OUTLINE
0:00 Introduction to the show and the importance of money, mindset and confidence for women.
0:03 Explanation of the upcoming Planning Day and the benefits of dedicated planning time.
0:07 Speaker's personal experience of reflection during a period of being unwell, and the realisation of being easily distracted and overwhelmed.
0:12 Speaker's recommitment to her health and fitness habits, and the importance of sticking to a plan.
0:15 Advice on setting up financial habits and the required mindset shift.
0:18 Encouragement to reflect on past habits, plan for the future, and embrace gradual change.
0:21 Benefits of a Planning Day and the value of having a supportive community.
0:23 Final thoughts and call to action for listeners.
THE ERIN DAVIS SHOW
Welcome to the Erin Davis show where we talk all things money, mindset and confidence. I know that being in control of your money means that you can step into the rest of your life with confidence, because everything starts with confidence. But I also know that women carry a huge, invisible mental load when it comes to their money. Being an accountant for over 30 years, I know all the ins and outs when it comes to money, and just how heavy that emotional load can be. So while I love talking about money, for me, it goes so much deeper. While I want you to explore your relationship with money, I also want to show you how embracing connection, expansion and abundance will make you feel more centred, inspired and aligned. So are you ready? Let's get started.
Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to today's episode. I really want to share today about habits, because I have been in a period of reflection at the moment and really just looking at what it is that I do and how I do it. And so as you know, my Planning Day is coming up very shortly. It's only a few weeks away, and the whole purpose of the Planning Day is to get really clear on what it is that you want for the next 90 days. And as we're leading up to Christmas, it's a really perfect opportunity to be able to get clear before all the mayhem and madness kicks in, so that when the first of January rolls around, you are ready to go. And now this Planning Day is set in the most beautiful location, but the purpose of the Planning Day is to save you time and money to be able to really just step into that next space of what it is that you want.
And I know that. I know that a planning day can seem like it is taking a lot out of your day, particularly if you have to employ somebody to work in your business for that day, or you need to take a day off work. You know there's organising. Things that need to happen. The kids need to be ready. Everything needs to be sorted. So I get that it does take a lot to actually attend a Planning Day, and it takes a lot of time out of your schedule. However, the benefits of dedicating some time and removing yourself from the everyday just is so, so important. So the Planning Day is happening very soon. I will put all the details in the show notes, but you can find it at www.erindavis.com.au/planning and the details are there again. Think of it as saving time and money because you are hyper focused. You are out of your everyday environment, and you are giving yourself the time and the space to just commit to what it is that you want for the next 12 months or 90 days. But then also this one is going to be for the next 12 months as well. So following on from those habits and part of the planning day is really focusing on what are those habits that you need to take up, start and also let go of in order to move you closer to the outcome that you want. And now, everybody's outcome is different, and if you are in business, maybe you are wanting more sales, more profit, maybe you want more productivity from your team, whatever that looks like for you, it it is all very different, and it's important that these habits that you employ come back to what's important to you. And if you've been following me on social media, you will know that last week was a very much a write off for me.
I had a simple day procedure on Monday, and I ended up staying in hospital overnight because the anaesthetic just caused me to be so drowsy, I just couldn't keep my eyes open, and so that week really just knocked the socks off me. I was completely out of it. I felt like a space cadet for the whole week, and I really just rested, watched TV, moved from the couch to the fridge and back and then to bed, but it also gave me the time to reflect on what it is that I want. And while I wasn't functioning very well, my brain was very, very foggy. So I did allow myself the downtime in the space to be able to think about what it is that I want and how I want things to be.
And part of that is, what are the things that I need to do right now in order to move my business forward? What are the things that I need to implement and what are the things I need to let go of? And it really became clear to me that I am a creature of habit, and I can get easily distracted. I can focus on the shiny object syndrome and really just lose focus on what it is that I'm doing. I tend to get very overwhelmed, because I've got these big ideas on what it is that I want. I find it very hard to niche that down and knuckle it down into well, what is it exactly that I want, and how do I offer that? And how can I create that in my business so that I can help other women to get confident with their money, but also help myself and my family to have the outcomes that we want, because we're all in this, whatever this is, to provide the outcome that we want. Now it's okay for you to have an outcome that is completely different to my outcome.
Everybody's level of success or idea of success is totally different and what they're comfortable with and what they're not comfortable with, and it really comes down to being courageous and committed to what it is that you want. And I heard Lisa curry Kenny speak in or Lisa curry speak, I can't even remember when it was earlier this year, I think, at International Women's Day. And she said, Are you interested in your goals, or are you committed to them? And I have been interested for a long time. However, it has only been recently that I have totally committed and gone all in on what it is that I want. And if you are ready to step into that next space of creating what it is that you want, and you're over just being interested, and you're ready to have that next level, deep commitment, then it's time to look at what it is that you want, that you do on a daily basis that is bringing you closer to the outcome that you want.
And so for me this week, after feeling like the space cadet last week, I really made a commitment to get back into my running and my health. Make my health a focus, because it really hasn't been. For the last little while, I haven't felt great and I haven't felt strong or fit, even though I keep showing up, I'm disappointed in myself for not being further along or letting myself slip compared to where I used to be. So this week, I was feeling better, and I decided to commit to that fitness, the exercise I have done a detox the last couple of days, which has been huge for me, because I don't usually do things like that.
But I also decided to get up and go running early. Take it very easy. I did a Walk Run, so rather than just full on running, I eased myself back into it, but I set myself up for success. The night before, I laid all my clothes out, I set my alarm. I just committed to the outcome, so there was no emotion and there was no decision in it. When the alarm went off early in the morning, I got up, straight away, didn't press snooze, got dressed, went outside, put my shoes on, and it started to rain. And I hesitated for a second because it was like, Oh, God, it's raining. But then I was like, no go, and I went. And I actually really love running in the rain. It is something that is so refreshing that if there is the opportunity to run in the rain, I absolutely take it. But that morning, I hesitated for a second, and I could have easily turned around and decided that, no, that was all too hard. I didn't want to get wet. It just wasn't the right thing to do. But instead I went and I could have turned around, but I took the emotion out of it. I had already made the decision and committed to running and doing the exercise, so I just got on with it. And I think that sometimes we put too much emotion into the decisions that we need to make. And of course there are lots of times when you do need to have that emotion attached. However, I think there are a lot of times where we over-emotionalise things, and we find every excuse under the sun to not do something or to do something, and it really derails us to be able to step up and move forward towards the things that it is that we want. And so I just made the decision. I set a workout on my watch to be a Walk/Run. I've got it programmed in. I just set it up so then I didn't have to think about what I needed to do. I just listened to the beep on my watch, and just followed the pattern. I stuck to the plan. Even though I was feeling good, I didn't run when I was supposed to walk. I do this interview interval training that has a walk, run scenario to it, or sequence, and I just stuck to the plan. I kept going in that Walk Run sequence, even when I was feeling good. And I think that's what we do. Sometimes we feel like where we're doing really well, and maybe we're managing our money well, or we're managing our mindset well, and we just, we just skip over steps and we take away maybe some automations, or we put too much flexibility in there, and then that's when we see the creep of going back to those old habits, rather than sticking to the plan, even if it feels easy, and staying committed to taking that one foot in front of the other and just doing the work. So this whole run that I did felt very good. I came back and didn't feel completely exhausted, but it was a great first step introduction to getting back into what it is that I wanted to do. And so I think we need to set up daily habits which allow us to create the momentum that we want.
So my question to you is, what are the things that you need to do? What are the habits that you need to set up in order to bring you closer to the thing that you want? Now, if it is better, being better with money, getting good with your money, understanding your money, what is it that you need to do? Do you need to set up some automatic savings transfers? Do you need to create a budget, and I know we've spoken about why budgets don't work in the past, but we need to have a starting point, and we need to have a commitment.
And it's all about figuring out what works for you, which is totally different, and what works for the next person. So while budgets don't work for everybody, and a lot of women don't stick to it. We need to have a starting point. We need to have something that we personally can stick to, so that we can create the financial freedom and independence that we want. And it all comes back to that mindset shift that we need of you know, am I deserving of this flexibility and this freedom? Am I capable of achieving this? And when you're looking at habits, now is a perfect time to reflect on what's worked and what hasn't worked, and what is it that you want for next year. You know, there's a lot of talk at the moment about 2025 and it is not that far away.
And so I would encourage you to think about between now and the end of the year, what is it that you want? How do you want to behave? And how do you want to feel? Because remember, feeling is so important for women that we need to make sure we're tapping into those feelings, but don't get caught up in the everyday cycle of this is what I've always done. This is how I've always done it, because if that's what you do, you're going to end up in the same space as what you are now, and like my exercise this week, I really needed to break the cycle and choose to do the small, uncomfortable things that I know are going to set me up. And progress is made when you put those small, consistent steps in place and continually action them. You need to stick to the plan. You need to create a plan, and you need to keep showing up for yourself, because nobody is going to do this for you. It needs to be you and everybody can tell you what you need to do.
Or how you need to do it, but unless it resonates with you, and unless you have this deep, connected sense of now is the time to change, it doesn't matter what you do, you're always going to fall back into those habits and patterns. And so I would really encourage you to go to a planning day, take time out. Come along to my planning day. You’re local to me, or connect with somebody who organises a planning day and just really map out what it is that you want. And then through that planning day, you will go deep into the things that you want that worked well, that didn't work well, the things that you need to you need to do in order to bring you closer to what it is that you want, and give yourself permission to dream, because It is so easy to be kept in that space of the same old but it really is up to you to connect to your personal guidance and that divine intervention that you have, that you need to be able to Set yourself up. And I think we really underestimate how much we can influence things. And I know that life is going to get hard, and there's going to be moments where it's easy to fall off the fall off the plan and not do it, and you can be overcome with these feelings of overwhelm and guilt and then avoidance and shame, but it's really about to us to embody what it is that we want feel those feelings, embrace them, but then keep moving through them. And I think that it's important to be able to break that cycle.
So as we move into the Christmas season, where it is going to get crazy busy, like I said before, now is the time to think about what it is that you want. Start planning, start looking at the habits that you are doing. Take notice of what you're doing, and take notice of how you're feeling. And if that is not feeling good and it is not serving you, then this is your sign to give yourself permission to change the habits up and now, look, you don't need to change every single habit, all in one go that is going to probably set you up for failure, because you are going to have so much change and so much overwhelm that it is going to be really hard to stick to. So I think it's all about knowing yourself and knowing what you can do and what you can't do, but then not playing it safe, you know, choose a habit that you need to do to be able to get comfortable with that then allows you to move to the next step.
Don't try to do everything all at once, just do that next step. And once you've got that next step down pat, do the next one, and keep building on it, and keep building the momentum, and celebrate the wins, and celebrate your success, and allow yourself to celebrate. I find that we just don't celebrate, and I know that this episode is a Little bit all over the place at the moment, but I am feeling very much in this planning space myself, and these are the things that I have been considering and thinking about and trying to map out what that all looks like. And it can be really hard to do it all by yourself, because we get in our own way, and we can't see all of the beautiful gifts and talents that we have to offer. And so that's why having somebody in your corner and doing something like a Planning Day is so beneficial, because other people in the room can see what you have to offer, and if you are open to hearing those things, because sometimes it's hard to hear compliments and what we're good at, then you can really lean into those things, because you know down, deep down, that they are the things that light you up, And they're the things that bring you joy and happiness, and they bring joy and happiness to other people as well. So that's it. Habits. Have a look at what it is that you do, look at what you don't do. Look at what you want going forward. Is it to become better with money? Is it to be more confident? Is it to be able to make better decisions? Is it to reduce the overwhelm and stress? Is it to be able to go to the shops and not have to check the bank account? You know, little things are actually really big things, and whatever it is for you that you need to switch up. It's okay for you to do it.
So I hope this has helped. I hope this resonates, and if you need some help with your planning, if you are wanting to talk it through with somebody, then let me know. Because, as I said, it's easy for us to get stuck in our own way, but asking the right questions and then giving yourself the space and time and permission to answer those questions really does create momentum that will set you up for success for the next period.
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