Broken Momentum: How 3 Tips Created A Way Through

Broken momentum.

I started with determination, but when I didn’t go anywhere and I didn’t see any progress, I gave up.

My momentum broke, and I got stuck.

Have you ever had your momentum break?

I thought I had a plan that would work.

It was detailed.

It was explained by an expert.

It was modeled by what worked for them.

But it didn’t work for me.

And if I have a plan that isn’t aligned with my YOUnique God purpose, then it’s probably not going to work for me.

#QuoteoftheDay

If your actions
aren’t working
you are either
taking the wrong actions
or in the wrong place.

– Kathryn Lang

When Good Plans Fail

Have you ever followed a plan that didn’t work for you?

And it was your plan!

You prayed.

You studied.

You journaled . . . even though you really wanted to go on to bed.

You did it.

But when you look at where you are, you are behind where you were.

WHY!

It wasn’t that you weren’t focused.

It wasn’t that you were wandering blind.

It wasn’t that you weren’t growing and learning.

It’s just that when all is said and done, it didn’t work.

Plan and Place Misalignment

In 2005, I launched my freelance writing career.

By the end of 2007, I had a solid business and a strong income.

2008 popped the internet bubble and crashed my system.

In 2013, I chose to listen to the voices of THEY . . . bet you can guess where that landed me.

But in 2024 It was time to get back to living MY way. I dug in. I focused on my YOUnique design. I took steps – bold, intentional, and focused.

Instead of progress, I kept slipping back into struggle and frustration. It felt like every step forward produced two steps backward (and I most definitely was NOT doing the cha-cha).

I had to get honest about the actions. Honesty revealed I wasn’t in the right place which also meant I couldn’t take the right actions.

I THOUGHT I knew what I needed to do. But it turns out I needed to dig deeper into me. I needed my YOUnique design to be clarified for my heart.

Pivot Through Broken Momentum

I did three things – thanks to my good friend, Laura Morlando.

1. I started stripping things back to the basics. I wanted it not just to be simple but to be stupid simple so I wouldn’t have an excuse to not do it.

BONUS: Stupid simple keeps me from adding to what I’m doing until I reach a 90-day mark and review the investment.

2. I daily review my heartseed. Is what I am thinking and what I am doing feeding my heartseed or depleting it. And I take a moment to reflect on the truth on what is going on around me and not just the story I’m telling myself.

3. I evaluate what I’m doing based on my YOUnique design. I rank it based on whether I LOVE it or not. And the only time I give way to something I don’t love when it’s something that must be done – like pay the bills or take out the trash. I don’t have to love the action as long as I love the results.

REVELATION: I just caught that. There have been too many days that I put off what I didn’t want to do because I didn’t like it, but I LOVE the results. So now, I will focus on the results I LOVE instead of the action I don’t like.

Is your plan working?

If not, take some time to look at what you are doing, why you are doing, and how it all aligns with your YOUnique design and your heartseed.

How can I encourage you in your heartseed alignment? Drop SPARK in the comments if you need some fuel to respark your momentum, or feel free to reach out.