Greatest Hits Vol. 8 - How to Stop Hustling Towards Our Goals

<p>This week is all about how to not hurry towards our goals… because especially when it comes to the new year, we get so much BS pressure to “be better versions of ourselves” and we forget that beautiful truth that hey, actually, you’re perfect just as you <i>already </i>are.</p><p> </p><p>Goals that we intentionally set are not supposed to take the joy out of life.</p><p> </p><p>They are to invigorate us and keep us inspired...</p><p> </p><p>...But <i>not </i>in the way a corporation wants to make more and more and <i>more </i>profits each year.</p><p> </p><p>Rather, in the way a gardener tends their plots to produce more because the plants are happier and healthier.</p><p> </p><p>Deep down we know that none of that shit <i>really </i>matters, and you are actually whole and worthy right here right <i>now</i>, even if you didn’t accomplish one single f*cking thing more. <br /> </p><p>What’s crazy – and delightful - is as we detach our worthiness from our goals, we have more freedom and creativity available to us…and often more success as a result.</p><p> </p><p>This is why decreasing attachment to our goals is the best way to enter into the new year. </p><p> </p><p><i>WTF</i>?? Yes, it’s true! A lot of clients ask me, “Isn't the point of goals to be <i>attached </i>to the outcome, so getting there sooner is better than later?”</p><p> </p><p>Nope. (Ask me how I know).</p><p> </p><p>After giving birth to my daughter 7 years ago, I decided it was the perfect year to hit 6-figures in my biz. I know…probably not the best timing with a new baby and all. But anyway, I set out to do that.</p><p> </p><p>One of my coach certification programs offers an award every year for coaches who earn 6 figures or more, and I really <i>really </i>wanted to be on that stage accepting that award. Not so much for the money, but for how awesome I thought it would feel to walk across that stage and claim that shit – especially because while I’d earned good money in healthcare, I was really skeptical I could earn as much outside of being a