Is 2024 the Best Year Ever Yet?

I had this other blog post I had written all queued up and ready to go but for some reason I just didn’t feel like sending it.  So instead, you’re getting an off the cuff, spur of the moment, mid-year check in! I mean, it’s July…we’re literally at the halfway point of the year.  That’s 6 more months for you to be able to make this year the best year ever!!  I mean, who doesn’t want to make that happen?  So let’s do it, let’s dive in and take a peek at what 2024 has held so far, and what we want to get out of the second half of the year!  I’ll share mine if you share yours!!!
 
Bumpy Beginnings
Ok I don’t know about you, but I know that for myself the beginning of the year was rocky.  I remember hearing it from my friends and family as well so it’s a safe bet yours could have been that way too.  You may or may not remember, but my computer deleted all of my business files right before I was set to launch my new online course.  Man, that was rough!!!  But here’s the thing, after that initial freak out (yes I bawled my eyes out like a baby) I decided to just let it go.  There was literally nothing I could do about it, and I knew I wasn’t ready to decide if I should re-create the whole thing, so I let it all go.  I threw it in the fuck-it bucket, and focused solely on following my joy and nourishing my mental health.

And here’s the thing… I am so damn proud of myself for doing that.  Because let’s face it, when things get rough we can easily slip into the mode where we hyper-focus on the bad stuff.  That mode blows, it doesn’t feel good, and it achieves nothing.  We know the problem is there.  Let’s focus on the solution.  And if doing that right away doesn’t feel good, don’t!  Wait until it does feel good.  I would periodically check in with myself when people would ask me if I was going to recreate the course.  And I’d say, “I think so.  I really believe in what I’m creating, I truly believe that there are people out there who could really benefit from what I have to share.  So I think so, but just not yet.”.  And then, thanks to my amazing business coach Jenesis 😍, (yes coaches have coaches too!) I realized I could do it in bite sized chunks. Once that option opened up, I DOVE back into my project and it felt really good.  Better than the first time even!

Now I gotta ask, how was the start of 2024 for you?  Leave a comment or shoot me an email because I’d love to hear where you started vs where you’re at.
 
Halfway Home
Once I re-aligned with my passion and purpose, things slowly started looking up across the board.  From a professional standpoint my winery work slid into gear and my coaching work got dialed in.  I have my signature online course ready to go, I have a free webinar on creating sustainable joy now without having to fix yourself at all first.  I found the drive to get more active and have more fun on social media.  Yeah, loving the haps on the professional front!  But one of the best things about this year, once we got past that bumpy beginning, is that I’ve had some major aha! Moments AND I clicked into my next gear.  And holy shit that’s an exciting experience!!!

The only reason I can recognize clicking into another gear, or another phase if you will, is because I remember what it felt like the first time it happened to me.  The day I had had enough and decided I was changing my life.  There’s just this deep resonance in your core and a weight off your shoulders and an excitement that can’t be matched.  You know your life is about to change, you don’t know how, but you know it will and you’re stoked.  And my gear shift came in the form of one whopper of an aha! moment.  I realized that I was no longer letting anxiety keep me from having a joy filled life, but I WAS letting it keep me from following my dreams.  And that was unacceptable.  Because there are no prerequisites for achieving your goals and following your dreams.  Follow them!  And if you have to work around some tricky stuff, work around it!  We don’t upper limit ourselves and yet I was doing that very same thing.  Needless to say, I changed that quick style. 

Ok I have another question for you!  Did you find yourself starting to get into the swing of things and feeling more positive as you got closer to the mid-year?
 
Best Year Ever!
For me, and plenty of others in my life, 2024 has been the year where all those last little kinks get ironed out so that 2025 sees you thriving like you never have before.  I've had some amazing mindset shifts that I've truly embraced that have allowed that to happen.  Perspectives like:

• Redefine Success as Getting to This Moment.  You did everything you had to do, got the hard stuff out of the way, and set yourself up perfectly.  Now just relax and watch as it all pays off and the magnificent unfolds.
• There is always a way to follow your dreams.  ALWAYS.  No matter what you think is wrong with you, no matter what that thing is that keeps you from trying, it can’t stop you.
• The universe really does provide, and usually in the tiniest of ways that you don’t even recognize is getting you closer to what you want.  Start looking for them and being grateful that they’re happening and you start the world’s best snowball effect.
• You’ve manifested some pretty rad shit in your life, why would this next thing you want be any different?
• Let’s stop calling it anxiety and start embracing the term catastrophizing! Seriously it’s less triggering and as nothing is ever really a catastrophe it’s easy to laugh at myself for anxiety than succumb to it.

Now, I love those and fully support you adopting them for yourself.  But especially cuz we’re sitting here on the precipice.  We have 6 months in front of us to create whatever our little hearts desire and make 2024 the best year ever.  So let’s do that!  Here are a few questions for you to ask yourself so you can finish out 2024 strong.  Whip out your journal, take a few deep breaths and let your heart answer.

• What would it take to make the second half of 2024 better than the first half?
• What’s one thing I can do to move me in the direction of my dreams and goals?
• What would it take to make 2024 the best year ever?
• What’s one step I could take to make the first question’s answer a reality?
• What’s one step I could take to make the third question’s answer a reality?
• What’s a habit or behavior of mine that I’m ready to release so I can end this year on a high note?
• What can I do in these next six months to finish setting myself up for a stellar 2025?

 
Ok my friends, get to journaling or share your answers with me!  And, if you have time answer my other questions in the comments or in a reply email, because seriously!  I’d love to hear your answers.  And have a kick ass rest of your 2024!!
 
PS.  Here’s the link again to the free webinar I mentioned earlier, because you deserve joy now and don’t need to fix a damn thing before you start getting it!
PPS. And my friend… if you want a fool proof blueprint to living a joy filled life, all the necessary tools to make that blueprint a reality (plus fun extras), and as much support as your little heart desires… Well, I’ve got a course for that and if you click here you can find out more. 🥰