716: The ONE Thing to Do Just for YOU in January

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Self-improvement, How To, Business, Management, Education

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

I am always already behind on January 1st. I’m late and disorganized and definitely underprepared. Pre motherhood, I would spend the last couple weeks of December reflecting on the year gone by and planning for the new year. I would spend time drafting lofty dreams and creating spreadsheets with goals and metrics. There would be graphs and charts and vision boards. I would wake up on January 1st READY. Ready to start fresh. Ready to live my crisp new dreams. Ready to make sh*t happen. Then I became a mom. For the last 10 years, I have spent the holidays in chaos. Lovely, exhausting, magical, frantic weeks on end where I have no time, no childcare, and no energy to sit and dream about a new year. As a result, I wake up every January 1st knowing that a bunch of people spent the last few weeks in quiet reflection and dreaming - but I did not. I spent it creating and managing magic for my child and family. A few years ago I gave myself permission to let January be an entire month of beginning and becoming. I don’t need to start fresh, live my crisp, new dreams, or make sh*t happen right on January 1st. I have the whole month to figure out where I’m going. And, during that month, there is only ONE thing that needs to happen. If this ONE thing happens, I know I’ll be set for the year. This ONE thing can happen on a Monday evening or a Thursday morning or a Saturday afternoon. This ONE thing can take 20 minutes or 2 hours. This ONE thing can happen on my terms. In this episode, I will share the ONE thing and why it is critical to helping you create a vision and action plan for 2023. Link mentioned: Register for my 2023 Plan & Prep Pajama Party: shamelessmom.com/pajamaparty Thank you to our sponsors this month: Full Time VA: Check out this free training on how to be a virtual assistant that makes full-time income with part-time hours: thefulltimeva.com/Shameless. Owner Amanda Rush Holmes is also including a bonus free guide for SMA listeners - The VA Kickstarter Workbook! Ritual: Ritual’s Essential for Women 18+ is a multivitamin you can actually trust. Ritual is offering my listeners 10% off during your first 3 months. Visit ritual.com/shameless to start Ritual or add Essential for Women 18+ to your subscription today. Rothys: For stylish, comfortable, sustainably made shoes, shop Rothy’s. Get $20 off your first purchase at rothys.com/SHAMELESSMOM. StrollerCoaster: A Parenting Podcast!: Need another podcast in your parenting podcast library, check out StrollerCoaster: A Parenting Podcast! wherever you listen to the SMA. Thrive Market: Get groceries and household essentials delivered right to your door. Join Thrive Market today and get 30% off your first order, plus a FREE $60 gift! Go to thrivemarket.com/shameless. Teachable: Join tens of thousands of creators turning their knowledge into scalable online businesses. Join a free plan at teachable.com/shameless to get started. Interested in becoming a sponsor of the Shameless Mom Academy? Email our sales team at sales@adalystmedia.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 716.
0:04.4	Show notes for this episode, including any links mentioned in the episode, can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 716.
0:16.7	Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean.
0:20.7	I'm here to give you and other
0:22.2	passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources, and a little bit of humor to help you lead
0:28.4	more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day. One of the best things about the
0:33.8	Shameless Mom Academy is our community. So be sure to join us in our free private
0:37.8	Facebook group to connect with other shameless moms just like you. You can find us over at
0:42.7	shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook. All right. Let's dive into today's episode.
0:53.0	Hello, Sham shameless moms.
0:54.6	Happy Monday, happy January, happy 20, 23.
0:59.6	Holy cow, we are here.
1:01.7	And if you are like me, you are still very much feeling like it's December.
1:05.8	And if you're like me, you are very much kind of like in recovery mode because these holidays were holy cow so much.
1:15.1	So I know across the country we had in the U.S., we had massive weather events that just
1:20.6	flipped so many people's holiday plans upside down.
1:23.8	I know in many families, there was also family chaos and trauma in a lot of circumstances.
1:29.2	I just saw this over and over on social media.
1:31.6	Just a lot of things.
1:33.2	It seemed like just an acutely hectic holiday season.
1:37.5	I know in my own family, there was people dealing with health crises and mental health
1:42.6	situations and just a lot of really big things. And I really felt
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