WHEEL OF FORTUNE
OK, who remembers the OG Wheel of Fortune? When contestants would spend their winnings live on the show at the…
“SHOPPER'S BIZAAR!”
What if we did this for ourselves? Like when we dream up our next goal!
Let's talk about GOAL SETTING. The reason we set goals is to give our brain something deliberate and intentional to focus on.
It's going to focus on something no matter what. So why not focus on something we WANT? Seriously. It's kind of that simple.
We GET TO CHOOSE WHAT TO FOCUS ON.
Do you allow yourself to dream? To set goals. Both big and small. To create exactly what you want to in this one life, on purpose?
Are you so busy putting out fires everywhere and reacting to everything that’s going on around you that you haven’t allowed yourself the headspace to dream?
I want to tell you something that I think is so very important and something that no-one ever told me:
When we take time to dream, to really consider what we want in life, we can see clearly the life we are meant to have. There is a reason those dreams come to us, a reason that those ideas just “pop” into our mind.
These are the things that we truly want in life. They are calling to us, sometimes screaming at us, ON PURPOSE. Why are we blowing them off?
These ideas, these dreams; the big ones, the small ones, even the ones we feel are impossible, are in fact: possible.
I believe they are an actual, very personalized, ad-free mother f*%&ing Google map to the life that we are meant to have. A life that continually leads us to the next best version of ourselves.
WTF? Why didn’t anyone tell me this before? I love maps!
IT’S TIME TO TUNE INTO YOUR PERSONALIZED MAP.
IT’S TIME TO GET BACK ON COURSE. OR TO HOP ON THAT COURSE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
THAT PROJECT YOU’VE BEEN YEARNING TO CREATE. THE ONE THAT SOUNDS SO FUN. IF YOU COULD JUST FIGURE IT OUT. IF YOU JUST HAD THE TIME. IF YOU JUST…JUST…JUST
THAT PROMOTION YOU KNOW IT’S TIME FOR. THE ONE YOU ARE AFRAID TO ASK FOR. THE ONE THAT YOU WILL JUST, YOU KNOW, WAIT AROUND FOR UNTIL IT LANDS IN YOUR LAP…
THAT HOME PROJECT YOU’VE BEEN LONGING TO TACKLE IF YOU JUST KNEW WHERE TO START, IF YOUR HUSBAND WAS JUST A LITTLE MORE HELPFUL, IF YOUR KIDS WOULD JUST PICK UP THEIR DAMN SOCKS, IF…IF…IF…
LET’S STOP ALL THAT. LET’S STOP WAITING.
LET’S STOP IGNORING OUR HIGHEST SELF. THAT INNER VOICE. THAT PULL TOWARDS OUR BEST LIFE.
INSTEAD, LET’S MAKE A CHOICE TO JUST DIVE RIGHT IN. EVEN IF IT FEELS IMPOSSIBLE. EVEN IF IT FEELS HARD.
LOOK - WE CAN DO HARD THINGS! WE’VE HEARD THIS FROM ALL THE SELF HELP BOOKS WE LOVE AND HAVE READ AND LISTENED TO TWICE. WE SUBSCRIBED TO AUDIBLE JUST FOR THIS! WE KNOW THAT DEEP DOWN IT’S TRUE, SO LET’S AT LEAST TEST IT OUT. YOU CAN DO HARD THINGS.
SERIOUSLY - WHY NOT? WE HAVE THIS ONE LIFE TO TRY SHIT. AT THE VERY LEAST WE WILL LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT OURSELVES. AND AT THE VERY MOST WE WILL REACH OUR GOALS - WHATEVER THEY MAY BE!
PRETEND YOU JUST WON ALLLLL THE MONEY AND NOW YOU GET TO GO SHOPPING IN THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE BAZAAR.
What do you see in the Bazaar? What are your wildest dreams? Projects? Goals? Life stuffs? You just won. You can have whatever you truly want in here.
DREAM BABY.
And then, let's get to work. Or play. Both will get us there.
YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO DREAM BIG BTW
FUN FACTs: Vanna never wore the same dress twice! Talk about goals! Also word is that in the early early days, Pat and Vanna used to tie a few on before the show. Sometimes they forgot the alphabet. But they had fun and since no one ever complained, they thought it was just fine. Not sure what made them stop. Age? Merv? IDK! Man I used to love that show. But only after Jeopardy! That's for another email. xo
Peace & Love.
— Shannon