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How to Write Affirmations That Work

If you want to learn how to write affirmations that actually work and that can help you achieve your goals and make your wildest dreams come true, I can be your guide. But this wasn’t always the case.

Back in the day, I thought affirmations were a waste of time. I had been making positive declarations first thing in the morning or just before bed, but each time I did I felt like a fraud. I didn’t believe a word that was coming out of my mouth.

Then one day that all changed.

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Why I’m Ditching My 2021 Goals

I’m ditching my 2021 goals. Sort of.

I recently joined a mastermind being led by my friend and fellow writer Carrie Rollwagen. And in this mastermind, we’ll all be working together through The 12-Week Year by Brian P Moran and Michael Lennington. The premise is simple: get more done in 12 weeks than others do in 12 months. It’s all about setting and slaying goals, so when Carrie emailed me about it, of course, I was like, “Sign me up!”

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The 40-Year-Old Version

It’s me — the 40-year-old version.

She doesn’t look how I imagined she would. Yet, she is still beautiful.

My life doesn’t look the way I had imagined either. Yet, it is still blessed.

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Do you need a February Fresh Start?

I’m a big fan of the mantra “December is the new January.” Every December I encourage the women of See Jane Write to start setting and slaying their goals for the next year long before New Year’s Day.

But some years, February is the new January.

Some years you don’t get off to the great start you’d hoped for and you need to give yourself a do-over.

Some years you need a February fresh start.

For me, 2021 is one of those years. And that’s okay.

If you can relate, give yourself permission to begin again.

As George Eliot once said, “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.”

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