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How to Set and Achieve Your Goals with Confidence · Candid Coach Conversations

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  Hi, welcome to Candid Coach Conversations.
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  I'm Kimberly Boyd, founder of Live Life Fully,
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  and today I have with me a certified Live Life Fully coach,
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  Savannah Burke. Hey Savannah. Doing good,
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  Hey Kimberly, how are you doing today?
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  ~
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  enjoying the Houston Heat.
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  Yes, it is. It's very hot here.
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  It's very hot here. I'm ready for the crunching of the fall leaves
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  and the pumpkin spice lattes.
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  Okay, I'm not ready for all that.
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  Although I mean it is hot. I I am a summer girl.
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  I like the water. so yeah, pumpkin latte.
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  What? No.
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  I have a put me in the mountains with a cool breeze.
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  ~
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  that's so
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  funny. Yeah.
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  Or snow. I'm even better with snow.
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  Lordy, okay.
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  Send me pictures.
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  Okay.
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  You go enjoy the snow, I'll sit on a beach.
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  There you go. There you go. Conquer both worlds.
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  Yes. ~ my gosh. Thinking about that,
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  I think about like Kimberly, me going to the snow.
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  And if I did it would I mean I have been in snow.
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  it's just not what I choose intentionally and like I don't make
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  an intentional choice to go
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  Mm-hmm.
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  in the snow. but if I did that would probably take some courage
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  and mm adapting.
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  Absolutely. Absolutely.
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  And I'd probably have a story to tell about how I got there.
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  Speaking of thinking about courage and courage to tell your story
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  or courage to publish your story,
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  when I say that, Savannah, I I want to hear from you like what it means.
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  Because recently, pretty recently,
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  we had a
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  Mm-hmm.
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  talk about
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  About publishing something and getting it out
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  Wow.
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  there and telling your story. And so yeah,
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  Yes.
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  when I think about me going to the snow,
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  that would definitely be a story.
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  It would take courage and adapting for me to pick it.
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  Ha ha ha ha!
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  But what does courage to get your story out or courage to publish your story,
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  what does that mean to you?
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  So back
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  in 2025, was sitting
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  Big si
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  at a red light and it was like I heard God.
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  We're gonna say God. Someone's voice in my ear said,
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  you need, or I'm not gonna say you need because that's a little icky.
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  it would be a good idea for you to write your own journal and planner.
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  And I think this was after the first renewal.
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  I believe it was after the first renewal retreat that we had.
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  Okay.
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  And I said, why, yes,
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  yes, I think that would be a great idea.
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  Yes, little voice. I agree.
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  And so I said I will get started on that and I did.
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  And I came up with a journal slash planner.
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  And what I mean by that is it has everything that you can set up for your month.
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  So you have monthly goals on what do you want to accomplish this month in your work,
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  in your family, in your life. And then it goes on to how will you
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  accomplish those things in your daily life?
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  What are the things that you need to do?
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  What are the things that you would like to do?
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  And if something is going to trip you up,
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  how do you want to handle that?
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  And then on the next page,
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  was an evening recap of what went well,
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  what if anything tripped you up,
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  what are you grateful for? And then I came up with
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  365 different journal prompts to help move you through
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  the different seasons of your life.
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  So what I did is I broke it up into four different sections
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  or four different seasons, essentially.
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  And you don't have to start with volume one.
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  However, I do do recommend it because it starts off with how do you want
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  to how do you want to live your life this year?
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  What do you want to change from last year?
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  And then I had things to put at the very end of the month
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  as a mindfulness activity, whether it was a mandala that you could color
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  or a Sudoku you could use to relax.
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  Some people don't find Sudoku relax.
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  internet's okay or a mindfulness word search that goes along with
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  our curriculum with Live Life Fully.
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  So I started doing all this and I was gung-ho and I was creaking it out
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  and then I stopped and I don't even I didn't want to admit the reason I stopped.
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  I got to a certain point and I was...
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  I went... I started thinking, okay,
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  what is the reason I'm doing this?
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  Well, because something said that I would benefit from it.
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  Okay. And what if nobody else sees the benefit?
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  And I still have that fear. However,
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  because of our conversations lately,
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  that fear is dissipating.
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  having that, not only that, but that my very,
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  one of my very good friends, she just had a book come out and I was,
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  I'm so proud of her and it is so good.
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  And that also helped.
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  Remember that I have a story to tell as well.
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  And I'm doing my own work on courage that I was recommended to do
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  and that is helping. And I started working on it again for the first time
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  and one of the other people that helped coach me through this,
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  she recommended, you know, what is something that you can do in a short amount
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  of time kind of goes back to...
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  when you go to clean out something or do something in those 10 minute,
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  15 minute bursts, in this case,
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  it's how many, because really what I need to finish is the journal prompts
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  and all that takes is copying and pasting them into the template.
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  And she said, okay.
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  But you have the journal prompts written and now it's a copy paste situation?
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  Okay.
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  It is. It is.
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  I love that.
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  Yes. And she said, well, what would it take for you to do,
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  let's say, seven a day or seven a week?
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  Mm.
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  I said, nothing.
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  Ha ha ha.
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  Nothing.
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  And it will
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  it will take something. It is going
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  it will.
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  to take time. And when we say yes to something,
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  we're saying no to something else.
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  Right.
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  And so it will take something.
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  Right and it it takes
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  is taking courage on my part to think,
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  okay, you've done all this and really,
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  it has not at this time cost me monetarily anything.
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  It has cost
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  Yeah.
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  me time, it has cost me effort,
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  it has cost me in emotional ways and I think that's where the fear came
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  in the most in telling my story is what if nobody wants to buy it?
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  What if nobody wants to read it?
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  What if nobody wants to use it?
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  And I need to remember I didn't do this for everybody else.
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  I did it for me and I'm sharing it with everybody else because there
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  are other people out there like me.
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  So Savannah, what does this journal and planner,
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  what does it mean to you?
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  It is a way to help me and others explore what is holding me back.
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  What can I do in this season of life?
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  How can I live more fully in this season of life?
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  How can I live more confidently?
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  What are the things that I could be working on?
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  I want to work on.
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  And it's kind of a brain dump because it has things from every
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  season of life, whether it be changing yourself or helping you through
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  a loss or what do you want to be.
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  It's all of the things.
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  Okay. So have you committed to yourself to finish?
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  yes, I have. I have recommitted myself and I actually started working
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  on it again this weekend.
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  Okay, and you know me, I'm all about timelines.
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  Yes, ma'am.
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  Do you have a timeline for this commitment?
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  I don't and hearing you say that,
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  my timeline is, I think I have approximately
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  a hundred or so left to do.
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  So if I break that up into a set of seven a week,
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  but let's do simple math here because I don't do math in my head.
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  If I do ten a week, that's ten weeks.
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  Ten weeks is a month and a half.
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  However, saying that...
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  Right. Well
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  two and a half months.
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  Yes, again, don't do math in my head.
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  Two and a half.
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  Ha ha ha
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  And saying that out loud, think I want to have it done earlier.
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  I really do.
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  Right. Well
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  and I don't mean right, I what I'm thinking is telling saying you don't have
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  to start with the first one and
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  Right.
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  it would be helpful to start with the first one,
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  which would mean if people are gonna benefit from it for twenty twenty seven,
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  they'll
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  Right.
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  need it before twenty twenty seven gets here so that they're ready to go.
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  Absolutely.
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  You know, and I
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  I know you know this. The last ninety days of the year,
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  I love.
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  Yes.
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  I
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  love, and it's the reason Live Life Bully has a retreat at the last 90 days
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  of the year planting seeds for,
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  and for this one we'll be planting seeds for 2027.
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  I love
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  Yes.
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  it because I think it is so important to get a handle on the last 90 days
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  of the year, see where you've been the whole year,
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  where you're headed,
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  Yes.
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  where you want to be headed, because that way,
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  January 1st, you are ready to go.
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  Absolutely.
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  So I guess I want you, what I really want to see from you is for you
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  to be thinking about timelines for to finish your project.
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  Mm-hmm.
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  so that people could possibly have it before the end of the year,
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  even if they started with module three or journal three and or four,
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  Right.
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  to finish out the year strong so that
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  Yes.
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  you're so ready to go, January 1st,
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  even stronger.
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  So, October 1st starts the last 90 days.
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  So, my goal is to have them completed,
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  proofread, and set up and ready to go September 1st.
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  Okay, I'm writing that down. Yeah,
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  You and me both. September 1st.
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  I gotta cause you gotta still get it to print.
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  Yes.
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  Yeah. Okay, so good. So then for sure it will be for sale on the Live Life Foly
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  website in the store.
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  Yes.
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  So that'll be after September 1st because we'll be able to start taking orders.
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  Yeah, that's
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  Yes.
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  super exciting. Yay. The other
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  Yes.
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  thing that popped up that I was thinking about,
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  so yes, starting the year strong.
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  So I have coached with several people,
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  and I guess I I've never really thought about it like this.
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  But it does kind of relate to the last 90 days of the year.
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  So this particular lady stands out.
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  She was like, you know, my year doesn't actually
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  start.
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  Until
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  March or April. And I'm like, what?
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  Okay?
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  She
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  she gets through the holidays,
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  she gets through the first of the year,
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  gets over all the hustle and bustle,
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  and then settles down by March,
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  and she's ready to go for the rest of the year,
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  start April first. So she starts the new year at that second quarter.
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  And I was like, ~
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  I can't.
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  that's similar to the last 90 days.
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  It is.
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  Last
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  people, we start ours in October so that we're ready in January.
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  Right.
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  Rather than taking the first quarter,
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  we take the last quarter. Anyway,
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  so I guess I say all of that, maybe it doesn't matter when people decide
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  the first of the year is for them.
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  Yes, this is yes, absolutely. I am.
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  I am on the same page as you. That is.
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  As as long as they have
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  a first of the year, even if that means it's April first,
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  just
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  Right.
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  know when the first is for yourself.
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  Yes,
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  absolutely. Know when it is that you're ready to begin.
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  And make that your beginning. Yes,
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  I love that. And I love the idea though of having it ready for the end
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  and for that last 90 days, especially leading up.
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  Because if you are one of the people that starts in January like all of us,
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  not all of us, but a majority of us,
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  It'll help you see and get into the habit because as you know it takes
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  21 days to make or break a habit and this is something that is set
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  up for every day. Weekends included because things still happen on the weekends.
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  Life does not stop on Friday and pick back up on Monday.
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  Correct. Yes. And then
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  think about that too, like school teachers or anybody in education,
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  their work year does not begin in January.
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  Mm-hmm. No, it does not.
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  Now it is getting earlier and earlier,
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  and right now it does for the most part still start in August.
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  But that's another way
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  Yes, for the Chinese.
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  that you think about it too, is that it might be your job.
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  Start of the new year.
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  And so I love this that you've put this timeline of September 1st.
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  to go to print. I don't like that.
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  Yes.
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  Yes.
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  Okay, so Savannah, if people, because like somebody might buy your planner
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  and think, gosh, but I need some extra assistance or I need some more tips
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  or I'm not sure I want to gain more clarity.
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  How can people reach out to you to get more clarity?
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  Where can they find
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  you?
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  my goodness,
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  you can find me in so many different places.
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  You can find me on our Live Life Fully website.
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  I am under one of the coaches.
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  You can find me on Instagram. I've changed it.
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  I think it's llfully underscore coach underscore Savannah C.
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  Burke.
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  I think that's what it is now.
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  You can find me on Facebook under Savannah Burk or Savannah Caten Burk.
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  That's Caten with a C not with a K,
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  C-A-Y.
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  And then could they reach you if they wanted to email you directly
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  at Savannah at LLfully dot com?
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  Absolutely. Correct. Savannah.
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  Okay.
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  And that's two N's and an H. Two N's and an H.
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  Just like Georgia.
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  Yes. Okay, so if
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  they want to email you directly,
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  Savannah
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  Savannah.
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  at llfoly.com and then they can always go to the website llfuly.com,
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  go to the coaches, select your name,
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  and then they could
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  Yeah.
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  even click and sign up for a clarity call with you.
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  Absolutely. A
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  20-minute clarity call. We could have a coffee meeting and talk about
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  Uh-huh.
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  it and talk about
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  anything. Absolutely.
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  Love it.
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  So good. Okay. So courage to tell your story,
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  courage to publish your story.
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  And now you you've recommitted to your courage.
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  You've recommitted to your planner and you've set a deadline.
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  have. It feels amazing.
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  Yay, that's so exciting.
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  It feels like it feels like it did when I first had the idea when it when
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  Love that.
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  I first thought about it. my goodness.
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  So good. So Savannah,
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  Yes.
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  if you know people and they have a story to tell,
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  Mm-hmm.
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  or they think they might, or they don't even know.
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  Like, do I have a story to tell?
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  Which I believe we all have story to tell.
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  Yes.
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  and we always talk about, we often,
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  not always, we often talk about the first step.
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  If somebody's has this little pull.
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  That they have a story. What
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  Mm-hmm.
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  would you tell them their first step?
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  What would you say? Or maybe give them three different options.
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  First step, I think.
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  is to start writing it down.
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  whether it be journaling or you can also talk to others.
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  I'm trying to think of the things that helped me.
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  I...
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  I looked at others also as what they did and I drew inspiration from that
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  and I looked at things that I was like,
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  I know I want this and I want this and I don't want that and I don't want that.
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  This is too much, that's too little.
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  And so I came up with my own and...
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  I do encourage you to talk about it with a coach or talk about it with someone that
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  you trust that can help you flesh out these ideas and give
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  you guidance and encouragement and support and love
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  and help you realize your own dream and what that dream means
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  to you.
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  and what it can mean for others.
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  your story and your view can always help someone
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  else. You could be the light in someone else's darkness.
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  It's
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  sure can. Yeah.
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  you can be
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  the light in someone else's darkness.
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  It is, it's freeing. It really is.
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  It's freeing. It is.
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  empowering and that is my,
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  that is my goal when it comes to coaching,
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  when it comes to this journal is to help others reach their full potential
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  in whatever it is that they are wanting to be.
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  Whether it be a, you know, an entrepreneur or someone that is looking to change,
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  change jobs or get a, get a raise
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  Mm-hmm.
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  or
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  learn to do something new. What is in your way that
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  you can either remove the obstacle,
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  learn from the obstacle, and take that next step forward?
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  What needs to get out of your own way?
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  Get out of your way. And that may be you.
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  Nine times out
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  of ten.
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  Yes. Hold up
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  that mirror because I am what got in my way.
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  My own insecurity, my own, you know,
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  stuff got in my way for a while.
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  And it took me actually coming to people that I trust and voicing that concern
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  and voicing that outcome pain that I was struggling with to have it unlocked again.
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  And I'm so thankful I did.
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  So good. So good. So if people have
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  So, yes, I think.
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  a a poll, then you're saying write it down.
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  Maybe write even the words, I have a story to tell.
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  Yes.
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  Or gosh, I have an idea. Dot dot dot.
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  Yes.
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  Start there. And then look at it.
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  I would say look at it every day.
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  The whole
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  Well.
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  if it's a sticky note, I have an idea or I have a story to tell.
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  Look at that every day. And ~
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  Mm-hmm.
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  And keep going.
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  Absolutely. At Sticky Notes, if that's how you need to get started,
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  I have a dream. That
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  Yeah.
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  dream is to move out of my neighborhood,
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  to get a better job, to help my husband become a more relaxed person,
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  to help my daughter find her courage again,
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  to help myself.
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  become more courageous in whatever it is that I'm looking for.
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  Add to it, absolutely. And, like you said,
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  where you can see it. I have sticky notes all over my mirrors,
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  all over my doors, all over, pretty much everywhere.
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  And people kinda
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  Ha ha.
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  come into my house and they're like,
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  what is this? This is my dream,
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  this is my encouragement, this is my motivation.
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  Yes. Awesome.
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  So, mm-hmm.
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  Well I'm super excited that you've recommitted and that your planner
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  and journal are coming out for the world.
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  Yes, yes. Be on the lookout.
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  I love it. So good.
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  Be on the lookout.
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  Yes, I'm very excited now.
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  I do appreciate you coming on today,
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  Savannah, and t and telling us about the journey,
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  like the fear that you had, the pause that you took,
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  the recommitment that you've made.
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  I really do appreciate you coming on and sharing that with us today.
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  My pleasure,
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  my pleasure. Thank you. And by all means,
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  everyone, please reach out. I would love,
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  love, love to talk to you.
• 20:15
  Awesome. Thanks, Savannah, and thank you everybody
• 20:18
  Thank you.
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  for joining Candid Coach Conversations.
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  Please remember to live life fully and enjoy every moment.
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  And we'll see you soon.