Episode 171: Next Steps
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!) Discussion topics include: • How September makes us want to get busy and focused • Revisiting the goals for the year in an effort to restart working toward them • Thinking about goals in smaller chunks and bigger chunks • How it's so easy to feel overwhelmed when you're trying to get back into the swing of things after the summer • Assessing how you want to spend your time and identifying the next small step you can take • The value of breaking projects down into little tiny steps •How the unstructured nature of time after kids are back in school might feel overwhelming • Getting strict with yourself about what is important to you • Editing out the shoulds • Start as you want to continue • Mindfully creating habits to help you finish the year on track • The value of taking the time to write down all the tiny tasks that comprise a project • How perfectionism can get in the way of taking next steps and getting stuff done • Measuring progress (as opposed to quality) when you're working on a project • Differentiating the different types of tasks in a project • Shannon's free quiz to help you identify why you procrastinate (and how to work through it) • Shannon and Janine's snort-worthy Walla Walla "party girl" story • Letting next steps be easy Visit the show notes at www.gettingtogoodenough.com for links (including a link to Shannon's anti-procrastination quiz!)