Working your ass off and NOT hitting your goals? This one's for you

Setting and achieving goals for the new year requires more than just intentions;  it takes consistent action and working it till it works.

Most of us half-ass it or THINK a lot about it and then getting frustrated when our goals are elusive.  In this episode I talk about:

• Resolutions vs. words of the year
• Identifying two problems I see in achieving goals 
• Insights from Mel Robbins on doing LESS
• Importance of being all in versus half-assing your efforts 
• My success (and lack thereof) with a diet, and what I learned in the process
• The necessity of daily commitment for genuine progress 

THE WORK ... is what will get you there.

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Transcript

Commitment and Consistency for Success

Speaker 1 0:06

I'm so glad that you're here . You are listening to what the fuck did she just say with your host . That's me , sandra Priestly . I'm all about living our best life and finding our zone of brilliance and then removing the resistance so that we can go all in . I say random , crazy shit , which is why I called this podcast the way that I did , and I really hate long drawn out intros . So let's fucking go . Welcome back to another episode of what the fuck did she just say .

Speaker 1 0:41

Today is December 27th and I don't know about you , but as soon as Christmas is over , boxing day is over . By the time the 27th comes around , I'm starting to think about January 1st . What am I going to do on January 1st ? And I am the person that will like take on a new diet on the 26th of December or the 13th , like a random Thursday . But there's something magical about January 1st . I just love it .

Speaker 1 1:11

I've always done New Year's resolutions on December 31st . Even when it wasn't cool , I tried . For a few years I'd been convinced that New Year's resolutions were stupid because most people didn't hit them . So I tried the word of the year , but you know what , unless I tattooed that word of the year right on my cheek . I'm never going to fucking remember what it is . So I've given up on word of the year . I mean , I still do New Year's resolutions . I look more towards , though . What do I want to achieve ? What are my goals ? What do I want to achieve and how do I want to achieve them ? Like what can I remain committed to in order to achieve my goal ? And there's two main problems that I see for myself and my clients .

Speaker 1 2:02

For people who are working their frig , freaking asses off , it seems like they're busy all the time , but they're not hitting their goals . There's a couple of things that they're doing . Number one they're thinking more than they're not actually taking action . That feels busy . Let me tell you that feels busy . I can feel like I'm working in my business all day long and only be fucking thinking about it . Thinking action is not action . Also , you will never think your way out of a problem . You will never think your way to clarity . The only way to get clarity is to take action . Just trial and error , just getting your business , just start five minutes . You will never , ever , ever , use your brain to think your way out of a problem because your brain got you in it . You know what I mean . So either one , they're thinking and they're not taking action , but they feel like they're working their asses off . Or two , they're taking action , but they're taking action and doing too many things , too often too much . And so what happens is they feel really , really busy , but because they've taken on so many different things , they're half-assing every single thing and then wondering why they're not hitting any goals .

Speaker 1 3:30

Mel Robbins just did a podcast . I have to listen to the whole thing , but she just did a podcast and she said that usually around this time we're thinking about taking more on doing more things , and instead she's realized that she needs to do less and just choose the things that really really matter to her but then go all in on them whole ass . Go all in on them and be relentless towards those things . And I think that that is one of the things that too often we do not do . We half-ass everything and then wonder why nothing is working Really . This is the work , right . It's choosing a goal , choosing a plan on hitting that goal and then staying committed to it and working it till it works . We don't fucking work it till it works . We're only half-assing it and wondering why it doesn't work .

Speaker 1 4:28

Last year my naturopathic doctor had me trying this . I asked her for a nutrition plan . I asked her for a diet plan . So she gave me this particular diet plan and she said it really isn't that hard , it's easy to follow , but you've got to work until it works . It's got to be perfect , you've got to follow it and you had to weigh your food and it was specific food groups . It was no snacking , it was three meals and actually when I started I always love these challenges and I began this diet and I started to see success way faster than I ever had with any other diet . Like it was wild to me how quickly I could see a shift and within three months I'd lost 20 pounds .

Speaker 1 5:21

Now here's where it got dicey . After the three months I started feeling great about myself and I just like I felt so much healthier . I had way less inflammation , I just felt so good and I started to slip and I started to have acid and then I started to slowly gain more inflammation , feel a little bit more stressed and just in general I think my gut health took a siesta and things kind of went south from there and then I tried to get back on this diet , but I was half-assing it , I wasn't measuring , I was having snacks every once in a while , I wasn't eating exactly like I should be , and this particular diet is on macros and so I needed to be eating the way the diet is designed , and I wasn't . I'd skip a fruit at lunch , or I would not have the big , huge lettuce salad at supper , and guess what ? It didn't work .

Speaker 1 6:30

We don't have to be perfect , but we've got to not half-ass things the majority of the days in order to see success . No matter if that's in manifestation , if it's in our finances , if it's in our business , if it's in marketing , if it's in a diet plan , if it's in our workout plan , it doesn't really matter . We have to be as consistent as we can and committed to the goal , or otherwise we're not going to hit it . So this is the work . It is the work and that's why I'm doing this program starting January 1st . It's the work and I'm so excited about it because I'm actually choosing two goals that are really , really matter to me . One is my health and the other is my business . When we commit to the work and we go all in on those goals , there's no way we cannot succeed . It's every single day taking action towards our goals . It is impossible not to hit our goal when that's what we're so focused and committed on and committed on .

Speaker 1 7:54

So if you can do this for yourself , I urge you to January 1st or December 28th , focus every single day on the goal and the plan and make the journey and the success of the journey be your everyday success

Journey of Inspiration and Action

Speaker 1 8:08

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Speaker 1 8:08

Don't worry , keep your eye focused on the goal , but don't worry about how close or how far you are from it , because all of a sudden it just clicks one day and everything and all of the hard work starts to pay off . And if you want to join us , the link is in the show notes below . It's going to be so much fun . I'm so excited and I'm going to be doing the work with you . So I hope you have an amazing day and we'll see you back here on the pod tomorrow . Thank you so much for listening . I hope you've had some laughs , maybe some ideas , and that you've been inspired to take some type of action toward the life you've always dreamed of . If you feel so called , I would love it if you would share with your besties and leave a review down below . I look forward to bringing you along on this journey and I will see you in the next episode .