What actually works when it comes to planning your new year? Is it vision boards or resolutions? Strict goal setting or a new planner? Is it a specific app?
In today’s episode, we break down what actually works when it comes to setting new year goals and visions into motion.
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Show Notes: The Secrets of Supermom Show
Hey, hey friend! Welcome to Episode #102 of The Secrets of Supermom Show!
And Happy New Year! This is officially our first episode of 2023, and I am so glad you are here. If this is your first episode, welcome. And if this is your 102nd episode, well I am picturing myself giving one of my patented Lori Oberbroeckling bear hugs in real life. Thank you for being here.
I have to tell you, I love any excuse for a fresh start. I love new planners and new journals. I love Mondays. I love the first of the month (and so does the family…1st of tha Month by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony plays loud each time that calendar page turns!)
So, it is only natural that I adore the new year.
It is a reason to look back at our past to see what’s working and what isn’t. A reason to re-evaluate our goals and our vision for our life. A reason to make changes.
Now, I want you to hear me loud and clear. Any day is a good day to change your life. ANY DAY. It does not need to be January 1st. It doesn’t need to be Monday or the start of a month. Any day is a good day to decide today is the first day of the rest of your life.
But…there is something about Januarys. They spark a feeling of motivation and excitement for what’s to come (even if it is just a societal construct…a feeling is a feeling). So, I say let’s use that feeling when we have it. Because motivation is fleeting, as you know.
When you are feeling this motivation and excitement for the new year, what actually works?
Do resolutions work? (You are probably thinking of all the resolutions of your past that crashed and burned and thinking…nope!)
Do vision boards work?
What about planning out your entire year? Does that work?
How about getting a new planner, a new calendar, a new journal? Is that the key?
Maybe it is the latest and greatest app?
Well, I have amazing and terrible news for you. They all work. And they all don’t work at all. Because isn’t about the tool. Let me say that again…it isn’t about the tool.
It is about consistency.
If you create a vision board and consistently connect with that every single day, making decisions, setting boundaries, and choosing actions that connect with that vision, that vision board freaking works.
But if you create a vision board and put it in the back of your closet never to be seen again until 2024, that vision likely won’t have been met.
You have to decide what you can consistently do when the days are easy and especially when the days are hard. And that consistency lives inside you.
This is why, when I teach tactics, I always teach the consistency piece. This is why I do weekly planning myself and teach it. This is why we have a planning party every single month in our Supermom Society. This is why we have the society in the first place. To help YOU stay consistent with small, meaningful actions forward.
No matter what your goals this year, if you don’t have a plan to stay consistent, you will have a hard time reaching them.
If you are thinking, this is me. I never stay consistent. I have a few things to help you as you start your year.
The Secret Podcast
First, on January 1st, I shared a secret podcast series that walks you step by step through my proven process to cast a vision for your best year ever. And, yes, it includes the exact tools to not only cast the vision but stay consistent throughout the year as you work toward it.
The last episode dropped today and you can binge the whole thing in less than an hour (or less if you like to listen on super speed like I do). Head to www.secretsofsupermom.com/secretpodcast to get the private link.
The Mega Workshop
Second, I have a mega workshop happening this weekend on Sunday, January 8th that just might be exactly what you need. I know that, especially for busy, ambitious moms like you, taking the time to plan your year can often take a backseat to other more pressing tasks. I know without a doubt that the path to your best year ever is with a clear plan, vivid goals, and an intentional strategy to stay consistent even when things get hard or scary.
This is a 3-hour mega workshop, and we walk through the whole process live to actually put it into action. No more waiting to schedule that coffee date with yourself. This is IT!
If you are committed to making 2023 your year, I can’t wait to see you in the workshop! Head to www.secretsofsupermom.com/plan to get your seat now for just $37. We have one saved just for you!
Ready to Work 1-1?
And finally, if you know you need more this year, working one on one together just might be the support you need to finally stay consistent and finally reach those goals. If you want to see what that is all about, head to secretsofsupermom.com/connect to schedule a call with me to see if this is the perfect fit.
Y’all, I am excited for this year. I am excited for all that is to come. I am excited for big goals and small goals, career goals and business goals, family goals and trips. I am so ready for 2023. Are you with me?
