Since giving out the very first edition of our 90 Day Breakthrough journal to a bunch of clients in January, there’s been a mixed reaction:
Some people love journalling.
Some people don’t like journalling.
Some people love it one day and hate it the next!
I was speaking to a client yesterday who said, “The journalling is not going well.”
They’d got off to a great start and felt really good about the journalling process in January, but then life started to unravel for them in various different ways, mainly in their personal life, and the daily planning and reflection went out of the window.
I can totally relate to that.
I first started journalling about 10 years ago, and I always started every new book with the best intentions (probably because I never started one when I was in a shitty place in my head), but inevitably something would happen that would get in the way of the journalling process - I’d either get ill, or there would be some major life upheaval that meant it felt too painful to sit down and either plan or review my days, and several weeks might pass before I got back to it.
As Mike Tyson famously said, “Everyone has a plan ‘till they get punched in the face”.
(He also said, “I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children” but we’ll ignore that one for today…)
It’s easy to forget our plans when life takes us out with a swift uppercut.
There’s no referee to step in and end the fight for you while you get patched up by a medic.
It’s up to you to get up and fight on.
Sometimes, I feel like I’m my clients’ cornerman when they’re on the ropes.
I’m there with the water bottle, ice pack and Vaseline (I know what you’re thinking, but grow up! It’s just for the facial cuts!)
One of the things I suggest is as soon as they feel able to, to get journalling again, because if you aren’t planning and examining your life - if you don’t set a course and understand what’s working well and what’s getting in your way - then you’re like a rudderless ship; you could be going very fast, but you have no idea where you’re going to end up.
Now that I’ve got used to the process of journalling I wouldn’t be without it.
It feels too weird if I haven’t sat and thought about my day - like eating a sandwich with a knife and fork, or wearing pants with no elastic.
I still get the odd day, such as when I’m ill, when it doesn’t happen but as soon as I’m back in the land of the living I’m on it again.
It’s my pep talk.
It’s my water bottle.
It’s my lube.
If you want a chance to get your hands on an exclusive journal designed to help you have your best quarter ever, then register for our next 90 Day Breakthrough now!
I’ll be right there in your corner!