like you and I need to stick together!
To be a safe space for women like you and I who see beyond the surface of our societal expectations, challenge the accepted norms, and know there is a better way to live.
It’s a place for support, encouragement, accountability and ongoing personal development for us to continue challenging accepted norms and choosing our own unique path to success.
→ The Mastermind includes so many resources to help you on your journey, from multiple live calls each month, to on-demand strategies, tools, and even a complete course on productivity!
→ We have our own private chat forum where we connect and discuss topics ranging from planning, metaphysics, mindset, and wellness.
→ We have a monthly book club to help nurture a growth mindset and continue to learn.
→ We even have a dedicated group for small business CEOs to learn and connect as well!
→ The best part is, when you join the Mastermind, you get immediate access to the entire library of resources, masterclasses and bonus materials that I have been creating since it’s launch.
→ There is no waiting, content isn’t dripped to you, it’s all there for you to explore and access on-demand as you please.
→ And of course I am there as well for guidance and to answer your questions along the way.
When you know better, you do better.
Are you ready to do better for yourself, your family and your future by committing to your personal development to become the best woman, mother, spouse, sister, daughter, aunt and friend that you can be?
