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April 3rd, 2023
This is where I really need to dig deep! I usually let things slip after 30 days.
And I am not giving up now.
I think my biggest challenge right now is just focus.
I have so many ideas of things that I want to do, that I’m really starting to experience analysis paralysis.
I’m scared to reach out to people because I'm afraid my messaging won't resonate.
So I’d rather do passive things like post on pinterest, or make youtube videos and hope people will find me. Don’t get me wrong, those things are still a lot of work and time consuming.
So I’m just torn on what I should be doing. I know I get to choose, and that ultimately its about consistency, but I worry that I could be spending so much time making videos that go nowhere and then I’ve wasted all this time.
Even just saying that, It won’t be wasted time because I will have spent all this time learning.
Growing my own confidence in the skill of having an online business.
What has come over the last few days is me getting connected with my why and why I created this business in the first place.
And before I recap that, I just reflect on my journey to this point. I've always wanted to start my own business, because I’m smart, I’m a hard worker, I’ve helped so many people excel in their own businesses. So why can’t I do that for myself?
I just never really knew what that business would be about. I’ve started my fair share of things, like a personal training business, blogs, selling products, now books, and thinking about starting a youtube channel. I’m so good at starting things, learning a lot along the way, but not so good at following through on things. I did personal training for many years, on and off again, but ended up stopping that too.
Looking back, the thing I’ve lacked really is the confidence to follow through. The inner critic voice in my head is usually so loud it becomes overwhelming and exhausting. To the point I stop, give up, and go back to square one.
So here I am again, I mean I’ve made it decently far this time, I’ve written a few books, and started this blog. I’ve made a few sales.
Back to why I created all of this in the first place. The real driver behind why I’m doing this in the first place and what I’ve been searching for myself this whole time…
Confidence.
I just wanted to be confident to share my voice. To be seen. To be heard. To share my gifts with the world.
And I’ve worked really hard to get to a point where I am now. My confidence in myself has grown immensely. I know I’m worthy and I know I matter. My gifts make a big impact on people.
Just saying that is a huge thing for me, something I never would have said about myself a few years back.
And so I really want people to be confident in who they are. Try things and do things that they want to do, but normally stop themselves from doing it because of that inner critic voice, or even other people saying that its dumb or that its not worth it.
What I know about the inner critic is that it shows up everytime we start to think or do something that is new.
For me, the new thing is promoting my books. That is scary to me and my inner critic has been there all along saying things like, you need to have the perfect branding before you launch. Your messaging better make sense before you start to promote your book. Just posting on facebook isnt going to be enough, plus what on earth are you going to say anyway? You can try to direct message people, but what good will that do, you’re just going to get banned. You’ve tried tiktok, and now you’re going to give up on that too. Then you were going to start Clapper and you’re also giving up on that. And now you want to start a youtube channel. Are you out of your mind? Oh and don’t forget about Pinterest. And with writing for 365 days, is this even worth it, You spend 1-2 hours a day writing something that no one is going to read. You’ve created so many game plans….which one are you actually going to stick with? You’re focusing on too much that all platforms are going to be mediocre. But if you don’t focus on at least 3 then you’re just leaving money on the table and you’re wasting time and wishing you would have started sooner. Because everyone else is just getting ahead.
^^ all of this is running in my mind. And with all of that it makes it so hard to focus.
Even with all of this, I am still in the learning phase of all of this. So all of it I’m learning how to do this. Learning Pinterst. Learning how to post on facebook and message people, learning how to blog.
What is nice about pinterest is that I can schedule out 100 pins at a time so that can be a set and forget for up to a month which is great.
Writing a blog takes an hour or so a day, but i’ve committed to it so im sticking to it.
Posting on facebook is a bit scary, but if I do it for a month then it will get much easier.
I think I will start a youtube channel, but I think I will do it in my next 90 days, so i’ll plan on launching that in july.
I’ll keep cooking on tuesdays and thursdays on tiktok because it will hold me accountable to cooking food and food prepping. I really want to take care of my health and food prepping consistently is something that I want to do.
So with all of this, The theme in which I will be posting is through the lens of confidence.
Teaching people how to tame their inner critic so that they can confidently live the life they have always dreamed of.
I will have marketing authority over the terms inner critic, negative self talk, self criticism and confidence.
So when I create my pins, create facebook posts, reach out to people it’s all about having confidence,
And having confidence doesn’t mean you don’t feel afraid or scared. You still do things despite feeling that way.
So today’s game plan:
Get caught up on posting all my blogs.
Create Pins for each of my blogs
Create pins around the theme of confidence and point people to my guide
Create pins around confidence in kids and point them to my teddi kathleen website
Create a YouTube Ideas page so I can braindump different youtube ideas as they come to me
Drink 108 oz of water
Post a welcome message in the facebook groups in.
DM at least 10 people
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