End Of Year Thoughts 2020

12/20/20 • 24 min

For the last three years I have published an End Of Year Review. They have always been some of my favourite things to read and my favourite things to write – a chance to share everything that happened behind the scenes that made up the whole year. This year, however, is a little different. This year there are too many untied loose ends, too many still misplaced hopes and too much not processed that it just isn’t the right time to share my usual warts and all review. I did think, though, that I would share some end of year thoughts for 2020 that are arising as I reflect on the changes that I have been making – and I actually think this has worked out better than usual.

Here's what I talk about in this episode:

Reflections on my word of the year for 2020
Moving away from marketing in my work
Writing a book and how that's going
Realising I was prioritising comfort over joy
The relief of surrendering to a clean slate and a new life
The experience of moving from One-To-One to One-To-Many

You can find the full blog post here.

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Here's what I talk about in this episode:

Reflections on my word of the year for 2020
Moving away from marketing in my work
Writing a book and how that's going
Realising I was prioritising comfort over joy
The relief of surrendering to a clean slate and a new life
The experience of moving from One-To-One to One-To-Many

You can find the full blog post here.

Kayte on Instagram

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Coaching Episode - Getting More Strategic and Communicating Your Difference with Katie Ford-Thomas

Today is a coaching episode with Katie Ford-Thomas of Fen & Field Magazine. Katie grew Fen & Field from an idea sparked from a documentary to a fully fledged print magazine in a year, and now, two issues in, finds herself at the point of needing to level up. Having grown an Instagram following and newsletter audience organically, she’s now feeling stuck of how to move it all forward and broaden the magazine’s reach. We talk about alternative ways to use Instagram, getting granular with customers and thinking strategically about them, and communicating your difference.

Here's what I talk about in this episode:

Background into Katie
When you think about growth, think about why and where you want to grow rather than just growth itself
Instagram is a social network so the end goal is for it to be social
Go deeper into the elements on social media to reach out to those ideal clients

For links and resources discussed in the show, see the full show notes.

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My Goals For 2021 And Setting Your Own Gentle Goals

Hello, and welcome to episode 95 of Grow With Soul - and to the first episode of 2021! Today’s episode is in two parts. The first part of this episode is a recording of my Goals, Intentions and Word Of The Year blog post, unsurprisingly sharing what my goals are for this year and where my focus is - after sharing my End Of Year Thoughts like this I found be a really lovely and intimate way to share these kinds of thoughts. Then I’ll close out with a second part with a few thoughts on thinking about and approaching your planning for this year. Let’s dive in!

Here's what I talk about in this episode:

How global and personal uncertainty is influencing goal setting this year
My word of the year for 2021 and 4 specific focuses within it
My 2021 goals and intentions
Coming up with plans and goals based on how you want to feel in your work, as opposed to how it looks
Using a towards and within approach to set ‘being' goals alongside SMART goals

For links and resources discussed in the show, see the full show notes.

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