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Welcome to the Real Moms Playbook. I'm your host, Lisa Autry. As we close out this mini series, I wanted to give you inspiration as you head into 2024. I want to get you excited, give you momentum, and help you aspire to lead life differently. It won't happen overnight, but this is your start. It all starts with intention.

And so the tips I'm going to be giving you today, I want you to be intentional with your time, with your energy, with your resources. And it can be really hard when you start because you are running on E, you are running on fumes, and you're just trying to survive. But we're going to take you in the Real Moms Tribe, in my community, in the daughter diaries and controlled chaos club, we're going to take you from surviving to thriving. That's my whole goal. That's why I became a productivity coach because a confident mother raises confident children. And part of my mission and my goal in life is to leave a legacy of the life you desire because you know, we're going to send our children out in the world someday and we want to be like, man, we did pretty dang good. And you may not feel that way right now, but that's okay because we're going to lead life with intention. We are going to aspire and we're going to get momentum.

Starting with the little steps.

So, number one, I want you to start thinking ahead now, okay? We closed out in episode one, we closed out 2023. In episode two, I gave you strategies, what to stop doing and what to start doing. And those are meant to be bite sized implementation techniques. And now I want you to start thinking ahead.

What do you hope to achieve in the coming year? What is it you ultimately want to achieve in your whole life? We sit down and we're like, oh, this is what I want to leave, this is my legacy. This is what I desire in my life. And it starts with actually practicing and building in those systems and building in that success and taking the steps necessary.

But you have to think ahead. So what I want you to do is I want you to take out a piece of paper. I want you to put your paper horizontally and I want you to make three columns. Column one is 2024, column two is three years, and column three is five years.

We could go five, ten, fifteen, twenty, but we're going to keep it somewhat small, right? We're going to do the next five years. What are you wanting to achieve this year? What are you wanting to achieve in three years? And what are you wanting to achieve in five years? This can be based on the three pillars if you're really struggling, like, I don't know what I want to achieve. So you could start with the home. What do you want to achieve within the home? What do you want to achieve within your routines? And what do you want to achieve with your finances? Finances are a big one because so many people live day to day, paycheck to paycheck. I want you to be really, really intentional with your money, especially going into 2024. I want you to think about saving. I want you to think about growth strategies, you know, college, if that's something your kids are going to do, or you could do custodial accounts. Do you have life insurance? This is what you want to start looking ahead towards because that's going to help you be intentional with what you achieve. Also too, for those of you ladies that own a business, what are you thinking ahead to?

What are you wanting to launch in your business? What are you wanting to execute in your business? How much are you wanting to make? You know, I want you to have projections built out. If you do not do projections, you are really hurting your potential success. So I want you to sit down and if you struggle, if you don't even know what projections are, you can go ahead and grab a coffee and coaching session.

I will go ahead and put it within the show notes, grab a coffee and coaching session, we'll sit down and do projections for your business together. We go and look back at the last few months or even the last year and say, okay, what do you project for 2024? And it also helps set the intention of how you're going to show up in your business and how you're going to sell in your business.

And I will tell you, sidebar, if you are not selling every single day in your business, you are doing yourself a great disservice. You are a business, not a charity, and even charities ask for money every single day. So I'll leave you with that on that. So start thinking ahead now. What do you hope to achieve this coming year?

Next one. Number two, open your eyes to new opportunities. You will grow where your energy flows. So earlier in 2023, I launched what's called elevate. It's a group of 12 women and they're elevating in their business and beyond. And it has been unbelievable what these ladies have accomplished and what these ladies have conquered.

We are doing another Elevate in 2024, so if you're like, I'm kind of interested, I want to know more, feel free to reach out to me at info at thedaughterdiary. com. We're not starting yet, but you can get some more information. But it is unbelievable. the success these ladies have seen by opening themselves up to new opportunities.

And that's why the dream workshop, we're taking this kind of philosophy in this ideology and saying, okay, we're going to dream really, really big. And we're going to open ourselves up to new opportunities because you are going to grow where your energy flows. If your energy is all over the place, guess what you're not going to be proactively growing. It's kind of more so like juggling the plates and you're dropping a plate. And if it doesn't bust, it's like lucky, but we want to be open to opportunities so we can take intentional action. This is the difference between people that just get lucky and the people that work for it.

So I want you to open your eyes to opportunities. I want you to say, how can I dream a little bit bigger? Can I make it a little bit bigger? The Elevate ladies in one of our first meetings, I had them write down their dreams. And then I said, great, now take each of these dreams and multiply it by 10.

And like their faces and their jaws literally dropped. But guess what? They started dreaming bigger and they started taking action bigger because they saw different opportunities and they looked at it differently. Opportunities started opening for them. Probably that were there to begin with, but they weren't looking for them. They weren't seeing them.

And so when you open your eyes to opportunities, that's when amazing things happen. That's when it can happen in any aspect of our life. You know, elevate happens to be, you know, a business pod and it's for women owned businesses, but we can achieve this in motherhood too, when you start looking for opportunities to connect in relationships and, you know, to connect with yourself and have self care and enhancing your relationships, you know, with yourself, with God, with the little people that you're raising with your spouse, that's when beautiful things happen and that's when relationships really flourish when you open your eyes to new opportunities.

So that's number two. Open your eyes to new opportunities.

Number three, make a word for this year. Okay. Make a word for 2024. I have someone who I was talking to, they're like, Oh, why would I make a word? And I'm like, man, when you have a word, that's your mantra. It's your quick mantra to help keep you moving.

Mine was impact this year, inspire and impact. Sometimes I do two, inspire and impact. And you know what? I just blew that out of the water and I surprised myself, but it's because I kept saying it over and over again. Like, how can I inspire? How can I impact? And so when I led with that, that's when new opportunities opened and that's when I was able to keep moving through my struggles of this year.

So that's going to help envision where you desire to go to be successful. So create a word or create a tiny mantra. I had a client the other day. She's like, it was like a full sentence. I'm like, Whoa, this is something you're supposed to be able to like repeat over and over again. So the shorter, the better. Mine for 2024 is expansion and ease.

And those are together because when you expand, oftentimes things can get more complicated. I paired ease with it to remind myself, Hey, I want this to be easy. I don't want it to be overly complicated. I don't want it to be too difficult. Not that it's not challenging. You know, when you up level, it's meant to be challenging, but I want it to be, I want it to be fun and free and flowing.

So I have a challenge for you. Not only the three things. So start thinking ahead now. What do you want to achieve in the next, you know, year, three years, five years, opening your eyes to opportunities and making a word for the year so you can envision where you desire to go. But I also want to challenge you to dream bigger.

You know, moms need dreams. This makes us purposeful. This makes us intentional, and this guides us towards being more free. Ultimately, you know, discipline equals freedom. I don't know if you guys have heard this, but really discipline does equal freedom because when you're disciplined with your life, that's when you create freedom.

So in 2023, I really dove into my life, my goals and my dreams, and I defined what freedom truly means to me. And so here's what it means. Freedom to me means being open to new opportunities versus carrying them around as to do's. I wanted to be excited about my life and not just show up for it and react to it.

And that's when I became far more proactive and guess what? My money equated to it too. So all of a sudden money is flowing and freer and funner and easier. And it's time for you to challenge yourself to dream big too. This doesn't have to be in relationship to a business. It can be in relationship to yourself, in relationship to the people you raise, in relationship to your career. But I want you to dream bigger. I want you to look at your life and say, how can I live a little bit bigger? How can I live at a little bit different standards? You know, how can I gain control and calm and clarity? If you didn't make sure you go back and listen to episode one, do those questions, because that's going to help kind of close the loop for you.

And that's going to help set the stage for 2024 being the most amazing year for you. But it starts by acting today. It starts by taking the step today. I have the two other challenges for you guys. I want you to first get into the real mom's tribe. And then the second is grab the dream visions workshop.

You guys, this is an amazing community, and within this community, you receive the support, you are heard, and so many times in motherhood, we are not heard, we feel alone, and I want to be that support for you. Being a balanced boss means being a damn good mom and having time for you. Being a balanced boss means being in control of your spaces, routines, and finances.

And being a balanced boss means Knowing what you want out of life and how to go about getting it. And it's a beautiful thing when you have women that do that with you. Mariel says the tribe for me is something incredibly special. It's more than just a group or a community. It's a sense of belonging where you are surrounded by women who support you and lift you up in all aspects of your life.

It's truly an amazing place to be. So as a triber, you're going to pave your way towards your own success with hands on guidance and support from me and the founders and every other woman in that supportive community. So it's not just me supporting you, it's dozens of other women in there as well from maintaining your home keeping a consistent routine and staying fit with your finances, we're going to take you to the next level and play a bigger game this year and in your life. And it starts with those three pillars. Every month, we're going to build on core components, the three pillars of success, the home, the routine, and the finances to ensure you continue living and leading the life you desire.

So we can create a tidy home that captures our joy. We can develop a routine that's fluid while keeping us centered. And we can become financially free while being able to enjoy the life we desire. But first you have to invest in yourself, in your future. 2024, we're going to blow this thing out of the water.

And I want you to be a part of that. You need to be a part of that because that's how we start seeing opportunities. That's how we start playing a different game. And that's how we start living with more joy and intention and freedom.

There's a few different ways to enroll. You can enroll month to month, you can enroll three months and you can enroll one year. Now the one year is the best price option and you can actually join our founder parties. So quarterly we have some founder parties and it's a blast and it helps you feel supported on a whole other level. This community does require a three month commitment, but you can still pay month to month.

Because I want you to see the most success with your time and with your energy. So the longer you stay, the more success you see. And when you enroll in that, it'll pop up and say, make sure you get in the visions workshop. Make sure you're in the dream visions workshop, ladies, because the whole next year in the tribe is built off of January and dream.

Within the tribe, you're going to get monthly challenges, actionable training within the three pillars of success. We have three years of trainings and workshops in there. So there's so much value. We have weekly prompts to improve your mindset and action, group coaching, like power hours, workshops, book clubs, the private podcast, and just hands on support from me to advance your goals.

You know, it's a beautiful place to be. And I want to challenge you to dive in, you know, what do you have to lose? Invest in yourself, see where it leads. Business owners, this is an actual business expense for you because part of your success is investing in your business. So you can print out the receipt and write it off on your taxes.

Let's, let's be smart with our taxes, right?

A confident mom raises confident children and together in the tribe, we're going to shape your future in a different, positive and proactive way. I want to see you in there and together we're going to do amazing things. So jump on in. 2024 is your year though.

And it starts by taking action today. And I've hope you'd enjoyed this series. This has been an Awesome time. I love this. We're preparing for season three, but I was like, you know what, I'm closing out 2023 and I want you guys to too. And I want to open up 2024 in a whole new way. I want you to see life differently.

And that starts by actually taking action in your life. So I've hope you enjoyed this series. My name's Lisa Autry, and this is The Real Mom's Playbook. See you next time.