How To Eat An Elephant To Get Out Of Debt
Let’s be clear, I have no intention of eating an elephant, ever.
I’d rather eat a poacher quite frankly.
This rescued elephant in Northern Kwa-Zulu Natal seemed intent on eating me when I was taking too long with a selfie instead of feeding her.
But enough with my environmental politics and passions, we’re here to talk about you and get you achieving all your financial milestones on your way to your freedom, including one of the most powerful of all – breaking free from debt and staying free.
So back to the ellies …
Metaphorically speaking, if you had to “eat” a gigantic pachyderm sized challenge, how would you do it?
In bite sized chunks of course!
Ahhh groan…
... I know, it’s a very groan worthy joke yet like most jokes there is a massive dollop of truth in it.
Staring at a vast challenge ahead of you – be it the enormous mountain of your freedom number you are going to summit (hyperlink to freedom # blog post) or the massive hole of your consumer debt you are going to fill in – is always demotivating.
Seeing the whole thing ahead of you can make the goal feel impossible and the thoughts of all the energy required and trying to digest all that can make you feel very ill indeed.
Has that happened to you?
- Have you been stopped in your tracks by sheer megalophobia (fear of big things)?
- Perhaps you managed to overcome the overwhelm and intimidation and get going but as you “progressed” you looked at how far you’ve come and how far you still have to go and just gave up?
If this is you then you’re not alone. Us weird human creatures are designed to naturally see the problems and the gaps between where we are and where we want to be and then punish ourselves for “bad” behavior or not being there yet.
Expectations of where we would like to be compared to our progress is often deemed as “poor” performance and we are quick to condemn and berate ourselves. Unless you are into pain, this is never good for our motivation and the guilt and shame of “not being good enough” or worse still “a failure” usually results in us giving up on dreams and goals.
So what is a budding Wealth Chef to do?
Know what the BIG ELEPHANT sized goal is, glance at it, know it’s dimensions and how you will know you’ve got it done and then…
STOP LOOKING AT THE WHOLE THING AND FOCUS ON THE NEXT BIT SIZED CHUNK!
This is the super hero power move of successful people. People who achieve great things have learned how to completely ignore the great thing they are really after and instead focus completely on completing the next baby step on the journey.
This is what todays video is all about. How breaking down your wealth goals into small bit sized chewable chunks is the insider trick to staying motivated and on course.
I’ll unpack the 5 reason why bite sized chunking works so effectively in another article, but for now, know that it does and get empirical proof by putting it to the test in your own life.
STEP 1: Choose your next financial freedom goal, (it could be breaking free from all your consumer debt, blitzing your next priority debt, creating your emergency fund, achieving your safety net saving target, or clocking your next net worth goal on your freedom menu).
STEP 2: In the comments below let me and your fellow Wealth Chefs know your goal so you’ve make a commitment here.
STEP 3: Select your preferred doodle pattern and download you FREE Wealth Chef Doodle Sheet (hyperlink to doodle your debt opt-in)
STEP 4: Follow the instructions on the doodle sheet to calculate the value of each bite sized doodle block and get going.
STEP 5: Focus on achieving one doodle block at a time and celebrate your achievement as each gets completed by coloring it in and any other juicy thing that will tell you you are awesome and you are doing this.
I can see lots of successful chomping happening and with is massive progress on your financial freedom journey.
Remember – keep making it fun.
Just because your financial freedom is important doesn’t mean it’s got to feel like work.
Big love
Ann
