Have you got an itch? A passion you would love to pursue? I was lucky as all of my 20’s and my early 30’s were spent scratching my "itch" for pottery, art and travel. Life was amazing, I was making great money doing what I loved (well most of the time) and I got to experience new cultures, meet amazing people and expand my view of the world. Then when life took a turn in 2007 I was grateful to land my first “real job” with ease at 34.
It was a fantastic job so I felt incredibly lucky just to be paid EVERY WEEK!!! It was quite different to the end of month scramble for cash I was used
to.
However, by 2011 I came to realize that Monday to
Friday 9 – 5 was probably never going to be my long term happy place. I started
feeling stressed and frustrated, to be honest I felt trapped. My son had
just started private school, I had a bigger mortgage, as a single
mum no-one to help me pay bills... bla..bla..bla.. or maybe
wha..wha..wha. In my head I thought I was “stuck”... I truly did feel trapped back then.
At the time my role was (and in part still is today)
facilitating leadership training programs, often with leaders that feel
stuck or dis empowered in their roles. My advice was always “If you don’t believe
the situation will change, and you can't change your thinking about it
then you need to change yourself and get out”. As the tables turned I had to look in the mirror take a shot of my own advice.
I made a decision to get clear on what I really wanted out of life, not just to get by, but to really live an amazing life.
The Dream:
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Work flexible hours – maybe only 3 days a week
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Get paid as much, if not more than I already did
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No work during school holidays
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Take leave and travel whenever the urge strikes
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Work with clients in a more flexible way
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Coach and train people to understand themselves and others more deeply so they can have better relationships
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Show people how to design a life they love and set personal goals
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Turn our monthly goals club into a busines and get paid to teach people how to get more out of life with less stress
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Create a wellbeing movement by increasing peoples happienss so they could then increase wellbeing in their families, workplaces and communities
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A holiday adventure in America and Disneyland with my son
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A month in Italy on my own
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Rediscover my love for art and get my hands dirty again
I had some big dreams, a massive itch and that meant I needed to make some big changes.
To make it happen I turned dreams into goals
and created a plan. Reading back on my 2011 - 2012 journals and Life
Plan it's a little bit freaky - so much has become my reality. It wasn't
alwasy easy but it certinaly was possible and surprisingly easier than
you might think!
Have you got goals that you could commit to right away?
From Dreams to Outcomes:
- April 2011 - Easter trip to Phuket
- November 2011 - offered an amazing new role at BRS
- September 2012 - Disneyland with my son Jazz (Amy and her mum even came with us #bestholidayever!)
- October 2013 - a month in Italy and just for me which began at an art retreat in Tuscany!
- April 2014 - becoming an associate at BRS, which means more flexibility doing the work I love with my regular clients
- April 2014 - The 7 Effect launches with a sold out event!
- May 2014 - Lost 12 kilos and feelo great in my own skin
- July 2014 - Almost finished my Diploma of Modern Psychology, new skills new insight, new focus with clients!
It really is possible - scratch your itch and you could change your world completely in the next 2 years!
Do you have your own life plan in place? If you want to learn how to create a life plan then join us at The Ultimate Life Planning Workshop
