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Hello hello friends

Happy Monday 🥳

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I spent the weekend DIY-ing, overhauling our daughter's bedroom into a "big girls" room as she turns 5 next month.

The cute baby curtains, the mint green walls and the baby animal decorations she has had since she was a baby have been replaced with grown-up blinds, pink walls (her choice!) a grown-up rug and a magnet wall.
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Even though we were so excited to overhaul her room, there were moments of sadness, replacing the things she had outgrown that she used to be obsessed with and being reminded that our baby...is no longer a baby.
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👉🏼 Some things got fixed/improved - the things that were broken but still needed
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👉🏼 Some things were removed - things we no longer needed that were taking up unnecessary space
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👉🏼 Some things were added - things to bring colour, joy and creativity
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👉🏼 Some things stayed the same - things that still worked and she still loved.

And then there was also a moment when we put the pink on her wall (not going to lie...it was more pink than I realised) and we both thought..."oh no I'm not sure if this is right" but there was a bigger vision we stubbornly believed in 😂
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I'm calling it an overhaul, but really, it was a reimagining of a space to meet the needs of a little girl whose needs and wants have changed since a few years ago.
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Here is the end result 👇🏼🥹

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​Your career is the same. ​
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You may think it needs an overhaul, but perhaps it just needs reimagining. ​
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What has worked for you for so long...no longer works because your wants and needs have changed. The sadness is normal and so is the desire for something different.

But the longer you stay in an environment that reflects a version of you that no longer exists. The harder it is to step into growth and own the direction you want to move into.
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And there may be a point during the process where you have that "oh shit - what have I done" moment. Where everything feels up in the air, the difference feels too stark and you question your vision of the end goal.
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Also normal - but if you KNOW where you want to go and more importantly, how you want to feel in your career - leaning into your intuition AND logic. Then the messy middle won't feel overwhelming, you'll be able to accept that its part of the process.
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That's the UNTAPPED process in a nutshell.
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​So here is my question to you: ​
If you could re-imagine your career to fit not just what's important to you now but who you want to be and how you want to feel over the next 6-12 months...what would that look like?
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What work would you be doing? What would your environment look like? How would you show up? What would the impact of your work be? How would your work and personal life integrate (not balance...it doesn't exist)?

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The Weekly Brain Dump

​Living rent free in my head: When we say our phone number, why do we start with "O" not "zero"? Because it's not an "O"...that's a letter...spent far too much time thinking about this.
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​A client sent me this video and it's something I talk about a lot. Once you realise that you OWN the things that really matter and that your job title and salary are just rented - you start anchoring your self-worth in you.

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Disclosure Day is an incredible film and Emily Blunt is phenomenal - if you can splurge go for the Everyman experience. Once you Everyman you can't go back.
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​Favourite books right now are by Daniel Silva and I feel a slight sadness that I didn't discover him earlier - if you like thriller/spy novels then get on it.

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​Scrambled eggs with crispy chilli is one of my favourite things right now. You can thank me later.
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Yas

PS: Excuse any typos - this was written by me, no AI, a working ADHD mum with a million thoughts running through my head. This is how we roll.
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​PPS: I am running a challenge in September to understand, own and communicate your value so you can change your role and negotiate your worth. 180 people joined last time and this time we are going bigger and better. Join the waitlist here​