Welcome!

*Okay, I admit it: this is the world’s most clickbait-y title ever. 

But it’s the story that the world has sold you — that finding your passion is easy, a copy-and-paste formula, and that you probablyyyy should have done it already.

What do you say we try a different approach? 

Let me start by breaking this down. 

Almost no one “finds” their passion by thinking constantly about how they don’t have one. 

Likewise, almost no one “finds” their passion just by doing exercises or worksheets — these are a great start, but they’re safe and passive.

I put quotes on “find” because using the word “find” implies that your passion already exists; you just need to find it. For most people I speak to, this line of thinking doesn’t lead to energized, directed action. It leads to a feeling of discouragement (“Why haven’t I found it yet?”) or even entitlement (“The world should have presented it to me by now,” though usually stated in more subtle words.) 

People feel like they’re smart, which means they should have nailed this by now. 

And — almost worst of all — people think they’re alone in not having a passion. At every age and with every gender, people are convinced that they’re the only ones struggling with “finding” their passion.

Lastly, we’ve been fed a story about passion. ← See that? Singular. What if your passion isn’t singular; it’s vast and innumerable?

So, what do I recommend? I do actually have an 8-step process for you, but know it’s not easy and it requires you to customize it for your life.

Ready? Download the 10-page ebook below.

Monday Hour One?

I’ve always considered myself a pretty productive person — I kept an organized calendar, I had a running to-do list that I moved through pretty quickly; and I was quick to take action.

That is, until I found out about and eventually implemented Monday Hour One, a system introduced to me during my life coach certification program.

I was, as the kids say, shooketh. I swear I’m now 10 times as productive. 

It’s tempting to think of this as just a time management system, but in my opinion, it’s so much more than that. It takes into account your thoughts, feelings, actions, and results; not just your actions, like many other systems. Put another way, it gets you to the root cause of your productivity struggles; it doesn’t just solve for the symptoms. 

Here’s what’s changed since I adopted Monday Hour One: 

• Instead of being at the whim of my moods, I started planning ahead and sticking to my plans, no matter what. 
• Instead of filling up all of my time with low-priority items first, I learned to plan backwards, ensuring that the truly important things in my life got scheduled before anything else.
• Instead of doing a bunch of random action steps that seemed like a good idea, I learned to first think about what results I wanted to create, then letting the action steps fall into place.  
• Instead of letting tasks go on indefinitely, I learned to give myself time constraints for every task and project, and stick to them. 
• Instead of thinking “I’ll just shove this one thing in,” I learned to respect my own time and hold myself to not going over 100% capacity. 
• Instead of feeling low levels of daily chaos about how much I got done, I learned to trust that I got done exactly the right amount done.
• Instead of worrying that things might not get done, I learned to rest assured that, if it was on my calendar, I could trust that it would get done.

Let’s recap, in case I haven’t sold you on this yet (seriously?! You’re a tough cookie): 

I’m thinking of you and I’m curious: What’s one word to describe your pandemic experience so far?

When I ask this question in my virtual workshops, people come up with some really fascinating, creative answers. 

That’s not the only one-word thing I’ve got up my sleeve.

Last night, the Half-Finished to Done, LIVE group coaching program kicked off. There are 10 awesome people enrolled, who are all finished (pun intended) having half-finished projects cluttering their physical and mental space. They’re ready to complete those projects and unlock all of their untapped potential. It’s incredible to watch.

I shared a one-word magic trick with them that I want to share with you, too.

If you want to change something in your life, stop labeling yourself with a label that perpetuates the cycle you’re trying to break.

“I’m a procrastinator.”

“I’m a perfectionist.”

“I’m not a morning person.”

“I have a time management issue.”

For many people, acknowledging their habits or preferences is a really important first step. It clicks for them and makes them feel like they understand a piece of their identity on a whole new level.

But eventually, continuing to labeling yourself just perpetuates your self-fulfilling prophecy.

Self-identified procrastinators procrastinate. Self-identified perfectionists seek perfection. “Not a morning person” people dread mornings. “Time management issue” people struggle with time.

The first step of solving this challenge: Start tacking the word “Historically” to the front of your thought.

“Historically, I’ve been a procrastinator.”

“Historically, I’ve been a perfectionist.”

“Historically, I haven’t been a morning person.”

“Historically, I’ve had a time management issue.”

Like one of my client said, it signals to your brain that change is possible. And as one of my teachers says, just imagining a different reality changes you. It’s the first step in change, always.