Are you reaching your year-end goals?  Feel like you are in the movie Groundhog’s Day?? Listen in as  Val spills the beans on the chaos and whirlwind she's been experiencing, all thanks to a lack of planning and goals. She delves into how this has thrown her mental health off balance and thrown a wrench into her business growth. Val hammers home the point that setting crystal-clear goals and whipping up some systems to track progress and celebrate wins is the key. She's all about encouraging listeners to gaze into the mirror of their achievements and give themselves a well-deserved high-five for their grind. Val wraps up the episode by reminding everyone to hit her up and spill their own stories, whether it's been a bumpy ride or a triumph.

This episode is basically a rollercoaster showcasing the pitfalls of flying without a plan and the toll it takes on your personal and professional mojo. Val uses her own rollercoaster of struggles to highlight the importance of goals and having a roadmap to stay on track and keep the fire alive. By throwing her experiences into the ring, Val creates this cool, welcoming space where listeners can mull over their own adventures and snag some inspiration to kick it into gear.

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Val:

Hello. I'm so happy you're here again today, or hopefully you're here again. Maybe you're new. And if so, welcome. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome. That's just it right there.

Val:

Val:

That's That's my brain right now, which I've been talking to I mean, You heard Lauren was on here last week, and so there was some conversation of the big whys and all of that, and that did get my mind Flowing. And then next week, I have an interview with miss Kimya. And that definitely while we were talking in the recording and before and after, You know, I was really figuring out why why I'm feeling super frazzled and out of it. And it's because I don't have a plan right now. I mean, I'm always gonna be super honest with you, so here we go. There's just times where everything freaking falls apart. It's just life, and that's how Over half of this year has really gone, and I felt like it's Groundhog's Day lately, survival mode. I mean, you know, the Inspiration, all of that.

Val:

I even talked to my doctor about my anxiety being, Like, worse than it's ever been. So I'm highly aware that I did submit some anxiety meds, and I think that it's making it worse. But I'm aware, and I'm having that conversation with them. I know it's going to take some time, but possibly, I really hoped that maybe the first one might be the winner. I don't think so. I don't think so. And it's like, could it be in a pot more More tough week, you know, where I'm really, like, feeling, like, the pull from everything and what the hell am I gonna do with my life. And that's what I'm feeling right now.

Val:

It's so it's so icky. And I know part of the issue is I'm human. Okay? So I'm superhuman, just not a superhuman, like, like, Like, not that way. I am human, and I want everything fixed And plans in place yesterday or at at least today, and That isn't gonna happen if I'm not sitting there and making the plans and and doing that. Right? If I'm stuck in the day to day, which is what I've been doing And being stuck in the day to day does not grow my business. It's not gonna grow your business either. Then here I am, just Groundhogs day just rotating. Next day, get up.

Val:

Do admin stuff and behind the scenes stuff. Next day, there's no creativity going on in the last couple of weeks. I don't even know what creativity means. Like, oh my god. What do I want? I don't know. Like, what's the version of being successful? I know I'm unloading Unloading. But I know I'm not the only one. Yes.

Val:

My shoulders are up to my ears right this 2nd. I'm gonna breathe. I am gonna breathe. But I know so many people are feeling the same way. It does happen at the end of every year, Not necessarily to this extent. I don't usually have a major death happen in my family. Thank god. I don't go through a business partner change.

Val:

What else is going on? I so much so much stuff is going on and so much good as well. Absolutely. So much good, which can also pile on there as well. Right? It's just systems. Systems are out of place. I'm not even in my own system, which is one of the major things I was talking to miss Kimya about is the fact that She's very similar. She creates workshops based on what she needs and what she's done to get herself on track or to get her business in line. She created things that she knew she needed that helped her and then also help her customers and her clients and Very much the same thing of what I do.

Val:

Very much. So I know I need to rerecord. Next month, there will be the rerecording of the next 90 days because I don't have a 90 day plan right now or a major goal for year out, which is why it's Groundhog's day. If there's nothing to be working towards because you don't know what you're working towards, then you're just in the daily muck, And it's very easy to stay there. So I am committed to getting out of there because I don't wanna be Stuck in this muck anymore. I don't wanna be stuck in Groundhog's Day. I don't wanna be freaking out going, is there any growth happening? I don't even know. What would growth look like? Yeah.

Val:

I'm not gonna go down there. Deep breath again. So systems, that is one of the major thing. And when I'm saying systems, I'm not Talking about, you know, what tech you're using necessarily. I'm not talking about any of that. I'm talking about how do you Plan out. How do you know what you're gonna be working on? How do you know that You're successful. Like like, what's your tracking for for the call? It's like this whole picture, right, so you can celebrate.

Val:

Again, one of the things I've been looking at going, okay, I have been Celebrating, but it's been more life stuff that I've really been celebrating. Again, really good. Right? Still celebrating, But I'm not celebrating things in my business right now, and I firmly believe that that is because it's like, what are my goals? What what do I celebrate when I don't know where I'm going right this minute? And And here's me judging myself. I feel like maybe somebody out there is just like, oh my god. I can't believe you're sharing this. How do you not know your goals? Blah blah blah blah blah. Well, I do know Some general goals, you know, the monthly monetary goal and stuff like that. But A monetary goal is worthless if you don't have a plan on how you're gonna get there.

Val:

And right now, I don't really have that plan, So that's why I have to have my 90 day goals. And the fact that I haven't done one in at least 2 quarters, I would say. I mean, everything kinda went to shit. Well, everything absolutely did go to shit in May, but it was a little bit before there, so it was probably March. So Q1 was possibly I had a, possibly, I had a Q2 90 day goal all mapped out. I can guarantee that that didn't happen. I can guarantee I haven't even looked at it. I can guarantee that I'm gonna open up my notebook, maybe glance at it.

Val:

Probably not. I'm probably just gonna throw it away, honestly, because it's I want brand new. I do. I just wanna sit in here with my brand new brain that I have gone through so much growth in the last few months, sit here with my brand new brain, and Brainstorm just new stuff out of the box, like oh, that's exciting. That's exciting. And I know the end of the year is always one of those times where I have loved to sit and dream about okay. What do I want? What do I want my business to look like? And I haven't done that yet for bundle bash. Because so much changed in all at once, I haven't sat and really done that just myself.

Val:

Val:

Not even paying attention to okay. Well, Bally's out of the question because I can't freaking afford that. No. It's on the list for dreams. Dreams. Doesn't mean that I'm gonna do it in February or even next year at any any point, but The what ifs need to get added on there instead of me just being my own naysayer and judge Of yeah. That can't happen. Oh my god.

Val:

You're never gonna make that happen, which I don't know if that even flows through my head because I don't even allow it to have the space of what if what if we went to Bali? And Bali's coming up because I just opened an email for for somebody that some big marketing that was that's gonna be hosting 1, and I'm like, oh my god. That would be so amazing. I can't imagine leaving my husband for 30 days for what this Bali retreat was, but I was like, wow. That has to be, like, an Absolute life changing experience, which is what would excite me about hosting a retreat is What if what if we got a bunch of people together? So see, we have to do dreams. We have to do our big Big brainstorm. No judgment of if it can happen or how to make it happen just This has to get out of our brains because the only way to be able to get to those big dreams is to put them on paper, is to take a look at them, is to set other little goals of okay. Well, you know, if we are going to host a retreat, How do we start growing our list? How do we start connecting with more people? What topic is it gonna be? So how do we Start connecting with more people on those topics so that we have that market for when the retreat does happen. I think I'm stuck on a retreat.

Val:

Can you tell? Lots of ums today. So as the year is coming towards an end, I really want you to take a look at What's your celebrations? What have you done? Maybe you've had a tough year like I've had. What have you survived and modeled through, and you're on the other side now. You're here. We're here. We made it through some hurts, Possibly made it through some giant hearts. And it doesn't matter if we're for the better or for the worse for it. You're here and you're doing, so celebrate that.

Val:

Celebrate that first. But take a look at, you know, what else have you accomplished this year. You know? Have you grown your list? Have you been in some events? Have you gotten A new lead magnet out? Have you gotten a new product out? Have you made new connections? All of those are celebrations. So make sure that you're going through and going, okay. Yeah. I did that. I did that. And especially if it's more than you did last year.

Val:

Okay. That's awesome. Look at look at what I did to yourself because we're our harshest critic, of course. And we need to recognize all of the the things that we have done because we're so hard on ourselves looking at what hasn't gotten accomplished, what hasn't You know, like, my list. I don't even have I don't even have my 90 day plan. So I'm not gonna beat myself up about it. It just is, and it's time to sit down and reevaluate and pay attention. Okay.

Val:

We know this is an issue now. I know right now that this is definitely something to pay attention to in the future because I have to have my 90 day plan. And when I don't have 1, ew. Ew. Ew. Ew. Months down the road, I'm feeling like this, so I just have to be aware. It can just be a flag now.

Val:

You know? One of those many, many flags that pop up, and it's like, okay. Oh, gosh. Yeah. This is probably why it's happening. You know, let's take a look. Let's take a look at regroup. You know? So how are you feeling with the end of your year? I I would love it if you'd reach out. Reach out.

Val:

Let me know. Reach out on social media. Reach out here in The Facebook hit me on the contacts or not Facebook. This is not Facebook. Oh, my brain. I'm telling you. I am telling you. I am not a 100 Percent sure where my brain is.

Val:

I am trying to keep it here present. It's almost like cold medicine kinda thing. It will be back. It will be back. And I know that the planning's gonna help, but hit me up on the contact form here in the show notes, any way that you wanna reach out, You know? And celebrate. Let me know. How has your year been? Has it been a tough year? Have you been going through a bunch of stuff as well? I've been talking to quite a few people, and You know what? It's not the misery loves company. It's the fact that we just some of us just needed to talk about it.

Val:

And so, you know, if it's been a year, let's talk about it. I'm here. If it's been an amazing year, I definitely wanna hear it. I wanna be your biggest cheerleader. Love cheering people on. If you are ready to pat yourself on the back for things that you have done, hit me up because I totally support you patting yourself on the back. If we can't pat ourselves on the back when we've done great stuff, then how can we even hope that other people are going to recognize what we've done? So alright. I'm gonna go package up my squirrels and put them in my 90 day plan.

Val:

Get all the squirrels written down because I need to corral them, obviously. And, if you're in the US, this is running on Thanksgiving week. So I wish you a Very, very happy Thanksgiving, and please sit down and take a moment to look at everything that you've done and celebrate and give Thanks for what you're doing. Alright. See you next