Latest / Good Morning From The Chicken Coop! / Season 3 - Episode 186 - The first half of the year is gone

Transcript

Season 3 - Episode 186 - The first half of the year is gone · Good Morning From The Chicken Coop!

• 0:01
  Welcome to the Good Morning from the Chicken Coop podcast with
• 0:04
  Kim Johnson, your creative strategist and mastermind set
• 0:08
  coach. Filled with inspiration,
• 0:10
  distinctions, perspectives, and possibilities, we help you to
• 0:13
  cultivate a mindset that leads you to create the best version
• 0:16
  of yourself you could ever imagine.
• 0:18
  Join Kim every morning from one of her favorite happy places,
• 0:21
  her chicken coop, along with all her chickens.
• 0:28
  Hey everybody, good morning from the chicken coop.
• 0:31
  And it is noisy. She's already in there screaming
• 0:34
  about laying an egg. You got to love it when you the
• 0:37
  noisy one goes first. So today we're talking about the
• 0:41
  fact that it half the year is over.
• 0:43
  I mean, half the year is over. And I didn't do this podcast on
• 0:48
  July 1st basically just because I, you know, it was a holiday
• 0:53
  week. And I figured, you know what,
• 0:55
  I'm just going to wait until the holiday's over and then really
• 0:57
  say, hey, half the year is over because now really it is half
• 1:01
  the year is over. So think about this.
• 1:05
  You've spent six months of this year and you have to take that
• 1:09
  time to evaluate now, at least in my opinion you do, because if
• 1:13
  there's anything that you want to shift, now is the time.
• 1:16
  So I know for myself without question at this point in time,
• 1:20
  I need to shift some things going forward.
• 1:23
  Huge number of lessons from the garden that I have to write down
• 1:27
  just based on everything that I've learned.
• 1:29
  Huge number of lessons for my time that I have to be aware of
• 1:33
  and I have to start taking into consideration.
• 1:36
  And I have to make some shifts in my time because of the other
• 1:41
  projects that I want to get done.
• 1:44
  Huge number of distinctions that I can tell you without question
• 1:50
  physically that I want to make sure that I start incorporating.
• 1:54
  I have done something to my arm where I've got a muscle.
• 1:58
  That's according to my chiropractor.
• 2:01
  Once they start doing this in your forearm, it's very hard to
• 2:04
  get rid of it. So he's given me some really
• 2:07
  cool things that I have to pay attention to, little band that I
• 2:10
  have to wear, that I absolutely detest.
• 2:12
  But you know what? We'll do it.
• 2:14
  And I have to shift that. But that means there's other
• 2:18
  things going on. So sometimes because I walk so
• 2:21
  much, I don't work out like lifting weights.
• 2:24
  Yes, I lift things around the farm.
• 2:26
  Yes, I'm always doing farm work, but I don't actually take time
• 2:29
  to always sit there and say, OK, let me do this type of workout.
• 2:35
  So I will go in, I'll ride my bike, I will walk 30,000 stops,
• 2:39
  I'll do whatever like that. But while I might be lean, I'm
• 2:45
  don't want to lose muscle mass. So that's another thing that I
• 2:47
  have to put on that list. So I'm just kind of stacking up
• 2:51
  these things that I know I need to pay attention to in the
• 2:53
  second-half of the year. And one that's a really big one
• 2:58
  for me that the first half of the year tends to consume my
• 3:02
  mind is always the outdoor stuff, the flowers, the gardens,
• 3:06
  all those things that have to be done.
• 3:08
  And I started thinking to myself, you know, this is insane
• 3:10
  because it takes away from other creative aspects.
• 3:14
  So hence the the fact that, you know, consider doing something
• 3:19
  different, doing some writing, doing just doing some different
• 3:22
  things. And one of the one of the big
• 3:24
  pieces of this is keeping creativity high and keeping
• 3:27
  creativity in a space where I know I'm doing it, not just in
• 3:32
  the way everyday little bits of it, but doing something
• 3:34
  expansive. And that's important to my
• 3:37
  growth. So I have every intention of
• 3:39
  putting that back together. Now the real, the real question
• 3:43
  you can ask yourself is am I where I want to be right now?
• 3:47
  And so many people will tell me I'm not where I want to be this
• 3:50
  time of the year. Like I would think I would be
• 3:53
  further along. I would think I would be this.
• 3:56
  Well, we tend to as human beings have a ability, huge ability to
• 4:01
  over anticipate what we can get done in a short period of time
• 4:05
  and under anticipate what we can get done in a long period of
• 4:09
  time. So if you are feeling that way,
• 4:11
  most of the time, it's been my experience that people will
• 4:14
  think they can get a lot done in a short period of time and it
• 4:18
  doesn't work that way. And then they get frustrated and
• 4:21
  then by the end of the year they're all caught up.
• 4:23
  So one, give yourself a break because that is definitely
• 4:25
  something that is likely to be happening.
• 4:29
  And two, really look at what it is that you want to have done
• 4:33
  and say to yourself, OK, if that's the case, this is really
• 4:36
  what I want to have done and I'm really pushing myself to go in
• 4:39
  that direction. I'm going to do everything I can
• 4:42
  now moving forward to make sure that this next to six months
• 4:48
  incorporates those things on a consistent basis, not just a
• 4:52
  short term basis, but a consistent basis.
• 4:55
  So just take a look and say, OK, well I've got, you know, this
• 4:59
  major project or that major project or whatever it might be,
• 5:02
  or just meet with the workout and reverse engineer it, plan it
• 5:06
  out. OK.
• 5:06
  If I look towards the end of the year, what do I need to do each
• 5:09
  day moving forward? And give yourself a plan that
• 5:12
  you could potentially stick to for the next six months.
• 5:16
  And when I say potentially, it's because we all know things
• 5:19
  happen, things change, and we have to pay attention to those
• 5:22
  shifts. Don't get mad at yourself for
• 5:24
  it, just be aware of it and start the plan and then put it
• 5:28
  into play. Once you get past the 1st 30
• 5:31
  days of that plan, it becomes a lot easier to stick to it.
• 5:34
  First 30 days are a little tough, as you know, you've heard
• 5:37
  me say it a million times. It's just part of being a human.
• 5:42
  But we have to stick to it and know the plan and leave yourself
• 5:45
  the clues that you want to stick to the plan.
• 5:48
  So if you have to write sticky notes and put them on things, if
• 5:50
  you have to make hard decisions, if you have to write yourself a
• 5:54
  letter and read that letter every single day, then do it.
• 5:57
  But whatever it takes, let's figure it out so that the
• 5:59
  second-half is just as you know, productive as you want it to be.
• 6:04
  All right, my friends, I hope you have a blessed day and I
• 6:06
  will see you tomorrow. Bye.