We are already half way through the year… so you know what that means?! It is time to reflect on the last 6 months (even though we are still in the sixth month).
Questions for Reflection:
How close are you to reaching your yearly goal?
What have you learned so far?
What is holding you back?
What needs to change?
What is difficult about this change?
What is one step you could take daily to become 1% closer to your goal?
Also note this will be your second quarterly review for this year in 2022:
(every 3 months, that is four reviews total, out of the 12 months in the year)
Assess monthly reviews and how they impacted you this quarter
Note what did/didn't work; if something didn’t work, how can you try something new?
What was/wasn’t fun?
How were your values (personal/business) being honored?
Do these goals bring you closer to your purpose or fulfillment?
What needs to change?
Now that we covered reflecting on your goals, it is also time to reflect on your life in general on the past 6 months:
What were some (if any) difficult things you had faced?
How do you move forward from these situations?
What was an unplanned gift?
When did you feel the most peace?
How did joy show up for you?
Who was supporting you on your journey?
What/who do you need to let go of before going into this next chapter?
Man, those questions hit deep for me just writing them. Take your time as you reflect and really allow yourself the time to free write without judgment. Watch your hand as it flows across the paper and honor all the thighs that come up during this time. Whether you are journaling in a book or in your phone notes, this is a sacred time for you to really be in this moment. Sending you so much love and abundance during this time…
Are you ready to switch gears? I know it is going to be hard to jump, again this is why I suggest taking space while answering the journal prompts above, but let’s do it! We are going to focus on some of the things that may have been coming up for you, as I know it did for me.
I am what I consume. This means when I get into a hole of scrolling, I unconsciously start to think, act, or be as the things I am consuming. This happens to all of us whether we like it or not, and this isn't just with phone scrolling. Here are some other consumption blackholes: binging a television show for days, reading news articles or magazines, watching youtube videos for extended periods of time, playing video games for days without much breaks, etc. Anything you do where you are not creating yourself is consuming. Crazy when I put it that way isn’t it? As humans, we should be creating more than consuming. This is when we get to be more connected with our mind, body, and soul while in creation mode.
I’ll share with you some tips I discovered while focusing on creating more and consuming less...
Try 1 new thing a day - stepping outside your comfort zone helps create courage and gain confidence in self
Play games more - the question game is my favorite for those who want deeper relationships
Learn 1 things a day - everyday you have a choice: you can choose to repeat or evolve
Go to a park - play on the playground, run in a field, have a picnic outing
Paint - finger painting helps you connect with your inner child and allow space to get MESSY
Anything involving crafts: drawing, coloring, etc.
Cooking or baking - trying new foods, making new recipes, or even creating your own
Mindset Shifts:
Stop trying to be perfect and acknowledge the bare minimum as being enough, anything else is a bonus
If you took 1 step closer to your goal daily, in 100 days you would reach “100%”. So imagine what a year would do, that is 365 days (being 365%). This brings all the 1% full circle bringing you to way pass the goal of 100% - you would break the scale!
You can hold two things at one time. Let me explain: Your parents pass away but your friends bring over funny movies and all your favorite snacks. You can feel both love and loss at the same time. You can feel grief and joy.
The last thing I want to cover is - LETTING GO OF WHAT NO LONGER SERVES YOU.
This has been the hardest thing for me, literally my entire life. I’ll share: dad abandons daughter, daughters cant believe their father would do that and in order to protect herself holding him to a higher standard creates a false reality - “my dad left me so I must be a problem. I am unlovable. I am not good enough. I will always be alone.” This molded me to create deep attachment to people, items, or situations which then made it unbelievably hard to let anything or anyone go. (See how much the fundamental years impact us as humans? Yeah, wish I knew this stuff earlier.)
How did I begin to learn to let go? Boundaries but ALSO accountability. What? Accountability?
Yes, sis, I’m trying to tell you if you know your boundaries but do not hold people accountable then they will continue to cross that line over and over again. You must hold people accountable when they ignore things that are non-negotiable for you. Boundaries purpose is to allow you to feel safe, and if someone is constantly crossing them… well then you feel unsafe. Why would you continue to put yourself in a situation where you feel unsafe? If you wouldn’t let your best friend, parents, child, or any loved one stay in a situation that was unsafe for them, why allow yourself to be in unsafe relationships or even places?
I will not hit too much more on boundaries as we have covered that a lot already this year, but the accountability piece is new - even for me. I have been working it into my relationships more and more, and let me tell you the shifts that are happening are CRAZY. The relationships are GROWING! Why? Because I am in a relationship with people that I now feel safe with. When I feel safe, I show up as my best self and it also influences the other person to do the same. You see how it is helpful not only for yourself but the others around you?
When you let go of things that no longer serve you, you create space for the things that are meant for you to have room to enter.
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