Hi and welcome to this week's post on the Altered Image Coaching blog.
A few years ago, having read an article on the subject of "life planning", I wrote a post that set out how I saw my personal life plan. So now I have decided that it is time to review what I believed then and how it has developed into today.
So what was the process that started it all?
I had to sit quietly for a while and think carefully about the things I wanted from my life after several minutes I started to get responses. I wrote these responses down for future reference so that I could monitor my progress towards the life I wanted.
The responses that came up were as follows:-
a) be a successful life coach
b) be a successful blogger
c) be a successful photographer
d) be a successful musician
e) travel around the world
f) own an Aston Martin
g) become a media celebrity
A definite pattern emerged and the underlying basis of that pattern was that I wanted "success". Now that raised a question - how did I quantify success? What did it mean? How would I measure it?
So in response to that I decided I needed to determine "What Constitutes Success?"
My responses were as follows:-
a) people seek me out because of my reputation, my results and my knowledge
b) people ask me to guest post, to have a core of regular followers and that core to continue to grow
c) being booked to photograph events / locations, to have exhibitions of my work, to sell my work and to have re-orders
d) to record my own albums and to be asked to play on other people's recordings, to be booked to perform at gigs
e) travelling around the world speaks for itself.
f) a shiny Aston on the drive
g) continuing to have my own shows,invited to speak on other people's shows.
So where am I on the journey?
a) I have written several books on coaching, recorded several mindfulness meditations, compiled a Personal Development workbook every year for the last 4 years and these products have sold steadily year on year. The situation concerning Covid has meant that for the past 18 months there have been no face to face consultations........... the various video conferencing platforms have proved useful but have certainly not reached the same level as pre-Covid face to face work.
b) I have guest posted for bloggers, written articles for publication
c) In 2018 I was invited to become the official photographer for the Ilfracombe Ladies group "Tangles" that is a part of the Round Table organisation. Each year for the past 8 years I have produced and sold a calendar of local images and in the last 3 years I have sold out and had to restock and sold out again. This year 2021 I have now been commissioned by "The Natural Approach" (an organisation that promotes and practices interventional therapy work with humans by involving them with horses) to produce their 2022 Calendar and to take photographs at their events through the year.
d) Musically I have been working on a number of new projects and have not been able to do any live work because of the Covid issues.
e) Again because travel has been severely curtailed by the Covid situation my globe trotting has had to go "on the back burner" however before that I had visited Turkey, Bulgaria, Morocco, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, North America, The Canaries, Holland, Luxembourg, Qatar, Dubai, Portugal - but there is still a lot of the world left to see!
f) Sights still firmly set on this one..................!
g) Because the main focus of my work is based in the entertainment industry it has opened doors for a few broadcast video interviews, a couple of radio interview and my experiences have also enabled me to put pen to paper and write another book that is now nearing completion.
So all in all I am feeling that my life plan is working and that I am on course for that to continue for the forseeable future.
If you feel the urge, why not create your own life plan and see what that throws up for you. If you need any help with this you feel the need to chat through issues etc. please drop me an email or you can visit me on my various Social Media platforms
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I hold qualifications in each of the following disciplines:-
Life Coaching (Honours Diploma)
Music Therapy (Diploma)
Crystal Therapy (Practioner)
Reiki (Practitioner)
Dementia Awareness
In addition to the above I am compiling a series of short videos that will provide an
Introduction To Mindfulness
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