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The Ugly Truth About New Years Resolutions?
They don’t work if you don’t have a plan. Resolutions. Desires. Wants. Goals. How fast are you getting them? Are they coming at you like lightning or slower than slow? Unless you are doing these 5 steps? I bet ya it ain’t happening. Because unless you’re attaching these 5 steps to your resolutions, desires, wants: they are mere wishes. Work is required. Focused action and intent. This is nothing new. I talk about action all the time here. Intent, focus, action = Success. So let’s hit the 5 action steps hard:
Step #1: Get specific. Example: Pay off my credit cards.
Step #2: Make it measurable. Example: I will pay off XYZ card in 3 months. I will do this by making minimum payments of the other ones with larger debt. When that card is paid off I will give myself a timetable for the next card and direct all my money toward that one. Ideally, you will have a time frame for all the cards in total, say 10 months.
Step #3: This has to be your want, desire, goal. If your parents want you to be a dentist and you have NO desire? That same desire (as in none) will go toward that goal. It has to be something that lights you up, gets you motivated, and enhances your life.
Step #4: Give it a time limit. Example: If you decide to pay off all your credit card debt and don’t give yourself a time limit? It will never happen. You’ll keep buying things you don’t truly need, using the card to do things you can’t really afford and dig yourself deeper and deeper. A time limit makes it real.
Step #5: Put it in writing. Then break it down. Your vision will not happen unless you write it down. Want to really make it happen? Get support by telling everyone what you are going to do. It adds accountability.
Nothing sexy here, Bitches! It’s all common sense stuff that when followed, works. I’ll never forget the confidence boost I got when I paid off a credit card when I thought I was broke. I really wasn’t as broke as I thought and was rather shocked at a couple of ways I was wasting my hard-earned cashed. The journey to pay them off was rewarding too. Each step I took made me feel lighter. When I made the final payment and saw the statement balance at zero? Freedom.
Freedom.
What will you free yourself from with these five steps? What will you accomplish, attain, conquer? Let that thought marinate. Then make it your intention and with these 5 Steps? Reality. Love, Goddess
Suggested Reading:
- Barbara Stanny: Money Inspiration
- Amazon Link: Overcoming Under Earning
- Bitch Lifestyle You Tube
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