How to Plan Your Year Better, Relieve Pressures, and Only Focus on What Matters
How to Plan Your Year Better, Relieve Pressures, and Only Focus on What Matters | Performance Coach for Creative Multi-Hyphenates
When it comes time for year-ahead planning for high-performers, becoming overwhelmed seems to be the most common outcome.
That’s because the way most high-performing professionals & ambitious visionaries do year-ahead planning is by filling up their plate as full as possible- especially if you are ambitious, a powerhouse with big goals, and/or neurodivergent with ‘‘time blindness’’.
When I was doing my 2024 year planning in the later part of 2023 I had a big epiphany, a breakthrough, a ‘‘what the fuck am I doing’’ moment which soon turned into a ‘‘what do I truly want, instead’’ moment. I had slowly been bulking up my business for the past 2 years in a really sneaky way. I was making my business heavier and bulkier than it ever needed to be.
This bulk was slowing everything down, and, making my business more expensive to run than need-be.
So I took to my 2024 year planning with a whole new perspective and process and instead of planning how much I could do, I looked at how I could make my year feel lighter, my business easier to run, and my schedule far less hectic.
Watch the free year ahead planning workshop: ‘‘Your Lightest Year, Yet’’
From that, the ‘Your Lightest Year, Yet’ planning process was born.
Reflect, Release, and Reimagine your Business or Career Transformation.
Through the ‘Lightest Year’ process, I had many breakthroughs with how I wanted to feel in 2024, what goals I truly wanted from my own interests (instead of goals I’ve taken on from others), and completely de-bulked how I run my business, my finances, and my schedule.
There was a wave of insights and transformations that I can't wait to unpack with you to show you how to plan your Lightst Year, Yet.
In this process, you’ll have a few major alignments.
1. Embracing Restructuring:
This process focuses on the importance of reevaluating our business models, career goals, and adapting to the changing market. By restructuring my business and the positive impact it had, I now can prioritize and focus on specific tasks to grow in 2024 more efficiently.
Many in the industry are experiencing a shift in market dynamics, impacting bookings and workloads. The pressure related to marketing, pricing, and packages is real, and it's leaving people challenged and exhausted.
Have you felt this too?
2. Releasing Self-Imposed Pressures:
The “Your Lightest Year, Yet’’ process focuses on identifying the pressures that weigh us down and envisioning the coming year without them. It's crucial to recognize the unnecessary pressures we put on ourselves and fill that space with desired feelings and actions for the future, aligning our business model with our personal preferences.
This process is a journey of self-reflection and identifying the pressures weighing us down. It looks at where we feel this pressure in our bodies and the reasons behind it.
We do this powerful process, in-person, at the Iceland ACTIVATE Retreat™.
3. Adapting to Market Shifts:
With the changing landscape of marketing and buyer behavior, this process discusses the need for more personal and problem-solving approaches in marketing, showcasing your talents, and making true connections with your audience.
It's essential to adapt to the shifting market and to avoid burnout by leveraging industry-wide shifts and rethinking our marketing strategies in your year-ahead planning.
Actionable Steps to Thrive:
In this process, you’ll take steps to plan:
the year ahead you want,
assess your budget and what you’re paying for to run your business or grow your career,
streamlining marketing actions,
and setting attainable goals that are not unnecessarily stressful.
The small shifts can lead to monumental change.
This has been an incredibly enlightening process for me, and I'm so excited to bring this to you and help you plan a lighter, exciting, and aligned year without the overwhelm, confusion, and burnout.
This workshop will encourage you to take some time to reflect on the pressures you may be feeling and how they are affecting your business, career advancement, and life.
What can you let go of in the coming year, and how can you shift your mindset to align with your desired outcomes?
Sign up to watch the free replay of ‘‘Your Lightest Year, Yet’’ for a year that feels lighter to have on your shoulders.
