Why you should set goals
I just did an IG Live with my dear friend and colleague Carly Tizzano which was SUPER FUN and it just made me realize something:
I LOVE the person I am becoming in the process of going for my goals.
(a few months ago I could barely write a post without spiralling in anxiety, now I'm actually having fun with live chats? what?)
My goal: create 25K by December 31, at 11:59pm (and 59 seconds :P - gotta be precise!),
Which in equal parts made me want to:
🥳 pull out my party hat: “yay! So fun to think about creating that!”, and
🤮 throw up in it: “oh @#$#@$, what if I fail?!"
Creating 25K would be amazing,
But the extra bonus is who you become along the way.
25K Alana is more confident, she sees herself and her business and her life in a different way than this current version of Alana does.
And setting this goal is allowing me to create the container to evolve into that version of myself.
Think about it, let's say you want to drive across the country but you've only really driven in the city. You're unlikely to just randomly do it one day. You would first have to intentionally decide you are going to and then actually plug in the GPS coordinates.
You're nervous and unsure, I mean you're not the best driver after all! And along the way a bunch of shitty potholes and detours and bad weather come up. It's scary and it's hard. But your map is showing you to move forward, and you learn to figure things out.
Eventually you get to where you're going (so fun!) but in setting the GPS coordinates, you've also helped yourself become a better driver and increased your confidence.
You're now a DIFFERENT DRIVER than when you started.
Setting goals brings up all your stuff, your feelings of insecurity, your thoughts about what you are (in)capable of, and it kind of sucks. BUT that’s the whole point. Because those are the things that are keeping you where you currently are now.
Let me tell you something:
You are so freaking capable of so much more than you can even imagine. You can create WHATEVER you truly want to create. So plug in your GPS coordinates and
GO.
FOR.
IT.
I 1000000% believe in you.
Alana
PS: How are you holding yourself back from going for your dreams? If there is something you want to create, you want to jump on a free Discovery Call with me where I will show you how your current mindset is keeping you stuck and what you need to do create motivation and courage to go for it.