Hey hey my friends!
I hope this new year has seen you stepping into being even more fabulous than you were last year!!!
HELLO 2021, I say!!!! 😉
It’s been quite a while since I’ve blogged….the last time I wrote it was all about how I felt like I needed time out, and I have to tell you, I have certainly had that….
I’ve come into this year feeling really calm. Grounded. Clear.
I feel like it’s taken a bit to get to this place, though, right? I mean, let’s face it, for me 2020 was a GREAT year but also a not so great year. There was a lot of ‘stuff’ to deal with, with illnesses, cancer diagnosis’ in my family and best friend, home schooling (which I LOVED!!), c0vid stuff, events being cancelled left right and centre.. many things not going according to plan.
Turns out I had a lot of grief to process! Which I really feel like I’ve done. Thank goodness.
And now, I feel like I can really step into 2021 with almost a clean slate, but also with a TON of non-negotiables! I mean, with all of that ‘stuff’ that has happened, it really can give you pause to work on the things that you really want, the things that really matter and the things that you want to start spending your time on, right?
I’ve always talked about being really clear on creating what you WANT.
For focussing on the things that you want. For how you want to feel. For who you want to be surrounded by. For the things that are non-negotiable.
And for me, 2021 is all about being even more clear about that.
What about you?
For me, it’s finding the inner motivation again. I was T I R E D at the end of last year. I found it hard to find the inner motivation to show up. To be ‘The Person’ that you maybe wanted me to be…. But I made peace with the fact that I was going to be the LEADER that you needed me to be, by actually showing you, by example, that it’s ok to take time out.
That it’s okay to stop. To take a breath.
That the world doesn’t end and your business won’t collapse and fall in a heap if you take a break for a couple of weeks. Or more, if you need.
I want to be more KIND in 2021 and beyond.
I want to have more GRACE in 2021 and beyond.
I want to be MORE motivating.
More inspiring.
More unapologetic.
More passionate.
More entertaining!
More connected.
I want to spend more time with my family. Both immediate family and non-immediate.
I want to see my friends more.
I want to be with my clients in person more.
I want to spend more time relaxing.
I want to learn more.
I want to expand.
I want to make more money whilst working less.
I want to be a better human.
I want to renovate more.
I want to be stronger.
I want to write more.
I want to be more creative.
I want to look amazing every single day! And feel it.
To be more generous.
To really make serious inroads to ‘paying it forward’.
To start something or contribute to something that is all about helping women in DV situations.
I want to travel. (Let’s see if that happens!!!)
So in my journalling, with all the things that I ‘want’ I am writing them all as if they’ve already happened. Each thing starts with ‘I am’… because that’s one of the keys to creating (or manifesting) what you want, right? Talking about things as if they’re already done.
The next ‘job’ of mine is taking whatever the next required action is. Which, for me, in today’s case was finally writing to you after allllll this time!
I think about the business that I have created and steadily built and worked in for more than the last decade and I think about all the things I’ve learned, done, experimented with, thrown in the bin and kept…. There is so much there!
The ONE constant thing, however, that has kept it going throughout all of this time, is that I have been relentless around, and that is the commitment to doing things MY way, by being MYSELF, by being completely unapologetic around that.
Well, the first year or so was a cluster fuck and I definitely wasn’t any of that! I was just trying to find my way and just trying to make money and help people.
I remember, in fact, in 2010 worrying so damn much about what other people thought of me that it was often debilitating.
I would get so worked up over what to wear, how to be, how to speak, how to show up…. Because I was the opposite of being sure of myself! I would get migraines at the thought of being around people I didn’t know.
I would swing between being silent to laughing at inappropriate times, through to hiding in toilets and not knowing what to say next in a conversation! It was hilarious looking back at, but awful thinking about how I was at the time. Ugh. It was NOT fun!!!
But all of that led me to be really clear about how I wanted to be.
And every year, the thing for me, is about deciding WHO I want to become.
And then being that person. Every day. Choosing that person.
Letting go of the fear that it would never happen.
Letting go of the awkwardness that happens when you’re stepping into the next level version of yourself.
I mean, let’s face it….
If you want to be someone who is the levelled up version of you, you can’t do the same things you’re doing right now…. You can’t behave in the same way.
Otherwise, you’re going to continue to get the same result.
Which is FINE, if that’s what you want.
If you want 2021 to be the same as 2021, if you want to make the same money, have the same things, be the same person, then ACE! Keep it up!
However, most of us want more.
More joy.
More freedom.
More money.
More choice.
More flexibility.
More [insert whatever you want more of here]….
And generally speaking, it will require a different level, a higher frequency version of you to get there.
If you want more money, align to it.
If you want more creativity, align to it.
Write about it every day from a place of ‘I’ve already got it. I already am it. I already feel like it’.
And keep BEING that person who is already that person.
And watch the magic unfold!
xo
