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Welcome to the Real Moms Playbook. I'm your host, Lisa Autry.

Can you believe it's the end of 2023? I cannot believe I'm saying that right now, but I was really excited because I want to do a mini series with you guys to help close out 2023 and open up 2024 in the best way possible.

How has this year been for you?

What was your word of the year? Do you even do a word of the year? I think it's really important, but maybe you don't. Does it hold true for how you intentionally live this year? So when you look back on 2023, are you like, yeah, I did all the things I wanted to do. If you just survived, that's okay too. I have a lot of amazing things in the works for you ladies for 2024 to help kick chaos to the curb, gain control and clarity and create confidence in your motherhood journey, no matter where you are currently at.

When you live in chaos, it's really hard to see past the end of the day, much less the scope of a whole year. But today is your start. We're going to be answering three questions to help us be prepared for 2024 by closing out 2023 in the best way possible.

For today's episode, I want you to grab that journal for 2024. Okay, this is a fresh start, clean slate, so let's start accordingly. The first couple pages will be the reflection we reviewed today, and then we're going to be diving into 2024. So this is a three part mini series. I'm also going to be sharing things on what to start and stop doing in 2024 and to help get you started off on the right foot so we can make the most of 2024 and make it your best year yet.

So make sure you're subscribed and listen to those episodes when they release as well. So these episodes are meant to be quick bites for you to take action on and move onward. As moms, we don't have much time, so I'm going to be teaching you to be efficient while being intentional. In order to successfully move into 2024, we have to close out 2023 the right way.

So let's celebrate, let's acknowledge our struggles and let's get a feeling for this year as a whole, shall we?

So question number one, looking back on 2023 as a whole, what did you accomplish? I'll repeat it again, looking back on 2023 as a whole, what did you accomplish? I want you to sit down and jot what you did.

This can be so many different things. Do not discount yourself here. I've had my clients in the past say, I don't feel like I accomplished anything. And every single time we actually sit down and start analyzing it together, whether it's a coffee and coaching session or my one of my one on one programs, They end up coming up with a huge list and feel so much more accomplished than they otherwise would have.

It's not that we're making things up, it's like sometimes you have to dig deeper to figure out, Oh wow, look at all the things I did. So I really want you to spend time on this question. I want you to celebrate surviving. I want you to celebrate growth. I want you to celebrate lessons learned. And I want you to celebrate your success that you had this year.

Again, sometimes surviving is a celebration in and of itself. So really take time with this question. I'd like you to spend about five to 10 minutes on each and every single one. So looking back at 2023 as a whole, what did you accomplish? You know, in motherhood, we for Get a lot of times the things we actually did. So that's why it's good to kind of reflect and say, what did I do this year? What did I accomplish?

You know, for me it was, I had a child, you know, my business struggled a lot in the beginning because of my hand. And then it really started thriving later in the year.

And You guys know that this journey is not always going to be smooth.

It's going to come with bumps. And sometimes we need to celebrate those bumps because a lot of times at the end of a struggle is massive success. So we want to close out the year by figuring out what we actually accomplished.

So what are you celebrating today?

Question two, looking back at 2023, what are some things you didn't get to that you hope to do?

This isn't meant to highlight our shortcomings, but to help us see what maybe we want to carry into 2024. This also helps us analyze our goals against our value systems.

Next to what you wrote down on what you hope to achieve but didn't, list out which value this hits.

This is going to help you understand if what you desire is truly important to you or not. So many of us women are stuck in the hamster wheel of life, and in 2024, we are totally changing that. In 2024, we know what we want and how to achieve it, so don't skip this part of your year end closeout.

If you don't know your values, Please make sure you grab my align program. I'm including that in the show notes for you to buy and download. It's a quick start to your intentional living with your value systems and helping you understand how to live it every single day. And it's only 17. So it's a great way to get started on what's most important to you in 2024. So what were some things that you didn't get to that you hope to, and do you want to move them into next year? Why or why not? So looking back at question two, looking back at 2023, what are some things you didn't get to that you hope to do? And do you even want to carry them into 2024? Some of the things that I had put on my list for 2023. I just closed out.

I was like, this is not important to me anymore. And sometimes we change and sometimes our goals and values change and that's okay. That's why it's good to assess it at the end of the year. You could even be listening to this at the end of 2024 or 2025 and be like, Oh, I can still apply these same questions to today.

Question number three, looking back at 2023, how are you walking away from this year? Was it a great year? Was it a challenging year? Spend some time thinking about how this year felt for you. This was actually one of the greatest years of struggle for me personally, but it also was the greatest year of success so far in my business and in my life.

I think oftentimes at the end of a massive challenge lies success. As long as you look at it as a launching pad, you know, I want you to mentally close out 2023 today, put it to bed and wake up energized for a new year. How did you want to look back on 2023? What did you learn this year about yourself?

And every year on this journey of life, it's teaching you something and it's time for you to really learn from it and figure out how you want to proceed forward. Were you the mother you desired to be? Were you the business owner that achieved what she desired to achieve? Were you the spouse you wanted to be?

Did you care for your health and your dreams? What are even your dreams? I know I'm bombarding you with questions, but the point is, how are you leaving this year? Take this year and make it a launch pad for 2024 being a truly amazing year.

So repeat after me 2024 is going to be my year. It's up to you to change the tone starting today and it's time to invest in yourself.

I would like to introduce you to the dream workshop. Your planning for next year starts now. It's time to play big. It's time to get clear and it's time to get moving. So it's a two day masterclass centered around dreaming big, mapping out concrete goals and designing your beautiful custom digital vision board to help keep you laser focused on those dreams all year long.

So this visions workshop is a two day live program. We're going to be having two 60 minute sessions, which we are going to record for you to keep. Day one, we're going to be diving into getting clarity around what you truly want your life to look like for this year and beyond.

So be ready to be challenged and inspired. Day two, we'll learn how to create a beautiful and unique digital vision board for you to use in a variety of ways to keep all of your goals and dreams visible and fuel you forward. You're also going to be enrolled in a private. Facebook pop up group so you can share your goals, spur each other on, and build community all around our big dreams.

So this is going to be kicking off January 9th and the last session will be the 16th. The best part of it is if you cannot join live, like I said, it's recorded so you can access it anytime and the pop up community is going to be there for you to be able to ask questions and support one another. So I would love for you to be a part of Dream.

It's going to be in the show notes for you to access to read a little bit more about and to enroll and make sure you get in before January 9th because doors are closing on the 6th. I want to take this a step further too. So the Real Moms Tribe membership community is also open for 2024. Those that enroll in the tribe also get a discount on dream.

So that's why I'm saying invest wisely in 2024. If you join the tribe, you're actually going to get dream at a discount and it's going to help carry your success all year long. They're going to work hand in hand in conjunction with one another. So doors close for dream January 6th and the real mom's tribe closes January 19th.

So while you've got a little bit of time, we are making sure we're not procrastinating at 2024, right? So visit the show notes, access dream and the tribe. Find out more. Make sure you listen to this whole mini series to get the most out of it. And I'm going to see you in episode two, what to start and stop doing in 2024.

So join me, make sure you're subscribed and let's make 2024 the best year yet, right? But let's close out 2023 first. Until next time, I'm Lisa Autry, and this is The Real Moms Playbook.