{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F15acac6a-ae7d-4e31-a30f-10724b5ef02d","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 171: Next Steps","description":"It's September and that often gives accomplishing projects more urgency. The week, Shannon and Janine discuss some strategies for taking next steps toward your goals. (Spoiler alert: Getting in touch with what's important to you is a big part of it!)\n\nDiscussion topics include:\n\n\u2022 How September makes us want to get busy and focused\n\u2022 Revisiting the goals for the year in an effort to restart working toward them\n\u2022 Thinking about goals in smaller chunks and bigger chunks\n\u2022 How it's so easy to feel overwhelmed when you're trying to get back into the swing of things after the summer\n\u2022 Assessing how you want to spend your time and identifying the next small step you can take\n\u2022 The value of breaking projects down into little tiny steps\n\u2022How the unstructured nature of time after kids are back in school might feel overwhelming\n\u2022 Getting strict with yourself about what is important to you\n\u2022 Editing out the shoulds\n\u2022 Start as you want to continue\n\u2022 Mindfully creating habits to help you finish the year on track\n\u2022 The value of taking the time to write down all the tiny tasks that comprise a project\n\u2022 How perfectionism can get in the way of taking next steps and getting stuff done\n\u2022 Measuring progress (as opposed to quality) when you're working on a project\n\u2022 Differentiating the different types of tasks in a project\n\u2022 Shannon's free quiz to help you identify why you procrastinate (and how to work through it)\n\u2022 Shannon and Janine's snort-worthy Walla Walla \"party girl\" story\n\u2022 Letting next steps be easy\n\nVisit the show notes at www.gettingtogoodenough.com for links (including a link to Shannon's anti-procrastination quiz!)","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cd2e0d56-1e2f-481a-8571-c4663350c6a6/648i5bBT0OJL-jqDq5kKTfH1.png"}