Show Up Better 5 Years From Now

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Ep 20 Show Up Better 5 Years from Now

We are not who we need to be in order to have what we want 5 years from now. If you don't know where you want to be in 5 years spend some time dreaming about the best version of yourself. What do you need to do today to get closer to who you want to be?

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This past weekend was the Rise Live event and I was loving it. For those of you that don’t know Rise events are personal development events put on by Rachel Hollis and her team. This particular event was virtual obviously and focused on courage and leadership. It was soooo good! If you don’t know who Rachel Hollis is then please look her up. She is one of the biggest personal development mentors in my life. I went to her live event in January shortly after learning about her and that event changed my life. I kid you not. I came back from that event lit up and feeling like I could take over the world. Ugh so good.

Anyway, this weekend she did a virtual conference and it was filled with a ton of motivational speakers including Ed Mylett, Jen Hatmaker, and John Maxwell. It was like 10 straight hours of inspiration and motivation and it was awesome. Butttt my biggest take away was this...The idea that right now I am not who I need to be in order to have what I want 5 years from now. Just like you are not who you need to be to have what you want 5 years from now.

First off...do you know what you want 5 years from now? I cannot tell you how many times I’ve heard in the past couple weeks about the importance of visualization. So if you don’t know where you want to be then that’s okay but how do you take steps toward nowhere? Don’t let life happen to you. Take control of your life and proclaim what you want. Don’t be afraid to have big audacious dreams just like Tori said in the last episode. Close your eyes, put on a 5 minute timer, and dream. Vividly imagine the life that you’ve always wanted. Without judgement.

It makes me so sad to hear people say that they don’t know how to dream anymore. That is not a knock on you. If you have a hard time dreaming big dreams for your life that just means that maybe you’ve been worn down by life or maybe you’ve been told by someone who had good intentions not to dream. But don’t let other people’s fear place limitations on your dreams. Your dreams are yours. From your creator. Given to you for a reason. Specifically given to you because you are capable of those things. Visualize the best version of yourself and what her life would look like. See your best life from your perspective. What clothes do you wear? Where do you travel? What are you passionate about?

I’ve done this a couple times and sometimes it feels uncomfortable to do but stay with it and stretch yourself a little bit. Once the timer goes off write everything and I mean everything down. Every single thing that you desire - both big and small. And remember, no judgement. Some of the things on my list are to speak at RISE (the event I just mentioned), to vacation regularly in Hawaii, and to get weekly massages. I want to be a professional speaker and author and make the majority of my income doing so. Butttt I am not there yet. Not even close. So what can I do to get closer to that goal? I can read books on public speaking, I can watch speakers and take notes, I can work with a speaking coach and I can practice. I can put in the work because the reality is where I am now is not where I need to be to be invited to speak at RISE.

So what is one of your audacious goals? If that goal were to happen right now would you be ready for it? If the answer is yes then you are thinking too small. Because the thing about goals is you want to have goals that are bigger than you. Goals that stretch you and force you to grow because it is in the process of achieving the goal that you learn so much about who you are. It’s not even about the goal it’s about the person you become on your way to achieving that goal. So what is something that if you had the time or if you weren’t afraid to fail or if you had the money you would do? That’s it. That’s what you need to work toward. Don’t worry about the hows. Be clear and specific about what you want and take small steps every day toward achieving that thing. When you start to consistently take action you will be so surprised how things fall into place. You will realize that you are capable of overcoming obstacles and find confidence in your strength. Know where you want to go and put in the time and work. It’s not going to be easy but it’ll be better than easy. Nothing great comes easy. Everything worthwhile is uphill. But it’ll get easier as you keep going because you’ll grow stronger and better. So where do you want to be and what do you need to do right now, today, this week to get you closer to that version of yourself?