May Goal: Finishing! And it be easy and fun!

May Goal: Transform my relationship with finishing.

How it is now: I let my freelance commissions drag on for months and months beyond the money running out and I am still nowhere near finishing. Meaning that I still have loads of work to do and no time to hunt for more commissions and (income!) I get distracted by pursuing new opportunities because I am stressed about money instead of finishing the jobs that I have. I then feel guilty about how long I am taking to finish them. This is no life!

How I want it to be: I see things through to the end, promptly and it is easy and fun!

Rocks: Embrace planning! (this was a success in my March Goal), build self trust through practising setting deadlines and sticking to them, use the model and evals every day, and keep reminding yourself “What if it was easy and fun”

Do you have any builds? I am really excited about this goal I think it could be really powerful for me but I am scared it will be very hard. And this last month, April, I had a massive crash in self-belief after ending up in a horrible negativity sprial. So I definitely want to keep things clean!

 

Answer:

 

This is a great goal! Looks like it’s tangible and measurable too, which can be super fun!

Okay, first thing is first, let’s get factual. Think of the most recent commission that you had this experience with. How many months did you work on it? What does promptly mean in terms of time?

Secondly, what are you afraid of facing whilst working on this goal? What would it mean if it was hard for you to accomplish this? Just because something is hard doesn’t mean it’s problematic. It’s a chance to investigate what’s making it hard and to get curious about how or whether there’s another way to approach it.