http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/ Where Getting What You Want is a Party! en lleslle@goalgettergirls.com Copyright 2008 2008-10-10T15:16:57-08:00 http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/photographed-current-clothes/ http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/photographed-current-clothes/#When:15:16:57Z Last night I started seriously working on the goal to improve my wardrobe. I made a list a while back of what all the different “roles” (or wardrobe situations) I would need clothes for.  For example, work, weekend wear, lounging around the house, exercise, hiking, evening parties, family events, etc. Then, I asked myself, “How can I make this goal fun for me?” and I thought it would be fun to build my wardrobe through pictures. So, I photographed all of my clothes last night, a piece at a time and I am going to categorize them into the different wardrobe situations I listed. Then, I can get a picture of what I currently have so that when I go shopping for clothes I am adding pieces strategically to my wardrobe. I am going to use Creative Memories’ Digital Scrapbooking program (Storybook Creator) to digital scrapbook my wardrobe project. I’m looking forward to see how it turns out! Beauty 2008-10-10T15:16:57-08:00 http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/containers-rock/ http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/containers-rock/#When:14:49:35Z Ahhhh, organized shelves make me happy!  The office supplies shelves organization project was a success.  Yay! Here was my process.  One would think that just diving in would be the key to organization but actually I find it’s super helpful to take a step back before diving in to the piles and do a little strategy. First of all, I took everything off the shelves and I divided all the stuff into three piles. Pile 1:  What I want to keep on the shelves because I still use those items Pile 2:  What needs to get out of the office and goes in to storage (which I’ll tackle later when I organize the bins in the garage) Pile 3:  Trash Then, I assessed Pile #1 and figured out what I would need to purchase in order to organize the items on my shelves. Being Organized, Physical Environment 2008-09-15T14:49:35-08:00 http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/tackling-my-office-supplies-bookshelves/ http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/tackling-my-office-supplies-bookshelves/#When:21:42:39Z I’m currently working on one of my goals called Clean Up My House and Keep It Clean.  Today I’ve decided to focus on my home office as my first place to clean in my house since I spend a lot of time in here. I’m going to work on reorganizing my office supplies bookshelves today. Lately those particular bookshelves have become a dumping ground for stray paper while also being a surface I can shove things onto. My hope is that when I’m done, I’ll only have things in the there that I actually use and all the items are neatly organized and easy to get to. We’ll see how it goes! Being Organized, Physical Environment 2008-09-14T21:42:39-08:00 http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/get-blogging/ http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/get-blogging/#When:04:31:00Z Hi Peeps! I’ve been out of blogging-commission for a while, but I’m back!  Hi! I’ve actually been agonizing over the fact that I’m a total novice when it comes to the blog and social networking world and I’ve been doing the thing that I normally do which is to try to take more classes, talk to more people, do more “things” in order to try to learn how to blog.  I’ve been doing everything EXCEPT actually blogging.  Go figure, eh?  Sometimes the most obvious solution is right in front of your face, huh?  Isn’t that funny how sometimes we try to do sooooo much in other areas to get “better” at something when really alls we need to do is practice the thing that we want to get better at?  Like the example a bunch of self-help gurus give all the time which is driving a car.  At first we sucked at it.  We had to think about every move, but now we can drive, talk on our cell phone, chat with our neighboring passenger and eat all at the same time. So, I’m going to be taking my own advice that I give others and I’ll be actively working on two of my goals (amongst the many that I have) which are: (1) Be Fearless.  Take some kind of action towards whatever it is that is fearful for me or is holding me back. and (2) Populate GoalGetterGirls.com with valuable and helpful content.  Begin doing whatever it takes to start infusing GoalGetterGirls.com with cool tips, tools, tricks and trainings to help you transform your life to get the results that you want. Am I going to be helpful and brilliant all the time?  I’d like to think so, but, hellz, I’m a realist!  I know that sometimes I may not hit the mark for you.  But, what I do know and this is my commitment to you, is that I will share with you the best of what I have.  I freakin’ love learning so much and I will share with you what I’m learning about, what distinctions I’ve made and what skills I’ve developed so that you can share in what I’ve learned to date.  I’ll share with you what goals I’m working on and what’s worked for me and not in the various Areas of Attention while traveling my own life’s journey. Hopefully you can glean even a small helpful distinction heres and theres that helps you on your own life path.  That would be awesome! Okay!  Until I blog again, which should be soon!  Laterz my pals! Chit Chat, Leasons Learnt, Inner Growth 2008-09-12T04:31:00-08:00 http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/goals-management-my-frankenstein/ http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/goals-management-my-frankenstein/#When:14:33:00Z I’ve been up all night because I get insomnia from time to time.  Sometimes it’s annoying as heck because I just want to sleep and I’m lying awake staring at the ceiling, BUT, last night was my favorite kind of insomnia.  Those are the nights I get SO MUCH done.  Yahhhhoooo! My recent obsession has been to come up with a Goals Management system that works for me.  I’m currently frankensteining together a system that uses concepts from Franklin Covey, Tony Robbins’ Time of Your Life program, and David Allen’s Getting Things Done system (also known as GTD). For eons I’ve been struggling with coming up with a system that works for me and I’m finally getting closer. Leasons Learnt, Inner Growth, Being Organized 2008-07-25T14:33:00-08:00 http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/exercising-when-excuses-arent-allowed/ http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/exercising-when-excuses-arent-allowed/#When:23:28:00Z As soon as I walk through my front door, there is my little doggy wagging his tail in excitement. I’m so exhausted, but that little bugger gives me his big doe eyes and looks at me like “When are you walking me mama?” Since Lucky doesn’t understand (nor does he care), let me give you an idea of my typical work day. I’m up at 4:30am and out of the house by 5am. I’m in the gym from 5:15-6am. I get ready in that stinky gym bathroom and then I’m off to work. I’m at my job from 7am – 4:30pm. I don’t get home until 5:30 in the evening due to carpooling and picking up my daughter from daycare. During our pre-dog days, I would just go home, cook dinner, and settle into bed. I would have absolutely no energy to do anything afterwards. Ideally, a nice relaxing walk in the evening would help me not only settle down, but burn off a few extra calories. But I always had the legitimate excuse that I was too tired. I’ve read the advice given to “find an exercise partner.” I thought my husband would be my walking partner. Well, he’s full of excuses too. Then I had my daughter and I thought “She’ll go on a walk with me.” Well, like father like daughter. And then I got lucky. Literally. My dog’s name is Lucky. There are no excuses with him. In fact, he’s the one pushing me out the door. He’s the one I have to answer to and he’s just so darn cute, I can’t say “No.” Well, it does help that I don’t want him to go pee or #2 in the house. So now I have a nice relaxing walk every night and I’m able to burn off some extra calories too. I realized that even though I was looking for a human exercise partner, I found one in a canine. We need to look at the variety of options that are available to us to help us reach our goals. It may not be what we planned, but we still can achieve the same goals through other means.  Chit Chat, Leasons Learnt 2008-07-24T23:28:00-08:00 http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/trust-the-process/ http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/trust-the-process/#When:07:30:00Z One of the best pieces of advice I’ve gotten came from a good friend and informal mentor of mine, Noreen.  I met Noreen during my early years as an Aviation Maintenance Technician (the less technical and more familiar term would be grease monkey).  Noreen had already been in aviation for many years, so she knew a lot of people and had a lot of connections.  Whenever I had insecurities about something, I always went to Noreen for advice.  You have to understand, the aviation industry can be a brutal environment for a woman.  I’ve always been open to any recommendations; however, I paid especially close attention to Noreen. Chit Chat, Leasons Learnt, Inner Growth 2008-07-22T07:30:00-08:00 http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/the-entrepreneurial-dream/ http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/the-entrepreneurial-dream/#When:01:46:00Z Are you an entrepreneur?  I am, or at least, I believe I have entrepreneurial tendencies.  (I actually got fired from a job once because they said, “You’re too entrepreneurial in nature and we put a lot of training in our people and we believe you’ll leave before we want you to.”—Needless to say, that sucked for me!) What is it about being an entrepreneur?  We feel like we want to create something that will have our stamp on it that we feel will provide some kind of value for someone. Anyway, I suppose I’m writing this blog today because I want to post from time to time to discuss the journey of being an entrepreneur.  The journey of starting a business from scratch and seeing if it will grow legs and stand on its own one day.  Heck, not just stand but to freakin’ run in the Olympics and win the Gold!  (Dream big, Baby!!) Chit Chat 2008-07-12T01:46:00-08:00 http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/values-based-results/ http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/values-based-results/#When:15:31:00Z I just got back from a family party weekend to celebrate my oldest brother’s retirement.  One of the parts about his retirement that I admire him a bunch for is that he’s only 50 years young and he and his wife planned for this great day just ten years ago. I asked my bro what his process was and here’s what he told me: After reading Your Money or Your Life: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin, his wife and he worked through all the exercises in that book and changed their lifestyle in order to achieve the early retirement and financial independence they wanted. They hooked on to the concept that what they spent their money on was what they valued the most.  In other words, what they spent their money on was a reflection of what they truly valued because that’s what they were spending their hard earned dollars on so that’s where their life energy was going. After, mulling that concept over, they decided to choose where they wanted their life energy to go.  After they chose where they wanted to spend their money, then they put a plan together to make it happen and stuck to it. Now after just a short ten years, they achieved the result that they desired and they are ecstatic for it and I’m ecstatic for them! Using them as a role model, I wonder for myself (and I invite you to wonder this for yourself too), “Am I spending my money on what I truly value?  If not, what do I need to do differently in order to get my spending in alignment with what I truly want?” Leasons Learnt, Finances 2008-06-30T15:31:00-08:00 http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/declarations-vs-decisions/ http://goalgettergirls.com/blog/comments/declarations-vs-decisions/#When:14:31:00Z Hi There!  Question for you:  What type of decision-maker are you? Are you the kind who loves making decisions so you take a look at all your options and then you pick a path and you’re on your way?  Once you make the decision, you know the result you want is just around the corner? Or do you usually examine all the options first and then you need to study up on each option and then you have to run those options by someone else and then maybe…just maybe…you might pick two or three solutions?  And then, whew!, once you get to that point, well you have to re-think through your original options one more time just to make sure that the two or three solutions you picked were right. So the process starts all over again.  And maybe you’ll eventually get to a true decision and maybe you won’t, because, heck – how do you know if you’re decision is right or not? Leasons Learnt 2008-06-24T14:31:00-08:00