New Year, New Me

Self-doubt is a ferocious beast. It envelops the mind and breeds fear deep in our brain. The notion that you are unworthy lingers for longer than we care to admit. For years, I grappled with the feeling that I was not worthy of the circumstances before me. Several years into my career, I transitioned from a career in advisory to working for family in a tax practice. After a trial period succeeded, my mother in law and I mutually agreed upon a price and percentage for me to buy into the firm. I spent years feeling un-deserving of the opportunities I had received and success that I achieved in my career. Know what I never realized that my husband kindly reminded me? Whose to say that anyone else would have done what I did? Whose to say that anyone would work the hours or grasp both the material and client engagement as I believe that have? My husband instilled in me that it is me who decided what I make of the opportunities before us. So, I implore you to stop allowing your mind to cast doubt on your achievements, because they are nothing but your own.

As we embark on a new journey via the new year, I look forward to slowing down and casting out self doubt. It is so easy to get stuck in the hamster wheel of next achievement, next goal, next purchase, or next event while not allowing oneself to enjoy the fruits of ones labors.

Things I am doing to cultivate my mantra:

• Getting Organized

  • I started my first workday of the year organizing each aspect of my office

    • I opened each one of my drawers and cabinents. I disposed of expired medicine and duplicate items. I scanned and shredded documents that I do not need hard copies.

    • I cleaned up around my desk, turned on my diffuser, and did a quick vaccum

    • I organized my desktop including file folders to my uniform file structure to remove the unnecessary clutter.

    • I reviewed my work email, downloaded client provided documents to correct folders, and created tasks for outstanding items.

    • I drafted several request emails for various deliverables that are due by end of month along with providing my staff tasks that they are assigned

    • I incorporated writing my goals, wants and needs onto paper as a cathartic avenue to release stress and ensure my thoughts are put into words

• Utilizing Time Blocking

  • I revisited my tasks in both long and calendar form to assess what items are to be worked on which days. This allows me rough framework for my workdays

  • I worked on allowing for more time to work on tasks as to no overwhelm me when I do not finish my daily to do while still allowing me goals to accomplish. Thus, I added realistic parameters on what I can accomplish.

• Making Time for Me- Here

  • I have truly enjoyed this new medium of creation as my daily work is abundant in variation, while lacking in creativity (there are laws and regulation to follow and adhere to), so I am setting up time to express myself in this way while being cognizant of the constraints with my full-time job plus being a wife and Mom

  • I reduced my post expectation on Instagram while also leaning on scheduling content to allows me for burst of creativity. This allows my mind to not stress as I am able to plan into the future when I have snippets of time. Plus, it allows me the space and time to curate valuable content

  • I prioritized sharing content that I love by taking the time end energy to curate my LTK with things that I hope you will love too