What if your goals are holding you back?
New Year, Bold Goals š
Well, happy new year, lovelies! Gosh, I feel like Iāve been on vacation for years, never mind just 2 weeks!
It probably has to do with the amount of things I managed to fit into 14 days:
- Christmas shopping, Christmas shopping and then more Christmas shopping
- Returns on said Christmas purchases š
-Quality time with the fam (we didnāt do anything special, but what we did, we did it together š)
-Watching re-runs of some of my favourite movies like The Holiday and Postcards from the Edgeāthe best!
-Revising my bookāagain! Only this time I think I finally nailed the romance scenesāno pun intended!
-Working ON my business (I can thank Chat GPT and Claude for helping me plan out 2025)
-Most importantly, getting real clear on my vision and goals for this year (down to each and every month) to help me stay connected to whatās most important. Eye on the prize, baby!
Hopefully, you had a chance to do some of the same. If not, itās not too late to set some intentions for the new year. Just like our calendars, if you donāt have a plan, well, life will be sure to fill in the blanks.
Wishing you a magical, joyful, OUTRAGEOUS 2025 š«
Cat xo
What if your goals are holding you back?
Speaking of vision, it can happen that sometimes, the goals we think we have or want, are not actually the goals we need.
On the last Friday before I went on holiday, I met with two of my authors who had been absent for much of the year. We re-connected and got under whatās been keeping them from writing and publishing their book.
Turns out, they were focused on the wrong book.
After digging around some, I discovered that not one but BOTH authors actually had another book in their back pocket that they wanted to write. But the book they thought they were āsupposedā to write first was getting in the way and keeping them stuck.
They didnāt see that not only was that book holding them back, but actually, the book they were really excited to work on, was way more aligned with their future goals for themselves. And they didnāt have to wait for itāthey could start with it now.
When I identified that the book they actually wanted to write is the book theyāre going to have way more success with in the long termāproviding more opportunities to do the kinds of talks they want to do, audiences they want to get in front of, media coverage they dream of, business growth they hope forāit changed everything.
Thing is, most hybrid publishers wonāt do that for you. Most freelance editors wonāt challenge you on whether the book youāre hiring them to edit is actually the right book for you to write RIGHT NOW. They wonāt challenge you to get clear on your goals and your bookās place among them. They wonāt challenge you to make your book better. And they sure as hell arenāt going to challenge you to do a better job of selling it.
But I will. And if you think getting on a call with me might change everything for you, DM me to get in my calendar now. I only have a few spots left for calls in January so donāt delay.
The countdown is on!
One of the things about taking a break is having the time and space to really THINK. And that made me realize, my book is launching in just 4 months! MY book! I get so caught up with my authors, that sometimes I forget I have a book to promote too!
So I drafted up my first book trailer, you can see it here. And Iām going full throttle into promotion mode. š„ Expect to hear more about my book launch, but if you really want the behind-the-scenes scoop, including giveaways and other exclusive invitations, sign up for my AGAIN, ONLY MORE LIKE YOU newsletter here. Iāll try to keep this space focused on you and your passion project, to help you make your dreamsāespecially ones involving writing and publishing a bookācome true.