It’s the Only Thing I Was Ever Really Sure About

I’ve been running an online business since 2007, and there have been dozens of iterations of that business over all of those years.

I have test-driven so many different dreams and desires and versions of myself.

I’ve been a journalist, a magazine editor, a freelance writer, a creative wellness coach, a book editor, a story coach. I’ve created a t-shirt line, a blog, dozens of digital courses, a podcast, a TikTok (and YouTube) channel, hosted workshops, taught in-person classes. I’ve built things and refurbished furniture and gotten certified in interior design.

And let’s not forget the 16+ books I’ve written and self-published.

I’ve tried it all. I’m multi-passionate AF and damn proud of it.

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Hitting A Dream Milestone

I just got back from an 8-day trip to Las Vegas and discovered I hit four figures in book royalties for this month so far (and the month isn’t even over yet!)!! That means my cut of my book sales for this month is over $1,000!

This is a dream milestone for me. I dreamed of being able to make money like this from my books way back in 2010 (and even before) when I self-published my very first book.

I used to make four figures from my books in a year, and now it’s happening in a month.

I couldn’t be more thrilled! Not only to be making a livable amount of money from my books but also to be getting my books into more people’s hands and helping them to manifest and create their dream lives too.

The truth is, this is the first time in my 13+ year self-publishing career that I’ve really put the majority of my focus on my books–on writing them, self-publishing them, promoting them, and selling them. Before now, I’ve always had a million different things going on, all with different desired outcomes and end results.

Now, I just have this: write books, sell books, change lives. Or, really: write books + sell books = change lives.

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My 2023 Daily Mindset Practice

I don’t always have a specific mindset practice that I do.

When I started out doing mindset work back in August 2015, I had a set practice. It had three parts to it and I did them religiously every single day without fail for years.

But after many years of doing this, I began to realize that I was getting better at shifting my mindset in the moment.

Negative thoughts or limiting beliefs would pop up, and I would catch myself thinking them, and could immediately shift to a better-feeling thought. I was even able to do this as negative words were coming out of my mouth and could change them mid-sentence.

When this started happening, I eased up on my mindset practice.

I was still working on my mindset every day, but I didn’t have a formal practice around it. I was doing the work in my head, as things popped up for me.

This worked for me for several years, and I coasted along.

But recently, I’ve been feeling the urge to have a more specific mindset practice again. Especially for this year, since I have a quantum leap goal I want to achieve.

My current practice has four parts to it. I don’t always do the parts in order. Sometimes I do, and sometimes I skip around because that’s what I’m feeling in the moment.

I do this entire mindset practice in a document on my computer, so I can keep it all in one place. I used to do it in a handwritten journal, but lately typing it out has been the vibe.

Here’s what my practice currently looks like:

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When Old Things Trigger You

Today, I ran into a person who I hadn’t seen in twenty years.

A person who triggers the fuck out of me and who did and said things back in my teen years that made me feel not good enough. And I got triggered again.

Truth be told, feeling not good enough is kinda my “inner demon.” It’s that inner thing I struggle with more than anything else.

So it’s not surprising that I experienced so much of feeling that way growing up, and that I can still be triggered by those same things today.

The only difference is, today I know better.

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You Won’t Always Hit Your Goal But Swing the Bat Anyway

Almost 100 days ago, I set the goal of finishing and publishing a new novella by the end of this year (I also set a goal of finishing my interior design certification ✔️).

And 100 days later, I’m not landing where I thought I would. In a really, really good way.

Early into the 100-day challenge, I was feeling stuck. I had this screenplay I’d written a few years ago, and I wanted to turn it into a novella so I could publish it.

It seemed like the easiest story to choose since I had the screenplay to use as an outline. All I had to do was write the novella version, revise and edit it, and then publish it. I’ve done it before.

Only problem was, I couldn’t get myself excited about the story.

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