Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast

In this podcast episode, I recap all challenge announcements, and we talk about those bittersweet emotions - expect some!

"Your emotional journey and your emotions are yours. Your emotions are fine to have because you are having them. Sure, they may take you for a ride or maybe on a detour, but you'll get back where you need to be."

This Episode is Brought To You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 01:25 Skip the intro & jump in
• 02:28 Big (new) announcement: Get Organized Virtual HQ 2023 - claim your free ticket (for a limited time only)
• 04:24 Challenge announcements recap
• 05:54 Embrace the bittersweet (emotions)

Looking for an episode transcript? You'll find it on this episode's page here.

💚 Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 920-LIFEWIN (920-543-3946).

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

You may be interested in…

• Empty Nest Support: Today's Companion Video with Additional Journal Prompts, Resources & More
• START HERE: 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success Episode List
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Success 30-Day Challenge Email Reminders
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• Community
• Follow Your Empty Nest Coach on TikTok
• Follow Your Empty Nest Coach on Instagram
• Season 3 Submission
• Empty Nest Help
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

In this podcast episode, you are asked to consider a journal and Coach Christine discusses the C.E.O. Toolbox idea.

"Your assignment, should you choose to accept, is to begin paying attention to things that bring you joy; make you laugh; you might want to try; things that bring you peace; hobbies you love; hobbies you wanna try; people you love chatting with, and so on."

Looking for an episode transcript? You'll find it in this episode's page here.

This Episode is Brought To You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 01:30 Skip the intro
• 02:41 Consider a Journal
• 03:44 Your Life's Toolbox / The C.E.O. Toolbox
• 07:16 Review of Empty Nest Success Worksheets
• 11:11 Bloopers 😆
• 11:27 Still Listening?

Episode Resources:

• Prefer video? Watch a video on the same topic: Empty Nest Success Challenge: Daily Review & Your Toolbox
• News Section: Listen to Coach Christine Oakfield on the Love Your Life podcast

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• START HERE: 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success Episode List
• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

The 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success is here! I'll be uploading episodes over August & September of 2023 - if you are ready to dive into the entire Challenge, a video series is available here: 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success.

In this episode, I introduce the Challenge, answer questions, and share additional resources you may want to consider using as you dive in.

"This is your journey. Go with what feels aligned to you and leave the rest."

This Episode is Brought To You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 01:22 Skip the intro & jump in
• 01:37 What is the 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success?
• 02:06 When can you begin the Challenge?
• 02:13 Is this Challenge right for me?
• 03:33 Three reasons the Challenge may not be for you
• 05:04 "Why you, Coach Christine?"
• 06:33 What additional resources do you have available?
• 08:22 Closing thoughts with an analogy
• 10:00 Bloopers 😆
• 10:11 Still Listening?

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• Empty Nest Support: Today's Companion Video with Additional Journal Prompts, Resources & More
• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Hello, my amazing friend. 👋

I'm popping in from my podpause to announce the #30DayChallenge to Empty Nest Success.

As always, I'm cheering you on! 🎉

💬 "The challenge is filled with what I consider top tips from my four years of content creation!"

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

This Episode is Brought To You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 00:00 Podcast intro
• 01:23 Quick Reminders & Special thanks
• 02:27 My Wish For You Today - YOU create your goals
• 02:47 New Things - The #30DayChallenge to Empty Nest Success
• 05:13 New Things - PodPausing continues
• 05:39 Sign off
• 06:24 Bloopers 😆

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Hello, my amazing friend. 👋

I had a bit of fun with this one.

As always, I'm cheering you on! 🎉

💬 "Sometimes you'll realize - oh, for sure - that emotion is what I need right now - other times you may find yourself feeling differently."

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

This Episode is Brought to You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 00:00 Podcast intro
• 00:50 Quick Reminders & Special thanks
• 01:43 My Wish For You Today - YOU create your goals
• 02:09 New Things - 2023 Pod Pause
• 04:40 My Lessons Learned: When Emotions are Like Farts
• 09:00 Two Questions For You
• 09:18 Recap
• 10:18 Bloopers 😆
• 10:39 Still listening? - C.E.O. Training Team Information & Offer

Episode Questions For You To Consider

1. How do you handle your farts in life: real and emotional?
2. Do you know you are amazing?

💚 Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 920-LIFEWIN (920-543-3946).

First Time Here? Try This Order of Episodes

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep - starts in episode #3
• Series 2: The C.E.O. of Your Life - starts in episode #64 (Protector is introduced)
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox - starts at episode #88

Episode Resources

• Last Episode: Empty Nest Success - Life AUDITs, Trusting Yourself & Guest Cindy Muchnick of the Parent Compass (165)
• New Things: 2022 Plans - Episode 155 | The term pod pause is one I first heard from my podcasting friend, Lee Uehara.
• My Lessons Learned
  • Your Protector
  • Your Life's Toolbox

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Hello, my amazing friend. 👋

Do you AUDIT your life? Do you trust yourself? Do you live your life through your teen child?

I'm super thankful for you, my amazing listener. 💚

As always, I'm cheering you on! 🎉

💬 "... how can you trust yourself if you don't know yourself?"

This Episode is Brought To You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 00:00 Podcast intro
• 00:52 Quick Reminders
• 01:59 My Wish For You Today - Be in the Now
• 02:42 New Things - Part 1: 2022, 2023
• 04:31 New Things - Part 2: A Magic Mind Update
• 06:08 My Lessons Learned: Your Life's Traffic - Who do you trust?
• 09:39 Ask Coach Christine: Post-divorce, I might not want a partner again. Should I be concerned?
• 12:38 Christine? Where are You? I stopped by the Live Well & Fully podcast.
• 13:34 What's In Your Life's Toolbox? AUDIT
• 18:07 Let's Find the Funny - Taskmaster (again)
• 18:44 What I Wish My Parents Knew - Guest Cindy Muchnick, co-author of the Parent Compass
• 21:13 Two Questions For You
• 22:16 Bloopers 😆
• 22:51 Still listening? - C.E.O. Training Team Information & Offer

Episode Questions For You To Consider

1. Do you know who you are?
2. Do you like who you are?

Episode Resources

• Last Episode: Empty Nest Success The Power of Mini Escapes in Life & Guest Barbara Decker (164)
• My Wish for You Today - "Sit in the Simmer" recap episode
• New Things: MagicMind.co/feelamazing use code FEELAMAZING20
• My Lessons Learned: Joyous Investment in Your Evolution
• Ask Coach Christine: Divorce Episodes (Does the Empty Nest Cause Divorce? | How to Disentangle Through Divorce in the Empty Nest )
• Christine, Where Are You? The Live Well & Fully Podcast on YouTube - How to Adjust to Transitions in the Empty Nest Years | on The Live Well & Fully Podcast Page
• Find the Funny: Taskmaster: Series 14 Outtakes - Part 2
• What I Wish My Parents Knew: Cynthia Clumeck Muchnick, M.A. (Cindy), co-author of The Parent Compass Book website

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Hello, my amazing friend. 👋

This is a packed episode with a variety of topics:

• The Power of Mini Escapes (resets) in life
• Some Thoughts on Meditation
• Guest Barbara Decker shares a message for Parents of Someone with an Addiction
• What elixir have I tried that so far is a game-changer?
• A Special Offer to Join the C.E.O. Training Team to Empty Nest Success
• And more!

All the details are below if you'd like to jump around.

Have a thought-noticing and beautiful month ahead: be curious about your thoughts and how they make you feel. There is an incredible amount of power there.

As always, I'm cheering you on! 🎉

💬 "The more you can take care of yourself - physically and emotionally, the more you will be able to show up for your child. ... Consider your dreams, notice your thoughts and emotions - notice them with love and curiosity."

This Episode is Brought To You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

Episode Topics & Their Minute Markers

• 00:00 Podcast intro
• 01:16 Quick Reminders
• 01:52 My Wish For You Today - Consider Everything
• 03:21 New Things: Out of My Routine (travel), Quick Takes episodes
• 04:15 Magic Mind
• 07:08 My Lessons Learned: The Power of Mini-Escapes From Your Life
• 13:41 Ask Coach Christine: What Can You Do to Prepare And Make the Most of Your Emerging Adult Being Away or Leaving Home?
• 14:55 Celebrating You and Your Wins
• 15:59 What's In Your Life's Toolbox? Meditation
• 18:07 Let's Find the Funny - Snapchat Filters at The Louvre
• 18:29 What I Wish My Parents Knew - Guest Barbara Decker (Parents of Someone with an Addiction)
• 21:13 Two Questions For You
• 22:29 bloopers 😆
• 22:38 Still listening? - C.E.O. Training Team Information & Offer

Episode Questions For You To Consider

1. What life reset (new or usual) can you consider planning for in the near future?
2. Have you viewed a child's addiction in the way that Barbara frames it here?

Episode Resources

• Last Full Episode: Empty Nest Success Give Your Child Space and Reaching Parenting Goals (160)
• New Things: MagicMind.co/feelamazing use code FEELAMAZING20
• Ask Coach Christine: C.E.O. Toolbox episodes ; College Students Returning Home Guide on Instagram
• Celebrating You and Your Wins: Instagram shares
• What's in Your C.E.O. Toolbox? Creative Meditation 15-minutes of rain for meditation
• Find the Funny: Snapchat filters at The Louvre
• What I Wish My Parents Knew: Barbara Decker of LiveWellAndFully.com

Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 1-920-LIFEWIN (1-920-543-3946). 📞

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Hello, my amazing friend. 👋

A Quick Take episode: short episodes where I quickly review a piece of earlier content and post between my monthly episodes.

Consistency is the creator and killer of dreams.

What are your thoughts?

As always, I'm cheering you on! 🎉

💬 "A consistent thing doesn't mean it's always a good thing."

This Episode is Brought To You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

Episode Resources

• Read this article on LinkedIn
• Last Monthly Episode: Empty Nest Success - Give Your Child Space and Reaching Parenting Goals
• Last Quick Take Episode: Empty Nest Success Quick Take - Bad Days

💚 Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 920-LIFEWIN (920-543-3946).

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets!

First time here? Try these episodes & resources:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• College Topic Podcast Episodes
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine reviews a past Linkedin article.

📄 Full transcript:

This is an empty nest success quick take. An episode, in between my monthly episodes, where I look back at content I created before, share it and comment on it briefly.

[level-up music]

Every once in a blue moon, I'll post an article on LinkedIn. This was one of my earlier ones back in 2019.

It's titled What is your destination?

[music plays under this segment (reading)]

A few months ago, I wrote on the whiteboard in my day jobs office:

Consistency is the creator and killer of dreams.

Someone said, "hmm, the killer?"

Yes, a consistent thing doesn't mean it's always a good thing. Consistently choosing to eat dessert even between meals, not to leave your house and go to the gym. Not to put your phone down when your child, or partner, is talking to you to spend hours on social media all have consequences.

What are you doing consistently? Are you aware that you're making those choices? And do they lead to the dreams you have in store for your life?

You consistently choose to do things all of the time.

I simply challenge you today to be conscious of your choices and to be kind to yourself if you identify a consistency in your life that needs to be changed.

Dreaming big and choosing the right things to do consistently is worth it.

It is time to be amazing-you, my friend, I believe in you. 💚

[end music]

Looking at this article, as I was reading it, the bullet points made me cringe a little that I had put them out there, but at the same time I like the way I wrapped it up. Those were simply examples.

The point is that we are consistently choosing to do things all of the time. First and foremost, be kind and loving to yourself in your mind.

Second, pay attention and notice your thoughts: notice what you're choosing to do regularly. And be curious if that's something you want to continue doing.

I'm definitely not here to tell you which things you should be choosing. That's for you to do. Pay attention. Have fun with this, and remember that you are amazing! 💚

[end music]

[end]

Hello, my amazing friend. 👋

A Quick Take episode: short episodes where I quickly review a piece of earlier content and post between my monthly episodes.

Bad days, bad moments, and bad happenings are all part of life.

Eventually, you may even move to a place where it isn't worth labeling any day bad, but we must start somewhere.

As always, I'm cheering you on! 🎉

💬 "But the moment we engage ourselves in our life, everything changes. Choose to engage your beautiful mind."

This Episode is Brought To You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

💚 Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 920-LIFEWIN (920-543-3946).

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Episode Resources

• Last Monthly Episode: Empty Nest Success - Give Your Child Space and Reaching Parenting Goals

• Last Quick Take Episode: Empty Nest Success Quick Take - It Is Time To Honor Yourself

• More about "Your Protector"

First time here? Try these episodes:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine reviews a past email sent about bad days.

📄 Full transcript:

This is an empty nest success quick take. An episode, in between my monthly episodes, where I look back at content I created before, share it and comment on it briefly.

[level-up music]

Today I'm scrolling through past Thursday thoughts about email(s) and one caught my eye. I haven't even read it yet. So I'm going to read it now and see how it resonates. This one's called bad days.

[music plays under this segment (reading)]

Some days I handle life better than other days, I used to beat myself up when I handled things poorly.

As a human, I'm going to make mistakes. It's all part of this beautiful thing called life.

One thing we can do when mistakes happen, is to remind ourselves that our words in our mind matter what we say to ourselves matters. These words are important.

Some days, we win at a big life goal, while other days we win at remembering that we matter, even when we do things that we might not be proud of doing.

It isn't what we do or say. It's what we make what we do or say mean, and what we make other humans do or say mean.

The more I help others, the more the universe likes to test my skills. When this happens, just like everyone else, those thought-box-deliveries come rushing in. They deliver thoughts that cause me to feel stressed, where my mind wants to go when I don't check in. Some days, I'm faster at others and realizing that I'm on autopilot. But either way, the moment I click autopilot off and begin to observe the thoughts bombarding my mind, everything changes.

It is so darn easy to leave on the autopilot of our mind. After all, we get to sit back and let life happen to us. It's so much easier to be the complaining backseat driver than the person who is driving.

But the moment we engage ourselves in our life, everything changes. Choose to engage your beautiful mind. You have the power to change everything with it, your thoughts, your emotions, your actions and your results. But first you have to choose to engage: to click autopilot off and go through the emotions in life.

You are worth it.

[end music]

And this was fascinating to read. I sent this on June 13 of 2019. It took me some effort to find the actual copy. I've bumped up my analogies a lot since then. I've added the idea of your protector or some people call it an ego who is actually on your side and working very hard to protect you. But we need to take the time to train our protector in a way that we get to embrace and live into our life.

If you want to dive in more, I'll put links in the show notes.

And don't you dare forget that you are amazing. 💚

[end music]

[end]

Hello, my amazing friend. 👋

Welcome to my first Quick Take episode!

Inspiration hit me just as I was wrapping up recording episode 160 to look back at some content (no plan) and see if I could come up with three quick episodes that way. I did!

I love this idea for reviewing content from the past, and it provides an easy way to deliver weekly episodes again.

Let's see how this goes!

As always, I'm cheering you on! 🎉

💬 "The plan doesn't have to be your boss."

This Episode is Brought To You By

• Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine - click to view current offerings.

💚 Send audio feedback to Coach Christine now: voicemail/text to 920-LIFEWIN (920-543-3946).

Legal disclaimer: Listening to this podcast doesn't make Christine your official coach, and this podcast is not meant to replace your doctor or therapist. Curious? Click here for the deets

Episode Resources

• Last Monthly Episode: Empty Nest Success - Give Your Child Space and Reaching Parenting Goals

First time here? Try these episodes:

• The Your Empty Nest Coach Podcast Trailer
• Series 1: Empty Nest Prep
• Series 2: The C.E.O. Of Your LIfe Series
• Series 3: The C.E.O. Toolbox
• 30-Day Challenge to Empty Nest Success - Videos
• Empty Nest Syndrome Podcast Episodes
• Empty Nest Success Guidebook Video & PDF Link
• What it's like to work with Coach Christine
• Empty Nest Help

For those who are freaking out about the empty nest years. It is time to make the rest of your life the best of your life!

Your Empty Nest Coach, Christine, reviews a past email sent to only one person.

📄 Full transcript:

This is an empty nest success quick take. A quick episode, in between my monthly episodes, where I look back at content I created before, and share it briefly. Enjoy!

[level-up music]

It feels right to look at the very first email I ever sent as part of Your Empty Nest Coach. I use Active Campaign, so I went into my emails and saw what I sent.

In May of 2019, I was testing the system. And I sent an email to one singular person. That was me!

The title of that email was Thursday, thoughts about "That thing." I love(d) the idea of having a Thursday thoughts about email: just quick thoughts.

I tend to be way more wordy these days. And looking at this, I like how short and sweet this is. It didn't yet have as much to share either, though.

So here's what I said to myself:

[music plays under this segment (reading)]

That thing you keep thinking about, that thing you keep saying, "I'll do it later."

It is time.

Time to make a plan and honor yourself by starting now.

Do it.

I believe in you.

I even have a little meme there. I was fancy.

[end music]

Here I am, years later, looking at this email that I sent to myself just to test things. Basically, I was creating content that I wanted to receive from others.

Looking back at this very first email (that I sent myself) makes me incredibly thankful that I did make the plan; that I did honor myself by starting. The me [of] back then wouldn't believe the things that I have accomplished in this time.

It has been slow and steady, beautiful, stressful (sometimes), messy for sure.

I've felt all the emotions, but I'm ever so thankful that past me did take the time to make a plan.

The plan doesn't have to be your boss.

The plan can be vague.

Sometimes just making the plan is the first step.

Make making the plan fun. And guess what, you don't have to accomplish everything that you want tomorrow.

Have fun with it!

And my friend, you are amazing. 💚

[end music]

[end]