We are now in February of 2024 and as you may remember, I totally went H.A.M. during the dark days of December (the 26th to the 31st) and did all my goal planning, wrote down all of my ambitions and you know, set myself up for the year.
Then the following couple of weeks, I did vision boards and statements, read the books, and did all the things, and then about two weeks ago I fell off the deep end of overwhelm and anxiety.
Originally I felt like the entire year has been a bust so far but I was tracking my shit the first two weeks and guess what? Your girl was getting shit done! You know what happen two weeks and half weeks ago? No, you don’t? That’s okay…I’ll tell you.
I decided to change up my morning routine and switch from Ryze Matcha to Ryze Hot Chocolate because doing the same thing day after day is REALLY FUCKING HARD FOR ME.
Then came the longest two and half weeks of my life. Not to mention I went from ovulation to luteal so my hormones were even more amped by this change.
But first, the different between the Matcha and Hot Chocolate is that the Matcha is meant for the day! It gives you energy and clarity. The Hot Chocolate – IS FOR SLEEPING!!! It relaxes you, induces sleep, promotes deep rest. (I had it before bed last night and omg best sleep ever!)
So yea, I didn’t “fall off on my goals” or “abandon myself” – I was just drinking the WRONG thing in the morning. It’s a stupid mistake but to human is the err so here I am – being human!
I was reviewing my Q1 Bingo card and yall…im killing it! I did switch out a goal on the bottom and changed it “secure a commission” and I did that! I don’t remember what it said it before. Another goal I need to swap out is “Sign up for 3 markets”
After reviewing my calendar for the next 6 months, a market just isn’t in the cards. We have a decent bit of travel lined up and I know it would create stress on me and my family. This wasn’t information I had at the beginning of January but now that I know – I’d rather replace it with a goal that I can attain.
Why would I set myself up for failure you know? Plus I want to be able to show up wholly for those family moments and not be stressed out and tired and running all over the place. I know it doesn’t make sense to go out of town one weekend, have an art market another weekend, and try to maintain all the family life stuff that we have to do.
One thing I realized is that my Q1 is definitely set up for more consistency and discipline. For Q2 I want to try to focus on some more tangible and monetary achievements, a bit more data-driven goals but for now, I am stoked. I just want everyone to take a deep breath, and give yourself some grace and love. Know that you’re doing it. It may not be happening in the way that you want or as quickly as you want. But we are doing the thing.
Journaling is a great way to collect data on your day to day. So if you wake up one day and you feel so off base or like you’ve veer’d off the path, you can back and try to find the underlying factor.
This is so important when we’re trying to create change in our lives. If we don’t know what the true issue is, we could end up spending a lot of time, money, and resources addressing the wrong thing.
