Time for Some Action!

Whatever God's dream about man may be, it is certain that it cannot come true unless man cooperates. ---Stella Terrill Mann

Hey Ladies!

How are you? I hope you had a fabulous weekend and that you did something special for yourself like taking a nice long bubble bath or watching your favorite movie. If you didn't, then try to make plans to do something for YOU this weekend. You deserve it! As for me, I've been feeling quite inspired lately. My creativity has been in overflow! I'm so excited about getting some of my ideas off the ground. I feel like I'm finally beginning to embrace the woman that I always knew I'd be. It feels great to be true to myself and begin taking action steps towards more of my goals and dreams. So let me ask you ladies, what dreams and goals are in your heart that you're dying to see come true?

If you're anything like me, sometimes too many ideas can actually become paralyzing. I tend to plan too much. Before I know it, I'm all caught up in the administration portion while my creativity becomes dull. After awhile, I find myself so overwhelmed that I end up not taking any real action steps towards accomplishing my goal. But overtime, I've developed a few strategies that have helped me become much more productive!

1. Keep an idea log. Don't let your good ideas fall prey to a bad memory. You have enough to remember and quite frankly, you don't need the added pressure. So get yourself a nice little journal the size of your average purse and jot down all your ideas in there. Not only will you have a place to refer to when your feeling inspired instead of scraps of paper, but you can continue to build upon your ideas as new ones come along! I just picked up a new journal that I love to write in cause it's super cute! Now if I could just keep up with my pens! hahahha!

2. Make a list of action-items for each idea and be specific. So now that you have your list of ideas, it's time to get to work! No more talking about it or dreaming about it! It's time to get whatever "it" is, done! Dream big! Write down every step that it would take to accomplish a particular goal. If you've decided to buy a new home, then you've got to determine where you'd like to live, how much you can afford, what your spending plan should be, etc. So instead of saying I want to move into a new home "someday" determine that you want to move within 12 months and what it's going to take to meet that goal in that amount of time. That action-item list will keep you on track and keep you focused. So take some time to make one. You'll be so glad you did!

3. Do at least one item from your list EVERYDAY! Ok so now you have your list. Great! Now it's time to put this plan into action. You must do at least one of the action items on your list everyday. Whether it's doing research, making calls, or networking, it's imperative that you do something towards your goal every single day. EVERY-SINGLE-DAY, NO EXCUSES! Trust me cuties, you'll feel much better and learn a ton about yourself as you work to accomplish your goals. Ironically, you'll also provide room for more ideas!

Overall ladies, the moral of the story is that we have to honor every gift, every idea, every goal that we may have residing in our minds and hearts. Let's not take any of our gifts for granted. Let's write them down, determine in our hearts that we will do them and then work it! No more ambiguity! The gray area is reserved for fear. We have nothing of which to be afraid. We are strong, we are smart, and we are loved. Now let's GO get what's for US! Shoot me a note and let me know what you're doing. I wanna hear about it!

love you!

Smooches!

....hugs too!

Latasha