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the episode. I got two weeks, guys. Pursuers,
I got two weeks left until I leave my full -time
job. I'm excited. I'm scared. I'm talking to
prospects. I'm not making money yet. This is
all the I am statements right now. I've overspent
at the grocery store. I'm out of coffee. I've
been inconsistent with my physical therapy. Like
this intro, I feel like I'm a little scattered.
You know, I'm not living the dream yet. And I
won't be living the dream in two weeks. But this
is what's called the transition. It's called
the training ground. Hmm. So what does this transition
actually feel like? This transition is, it's
where, in transition, And life is where you build
habits that can truly secure you for that next
season. And it's not going to be a perfect, a
perfect ride because life isn't perfect. And
that's something I think I need to remember,
right? Because I'm, I'm perfectionist by nature,
a bunch of uncertainty. Like I said, I'm not
making any money yet. And it's like, I don't
know when I'll start making money. And things
are happening, though. I'm getting excited because
there's a conversation happening. I said I'm
talking with prospects. But now in this season,
like I said, I'm buzzing around a little bit,
but it's time to tighten up on my disciplines,
time to tighten up on my priorities and the habits
I want to instill in myself. I mentioned those
things. The thing I mentioned was we're very
specific, even the coffee. We'll get into it.
So one of the things I really want to tighten
up on this season is I need to tighten financially.
I'm going from having a full -time income for
eight years, going from honestly making $75 ,000
a year to make it a heck of a lot less. So I'm
trying to figure out how I can tighten my budget
so that I can viably live day to day. but still
be treating God's money with respect. Now I need
to lock in what I, like I said, what I'm spending
at the grocery store. I overspent this month.
I overspent yesterday, the other day, I won't
spend $70 at the grocery store. You might be
wondering, why am I talking about the grocery
store? It's important guys. Just hold on. Cause
I'm, you know, I'm out of coffee again. I get
left field, hold on, because I bought coffee,
realized I overspent, went back to the grocery
store and returned it. I'm like, okay, I'm really
trying to hone in on the disciplines I set out
for myself. I've still overspent a bit, and I'm
still paying for that. But I was like, okay,
let me overspend a little bit less. Spiritually,
I know I'm spending more time with God than I
used to, but in this season, where I'm going
to have all the time that was taken up by a full
-time job, I'm going to have to do whatever I
want, and that's the dangerous part, but I want
to be able to put a big portion of that time,
or at least I want to put a portion of that time
to just pure worship, pure prayer, studying the
word, getting to know more about who Jesus was
and who he is. And I want to grow spiritually.
So that other areas of my life thrive. I believe
whenever you go spiritually, the other areas
of your life that need to thrive in order for
you to pursue your calling well, will. And sometimes
other areas of your life that don't need to thrive
will anyway. Because God's a good God. He doesn't
just give us what we need. Sometimes he gives
us what we want. And I want to start thriving.
I want to start holding in physically. I've been
off of my physical therapy schedule. I'm supposed
to be doing things every single day, and I've
been doing it every other day or sporadically.
And right now for my jaw and for my legs, and
my legs feel it way more than my jaw. But it's
been a struggle. And that's just one area where
I'm really wanting to hone in on. And yeah, I
want to apologize if I'm a little scattered.
It's kind of been the theme the last couple of
days. Give me some grace. I'm doing my best.
And I think the biggest thing that I'm actually,
again, a little bit of a shift, the biggest thing
I'm trying to grasp is no longer being a full
-time employee and being a full -time entrepreneur,
being a full -time looking to figure out how
I'm actually going to be making money. I have
an idea. I know what I'm doing. I know what I'm
pursuing. And I know what my offer is. I know
all the business things, some of the marketing
things. But, like, man, there's so much opportunity.
And it's exciting. Again, I said this before.
It's exciting. It's nerve -wracking. But my rhythm
is changing. My habits have to change. My focus
is going to be on something that I've been wanting
to focus on for a really long time. And again,
like I said, in the beginning of the episode,
it's not going to be perfect, but it's going
to be what it needs to be. And I'm going to do
what I need to do in order to get it in order
to continuously improve my structure and my systems
so that I can live the life. I believe I'm being
called to live. Hmm. So one thing I'm doing is
to prepare. for this season is I'm talking with
potential clients. I talked with a guy the other
day who was a referral and I just think that
was a lot of fun. And this is really more less
of a teaching episode, more of a, how's my life
going episode. And I think that's okay. I've
I talked with this guy the other day. We had
a good conversation. It wasn't coaching, but
I wanted to build a relationship with him because
I think a big part of coaching is a relationship.
It's a relationship business. So I want to be
able to build a relationship with the people
I want to coach because I want to know who they
are. I'm practicing my coaching. That's another
thing I'm doing by coaching my sisters, coaching
other people in my family, coaching friends.
And getting better at what I do, getting better
at explaining what coaching is and what it's
not. It's not therapy, it's not counseling, it's
not mentorship. It is a thought -provoking conversation
where I ask more questions than give answers.
Because in coaching, the client has the answers,
or at least it's the client's job to find them
if they don't. Which I think is a lot of exciting,
really exciting, because my job is just to ask
really good questions to be curious. And that's
just, that's just who I am by nature, guys. I,
I, I'm a naturally curious person to a fault.
That's why I'm like shiny object syndrome, because
I want to know, like, I want to know how things
work. I want to know why they, I want to know
why things work, why things don't work. I want
to know, like, like guys, sometimes I feel like
I want to know everything and that's kind of
dangerous sometimes. And I want to know everything
about my clients. Everything I possibly know
about my clients and the goals they want to achieve
because that is how I'm going to guide them to
actually achieve it. And it's crazy, guys, because
you know more than you think you do. When it
comes to the goals you're aiming to achieve,
you know more than you think you do. And it happens
every single time I coach somebody. Every single
time. Whether it's a small goal, like I want
to go to the gym more, or a big goal, like I
want to become financially free. The pattern
happens every time. The pattern happens every
time. Where the person who I'm coaching knows
more than they thought they knew. And then they
leave the session with an action plan to be able
to achieve it. And stuff that they've already
knew. So cool. Okay. But. One thing that I'm
really honing in on, well, not honing in on,
one thing I'm really thinking about recently,
this last Sunday, a couple days ago, the lead
pastor of Amplified Church, Pastor Ed, talked
about the story of Jonah. And the whole point
of that story is, like, if... you're going down
the wrong path. If God's calling you, you're
going the other way. And you're deciding that
what you know, what you're doing is better than
what God's calling you to do. Or you're tricking
yourself into believing what you're doing is
what God wants you to do. Then God's going to
redirect your steps. God's going to redeem that
decision, that incorrect decision, that sinful
decision. And that's exactly what happened to
Jonah. I'm not going to go into the whole story
right now, but I... I pray for God to be able
to do that in my life if this is the wrong decision
for him to redirect my steps. Like, God, redirect
my steps if this is the wrong decision. If this
is the wrong decision, show me, like, cause me
to crash and burn and need to go get a job again.
Man, that hurt to say. But if I'm wrong, that's
what should happen. If I'm wrong, God's going
to use it. He's going to grow me. He's going
to show me what is better than what I think I
need to be pursuing. Guys, I'm going to end it
there. That was a lot. Kind of a jumbled mess
of an episode, if I'm being honest. Kind of feels
like my brain sometimes. Guys, if you liked this
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calling. Do it well. All right. Peace.