I’m lying on the sofa, knackered and scribbling away in my journal trying to figure out what offers I should create to hit the ambitious revenue goal I have… and getting absolutely nowhere.
I know exactly how much money I want to make & what I will use it for, but the “how” of it?
Too many options. Struggling to make it make sense on the page in a way that feels attainable. Fuzzy AF.
Luckily for me, I’ve got enough pen smudges on my little finger to catch myself from disappearing too far down the rabbit hole.
So what did I do instead?
I went to the shop and bought a £5.35 packet of smoked salmon.
You see, due to an accountancy mishap, for the first half of this year I’ve been extremely limited in how much money I could take out of my business.
Once all my bills were paid, I was left with £30 a month to spend on myself (which mostly disappeared very quickly on birthday presents for other people).
Last week however after a meeting with my accountant, everything changed.
He confirmed my books were balanced, I’m £5K+ in profit for the year already on top of my annual salary… and I could do whatever I wanted with that cash!
Mega, right?
The problem is… I’ve spent the first 6 months of this year reaffirming through my actions that money is tight & I have to say yes to whatever work comes my way, irrelevant of whether I want to do it or not.
*That* is the person I’ve had to be to escape my financial pickle.
But she is NOT the one who is going to take me where I want to go.
Hence, the £5.35 packet of smoked salmon.
In my experience, it’s wayyyy more important to begin this new season by acting & behaving like the woman who has already achieved what I want.
Why? Because budget-eggs-on-toast Becky has a narrow field of vision about what’s possible, what I can charge and what people will pay me for.
Trying to make a plan from this frame of mind is like trying to paint a picture of a rainbow with only 2 colours. Frustrating AF.
For some of you, this might have the distinct stink of “woo” about it but from where I’m sitting, it’s the essential step that comes before the right plans reveal themselves.
So if you find yourself craving a new reality but are struggling to even conceive of how you might get there, forget the how & change who you are in the now.
Because the Becky who has hit that ambitious revenue goal?
Who is getting paid for the work she knows she was born to do, not just the type of work her limited beliefs tell her has value?
She’s buying a £5.35 packet of smoked salmon, using her struggles as fuel to inspire others and treating herself with the same level of care & respect she would give to her most cherished.
So here’s to the next chapter my friend. May we all rise together.
