Give Me a Break! What to Consider Before You Start Planning for 2024
11/14/23 • 32 min
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Personally, I'm craving some sort of in-between zone right now. A space where it’s not 2023 anymore but it’s also not 2024 yet. Neither here, nor there.
In this episode, I share with you about the magical gift I want us to consider giving ourselves in these final weeks of this year and that is... a pause between reflecting and planning.
Somewhere in between the taking stock and the planning, there needs to be a little bit of a nothing. Somewhere for all the creative ideas to bubble up without you planning them all and plotting your course in stone just yet. Somewhere for intention to really spark and then burn into a raging fire inside you, so you have a place to keep coming back to that’s solid inside you when you look at whether or not something is a yes or a no.
That place is what we’re going to talk about today. A pause, a breathe, a break. Call it whatever you want.
- You don't have to go out with a bang and CRUSH your goals before NY
- Five ideas for slowing down if you're like me and can't shut your business down for the last bit of the year
- Questions to ask yourself (and your business) as you sit back and pause
- And more
Resources Mentioned
Quote: “The price we pay for our errors is higher than the benefits we gain from our successes. So be careful of rushing headlong into maximalist action, convinced of your own righteousness. Be incremental and patient and steady.” - Matt Gaetz
Mahdi Woodard Instagram Post
Taking Inventory Episode
Journaling Questions:
What do I really want to create?
Dear business, how do you want me to share?
Who do you want to connect with?
Work with?
What do you really want to do?
How do you best like to organize your time? Structure your weeks?
What season are you in? Ramping up? Growing? Planting Seeds? Nourishing? Cutting back? Pivoting entirely?
What does success abundance and a joyful business you’re proud of look like for you?
Connect with me, Emily Aborn Content Copywriter
I’m Emily Aborn, I’m a Content Copywriter, host of Content with Character, as well as the She Built This podcast. I'm dog mom to Mr. Clyde and wife to my favorite person in the whole world, Jason. Our little family lives in the backwoods of New Hampshire where we spend time hiking and investigating fungi in the woods, reading, and sitting on the back porch (when it's not snowing) doing crosswords, word games, and drinking coffee.
Email: [email protected]
Website
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
She Built This Podcast
Personally, I'm craving some sort of in-between zone right now. A space where it’s not 2023 anymore but it’s also not 2024 yet. Neither here, nor there.
In this episode, I share with you about the magical gift I want us to consider giving ourselves in these final weeks of this year and that is... a pause between reflecting and planning.
Somewhere in between the taking stock and the planning, there needs to be a little bit of a nothing. Somewhere for all the creative ideas to bubble up without you planning them all and plotting your course in stone just yet. Somewhere for intention to really spark and then burn into a raging fire inside you, so you have a place to keep coming back to that’s solid inside you when you look at whether or not something is a yes or a no.
That place is what we’re going to talk about today. A pause, a breathe, a break. Call it whatever you want.
- You don't have to go out with a bang and CRUSH your goals before NY
- Five ideas for slowing down if you're like me and can't shut your business down for the last bit of the year
- Questions to ask yourself (and your business) as you sit back and pause
- And more
Resources Mentioned
Quote: “The price we pay for our errors is higher than the benefits we gain from our successes. So be careful of rushing headlong into maximalist action, convinced of your own righteousness. Be incremental and patient and steady.” - Matt Gaetz
Mahdi Woodard Instagram Post
Taking Inventory Episode
Journaling Questions:
What do I really want to create?
Dear business, how do you want me to share?
Who do you want to connect with?
Work with?
What do you really want to do?
How do you best like to organize your time? Structure your weeks?
What season are you in? Ramping up? Growing? Planting Seeds? Nourishing? Cutting back? Pivoting entirely?
What does success abundance and a joyful business you’re proud of look like for you?
Connect with me, Emily Aborn Content Copywriter
I’m Emily Aborn, I’m a Content Copywriter, host of Content with Character, as well as the She Built This podcast. I'm dog mom to Mr. Clyde and wife to my favorite person in the whole world, Jason. Our little family lives in the backwoods of New Hampshire where we spend time hiking and investigating fungi in the woods, reading, and sitting on the back porch (when it's not snowing) doing crosswords, word games, and drinking coffee.
Email: [email protected]
Website
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
She Built This Podcast
Previous Episode
Four Hidden Benefits of Creating Content
Creating content with "character" is what this podcast is all about. Not simply creating more just for the sake of more, or because you feel like you should be, but coming from a place of depth, intention, and a desire to spark more goodness in the world.
In this episode, we’re talking about why to create content in the first place and the four hidden benefits to YOU to the creator when you do!
Discover how your content gives back to those experiencing it and to you in this episode.
Topics covered:
- What is content?
- How to consider why you create content in the first place
- Your content can change someone else's life
- 9 Things your content can do for others
- Four hidden benefits for you, the content creator
- And more!
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Content with Character Episode: Speaking and Podcasting for Increased Visibility
She Built This podcast Bonus episode with Speaking Tips
Blog: Creating Connection through Speaking and Podcasting
Simone Seol's Instagram post referenced
Quotes:
“I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see, and what it means. What I want and what I fear.” - Joan Didion
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." - Helen Keller
"Art is about the maker." - Rick Rubin
About Me, Podcast Host and Content Copywriter Emily Aborn
I’m Emily Aborn, I’m a Content Copywriter, host of Content with Character, as well as the She Built This podcast. I'm a dog mom to Mr. Clyde and wife to my favorite person in the whole world, Jason. Our little family lives in the backwoods of New Hampshire where we spend time hiking and investigating fungi in the woods, reading, and sitting on the back porch (when it's not snowing) doing crosswords, word games, and drinking coffee.
Email: [email protected]
Website
Facebook
Instagram
LinkedIn
She Built This Podcast
Next Episode
Avoiding Distractions in Your Content (ideas to keep them engaged)
If you do a Google search on how distractable we are, you'll get page after page of just how hard it is for us to pay attention nowadays.
A well-known fact about human beings is that if what they're focusing on isn't interesting, or if they allow themselves to get distracted, or if we distract them... they tend to check out and we might have officially lost their attention for good.
We don't want people getting distracted when consuming OUR content, do we!? No! We want their focus and preferably undivided attention.
This episode will walk you through some ideas on how to decrease distractions and provide you with some tangible examples for keeping them engaged!
In this episode:
- It's not you, it's them! Well, it's not entirely you...
- The human brains tendency to wander 47% of our waking hours
- Creative ideas on keeping their attention and getting them engaged
- How to avoid distracting people in our content
- Whether or not ums, ahs, so's, and buts are all that bad
- And MORE!
Links and Resources Mentioned (as promised):
Article on Ending Sentences with Prepositions
Grammar Girl Podcast Episode with Valerie Fridland (YouTube)
Valerie's Book Like, Literally, Dude (Penguin Books)
She Built This Podcast Episode on 3 Powerful and Simple Speaking Tips
Content with Character Episode on Speaking Tips
👉🏻 EXTENSIVE SHOW NOTES
About the Host, Emily Aborn
Hi! I'm Emily! I'm a Content Copywriter, Speaker, and Podcast Host of Content with Character and She Built This. Since 2014, I've had experience running brick-and-mortar as well as online businesses. I've written for 97+ industries and love helping others increase their visibility, connect with their clients, and open up to creativity in their content. For fun, I like word games, reading, listening to podcasts, and adventuring around New Hampshire with my husband, Jason, and my dog, Clyde.
Connect with Me: [email protected]
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