Thoughtful Thursday & Making an IMPACT

Hello friends!

Can you believe it?

The new year is only a few days away!

It has been so fun spending 2022 with you even if I don’t you personally.

I feel like I know all of you because you have been here with me on this journey.

You may be a woman of faith who is navigating life and trying to do it with intention and purpose.

You may be a woman who wants to create a life you love no matter your season or circumstance.

And I believe, you are a woman who wants to make an impact.

An impact in the lives of your family, friends, community and even the world.

You want to make an impact on yourself by learning, growing, and becoming your best self.

Your true self.

It is so easy to be hard on ourselves because we want to do better and be better.

But being hard on ourselves will never get us where we want to go.

This week on the podcast, I talk about a concept called IMPACT Goals taught by Tanya Dalton in her book, On Purpose.

But the truth, is you don’t have to set a single goal to be more valuable or worthy.

When we believe we have to do anything, the “shame monster” comes a calling and blocks us from creating..

I don’t believe achieving our goals and ideals are what make a person happy. 

How many times have you thought, “If I could lose weight, then I will be happy”?

“If I make XXX amount of money, then we could be happy,”

“If I had a different job, then I could be happy,”

“If I had more time, then I could be happy.” 

We all have had thoughts similar to these. 

However,  the things outside us don’t make us happy.

There is a quote in the book, The Gap and the Gain, that I love. 

“I don’t think we set and achieve goals in an effort to become happy.  We do it because we are happy and want to expand our happiness.” 

We work toward our ideal and achieve our goals because it can be fun.

They don’t make us more valuable somehow. 

We don’t earn our worth by how much we accomplish. 

We came to earth with our value and worth set. 

Working towards our goals gives us the opportunity to expand on our happiness. 

Goals themselves are not the goal but they invite opportunities to learn, grow, and become more of who we want to be. 

They do not define us but they allow us to expand and enrich our human experience.

If you are looking to learn a fun way to set goals, give this week’s podcast episode a listen.

Thank you again for being here.

Happy New Year!

See you in 2023!