The Planned Creative

Check out this 52 Week Habit Tracker! How many times a day do you think you do things without even thinking? Who knows, right? Because you're not thinking about them! This is exactly why they are so powerful... and important. Small things you are doing every day without thinking which can be just as easily moving you forwards or backwards from what you want and you don't even know it's happening. 😱 Here's the hard part - how do you know what little things you are doing that are compounding and long term sabotaging you when you don't even think about them when you do them? AND how do you add little things that will compound and move you forward in a way you don't have to think about because they are "just something you do"? First things first... pretty hard to know where to go if you don't know where you're starting. Starting with the moment you wake up, list out your current morning routine you can remember right now. Do a...

I know, I know... We hear it all the time  🙉 S top the eye rolling and just consider this: Declare Your Intention I'm gonna save up enough money to do a weekend spa getaway. When I lose 10 pounds I'm going to buy that cute dress. I'll take some holidays when work is all caught up. I'll start eating more healthy next week. Some day I'll have a side hustle that generates as much money as my day job. I'll spend more time with my family when things settle down. I'll start exercising when I have more time. All of this sounds pretty awesome right? Who doesn't want at least one of these things? I bet you've said or heard something like at least one of these EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. One problem. Do you notice something they all have in common?  There is no HOW. There is no THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING. Like magically down the road these things will just drop into our laps fully formed and ready to rock. So much "I'm going to",...

Wanna Wear This Design? Take a minute and take a look around today. Pay special attention to the people around you - especially out in public and at work. Can you see it? Often in these situations you are seeing people's armour, the battle gear they have donned in the morning to face the day. This armour protects us from exposing our authentic selves and exposing our vulnerabilities. We protect ourselves from being cut to the quick (and it really meaning something because it's related to our true selves), exposing ourselves as impostors (hello, Impostor Syndrome!), or not projecting the authority and expertise we want everyone to see and acknowledge in us. We all do it to some degree. What's important is to see it and acknowledge it. Starting with others is easy - but then turn the lens on yourself. How are you masking your inner shine? It's OK not to be so serious all the time. Start by letting flashes of your true self out, and don't be discouraged ...