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When you have big dreams for your life you don’t want to waste time working towards things that don't align with your goals. You want to be intentional with the precious life that you have been given and truly "cultivate what matters"!
Writing out your goals is a vital step to achieving your dreams and becoming who you were called to be. Setting good goals for your money is basically just like drawing out a road map of how you want to be intentional with your money. Without these goals we wouldn’t know what we were working towards and we’d just wander around, waste our money, and ultimately waste our lives not working on the things that matter most.
I’ve set + achieved some big goals throughout the years that I’ve been on my debt-free journey. I personally love using the Powersheets as my goal planner because they're not only beautiful, they also have awesome prompts that help me stay super organized. For me, making that financial investment was really about making a commitment to myself. I was telling myself that I was serious about achieving those goals + it ultimately helped to hold me accountable! ...trust me, I used to be a yo-yo goal setter, but ever since I've had my Powersheets I've stayed the course with my goals each month!
I’ll be honest, buying the Powersheets was completely out of my comfort zone money-wise, but they have literally changed my entire life! Now I’m intentional with every single month of my year, and I’m accomplishing goals that I never thought would be possible (this podcast is a perfect example).
However, with or without the Powersheets you can still be intentional with your goal setting! If right now isn’t a good time to invest in them then at least start writing down your goals and making progress towards your big-picture dreams with the steps + resources that I share in this episode.
In this episode, Sami talks about:
How to break your goals down
How to discover your truth
How to focus on the big picture
How to set good goals
How to tend to your goals
How to celebrate your progress
How to cultivate gratitude
How the Powersheets can help you on your debt-free journey
Why the Powersheets are a good investment
Memorable Quotes:
“I was a yo-yo goal setter, I did not consistently set goals, and I made it pretty far into my debt-free journey I will admit, but this was a tool that helped me get to that next level.”
“Dreams are something floating around in your head, but they become decisions when you’re actually working on them.”
"We are going to get you intentional with your goals, one way or the other, Powersheets or not, we are about to get intentional with the year to come.”
Lara Casey Quotes:
"Good goals are about cultivating what you've been given well: your relationships, your money, your possessions, your work, your home, your health, and your time." -Lara Casey
"Grow what lasts longer than you." -Lara Casey
"You can't do it all and do it well." -Lara Casey
"Dreams become decisions when you cultivate them." -Lara Casey
"Little by little progress adds up." -Lara Casey
"Gratitude changes everything." -Lara Casey
"What if today is the day that everything changes?" -Lara Casey
Resources Mentioned:
2019 Powersheets Goal Planner
*CORRECTION: Powersheets are priced at
$58: Dated 1-year planner + $42: Undated 6-month planner.[Book} Make It Happen by Lara Casey
[Book] Cultivate by Lara Casey
Goal Resources Mentioned:
Monthly Goals: things that you want to make progress on over the course of the month
Intentional Living Examples: read a book, establish a rhythm, celebrate an event, work on a project, complete a large chore, etc.
Budgeting Examples: set up your monthly budget worksheets, read a finance book, take a budgeting course, join a community of like-minded ladies, total up your debt, focus on your spending habits, organize your bank accounts, declutter your budget, find a debt-free visual, etc
Weekly Goals: things that you want to make progress on each week of the month
Intentional Living Examples: catch up on weekly chores, complete one part of a large goal, have a date night, make a meal plan, plan out the week ahead, etc.
Budgeting Examples: update your budget worksheets, work through a course module of Your Sunny Money Method, go over the budget with your spouse, check in with your spouse's goals, watch a Motivational Monday video, pay bills, add money to savings, pay any extra money towards debt, listen to a podcast episode, read part of a finance book, find things to sell around the house, unsubscribe from sales emails, unfollow stores on social media, make a meal plan, shop smart for groceries, clip coupons, etc.
Daily Goals: things that you want to make progress on each day over the course of the month
Intentional Living Examples: read part of a book, listen to an audio book, read your Bible, listen to the audio Bible, exercise, drink water, wake up on time, get outside, say daily affirmations, write in your journal, practice gratitude, etc.
Budgeting Examples: update your daily spending budget, no spend challenge day, pack lunch, brew coffee at home, no fast food challenge, say daily money affirmations, check in with the #debtfreecommunity on Instagram, etc
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HEY I'M SAMI WOMACK
I'm the wife to my high school sweetheart, Daniel, + homeschooling momma to our 3 girls. I'm the Budgeting Coach + Motivational Speaker behind
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My family used to be in $490k of debt + living paycheck-to-paycheck, but after we hit rock bottom everything changed for us!
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