Written by: Sabrina Sourjah, Executive Contributor
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You will discover hidden limitations and be ready for your future. I was manifesting for my dreams to come true last year, and one of the first things I used to visualize was a 20-hour workweek filled with coaching clients.
I would close my eyes, connect to my ideal clients, and think about how their changing lives will make them happier. How much I will be fulfilled with the impact that I’m making.
But nothing was happening for a while. I started researching more on manifesting and possible blockers.
Then I read in The Chic Life about using a planner to manifest. I got inspired by this and created my ideal calendar to visualize how my days would be spent in the future to make the manifestation process more tangible.
Things got really tricky when I did this. Read on if you want to learn about my process and what I found out.
I’m not yet at my exact client goal. But many, many wins have been attained, and I feel like I’m well on my way to my ultimate goal.
I created a new Google calendar creatively named (not) My Ideal Calendar. I then started plotting my days. I want to spend my mornings writing and reading. I want to coach clients in the evenings. I also wanted to see if I could steal a day or two to only write, write, and write.
“Everything that is was once envisioned.” ― Abiodun Fijabi
I was someone who had worked corporate jobs, i.e., a solid 40 hours or more a week. So, I thought 20 hours of coaching was a piece of cheesecake.
The dilemma unfolds
But I was so wrong. No professionally-trained coach can coach that many hours at a stretch. Coaches typically need at least half an hour between coaching sessions to reenergize themselves from the previous session and to prepare for the next session. As a bonafide Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), I needed double that time.
What did this mean for me?
I could only squeeze in a maximum of three hours of coaching in the afternoon, assuming I wanted to end work by a decent 6 pm. This will be 15 hours of coaching if I work on all five weekdays. Still not the 20 hours I was envisioning.
So, I needed to work over the weekend to meet my goal. This is not ideal for someone prone to burnout like me. I had to also forget about stashing away a whole day for my writing.
External validation
How are other coaches who are far ahead of me in their coaching journeys dealing with it? I asked around and learned that the standard for some of my coaching mentors and colleagues is to only coach for three hours a day.
Nothing more because coaching takes up a lot of emotional space. It can be hard to listen to someone’s problems attentively for longer, paying close attention to their thoughts, wants, and feelings while simultaneously paying attention to the coach’s intuition.
Brain the storm away
My parameters had to be changed. I could not take a whole day to write (yet). I had to work all five weekday afternoons and a half-day on Saturday. It was clear to me that I won’t be able to coach for 20 hours unless I was willing to work over the whole weekend as well. I was not.
“Envision yourself a few years from now being smarter, wiser, stronger, happier, healthier, and wealthier.” ― Germany Kent
For the quality of life I aspired to, I needed to find creative solutions to make my ideal calendar work. What options did I have?
Raise my fees for my coaching sessions
Provide group coaching vs. individual coaching
Find more passive income streams
Create hybrid programs containing both group and individual coaching
Write a book that flies off the shelves (at least hope to do so)
As you can see, my ideal calendar brought flavor to all my future strategies. In fact, it should have been the starting point of all my planning and manifesting.
What can you do now?
I wish someone had told me earlier how designing my ideal calendar would have illuminated a host of future challenges.
But now you know that an ideal calendar can help you not only become aware of future challenges but also remove blocks from your manifestation journey.
Don’t wait. Create your ideal calendar now. It’s also a great visualization tool to envision how you will be spending your future days.
Good luck!
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Sabrina Sourjah, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Sabrina Sourjah is a certified authenticity coach based in Toronto. She began coaching because of her unshakable belief that we all deserve better jobs, better relationships, and better lives. She gets a genuine high every time her clients progress towards their most authentic life by outdoing their former selves. In her past life, she has worked in various corporate and technology roles. She was mostly stressed at work, no matter how well things were going. Now, Mondays are Fridays for her. This is why she’s on a mission to get you to your most authentic life. Because she knows how wonderful life can be on the other side. When she's free, she loves to read, sing karaoke, go on long walks, and watch the sunset.
