Let’s Check In On Your 2023 Purpose

Hi, folks. How are you? My name is Nick the poet. Welcome to my live stream. Today we're talking about 2023 purpose, checking in on it, seeing how it's going. We're already two weeks into this new year, this 2023, and I wanted to see how are your goals doing, how are your resolutions coming along? How is any new inspiration? How are you doing in this 2023 year? Just take a moment to check in, take a few deep breaths with me. Just take a moment to reflect. And maybe after this live stream, just think about some of these questions.

So define what you want your life to be about this year. Hey, Risa. And also go and check out Risa's livestream from last week on, making your dreams come true, because I think that ties in to your purpose. And good morning, junk food junkie. Thank you so much for joining today. We're just talking about 2023 purpose and absolutely those three deep breaths that we can take at any time and just kind of drop in and, and see how we're doing. Check what condition our condition is in, as Kenny Rogers would say.

But anyways, I have the tennis racket because the Australian Open tennis tournament is going on right now. I'm a tennis player. And there's also this amazing new Netflix documentary about the pro tennis tour called Breakpoint that I would definitely recommend checking out. But anyways, let's hop back into your 2023 purpose. So you want to define what you want your life to be about this year. I think it can be helpful to come up with a really short mission statement or purpose. You know, for me, last year, it was aspire to inspire, and that's what I tried to live throughout the year, and I'm still taking that into this year.

But my 2023 purpose, in a short slogan I have identified as eat, play, love. And so I'm working on eating and being healthy. I'm trying to put on some weight and gain some strength. And then I'm working on bringing play to work. I'm working on thinking of work as play and seeing how I can make progress there. And junk food junkie's new thing for 2023 is not to hit the snooze button and count to five and be up. I love that. I absolutely love that. And junk food junkie, something you could add to that is something that Alec DeWitts, who shares on this platform and created this whole app with Ethan Kavanaugh, is say, I love my life when you get up.

I love my life. Reese's word is consistency. I love that. So these short words that we can bring to the table can really change the game for us. And I've used it a lot of times just in the past couple weeks, like, hey, what is my purpose? You know, it's to eat, play, love. So maybe if instead of writing that last email, I make sure that I'm getting my meals cooked, you know, that kind of thing. And sometimes we fall a little short of whatever these goals are, but then we can just come back to them.

So, but define that. And also keep in mind, we don't have to be perfectionistic about it, right? It could be you can change your purpose, you know, in a week or two weeks. I think it's just important that we get into the process of working on that and then, so set goals that reflect your desired lifestyle. So think about what you want and then set these micro goals that can help you get there. Now, with my weight gain, for example, I'm trying to weigh 185 pounds by St. Patrick's day. And I started at 165, and now I'm at 170 about.

And so I know for me that if I set the goals and I track them, it goes so much better. And I don't like tracking things. It's not my forte. But I know when I do that, that then I'm going to be much more likely to hit that goal, whatever it is, while brushing my teeth. Think today is going to be an awesome day. Let nothing hinder it. I love that. I love that junk food junkie. We take that act of brushing our teeth and we infuse it with the affirmations, the positive thinking. And if you want to change a habit, try brushing your teeth with your other hand and see how that goes and see if it kind of shakes things up a little bit.

So we, we also, this. I usually haven't had people commenting on my lives about. This is great. Thank you so much, junk food junkie, and Risa, for being here this morning. I really appreciate it. So then we want to take action every day to move closer towards those goals. Just little actions, little progress, you know, what can we do? And then we want to persevere when things get tough and not give up on ourselves. Never, never, never, never, never, never, never give up. Now, I think it can be a paradox, because sometimes I think we have to surrender, you know, in the moment.

Sometimes we have to, you know, maybe you need to take a nap, you know, or maybe you need to take a break. That doesn't mean you're giving up, but you're just surrendering, maybe to what you need in that moment, because we want to maintain the balance of pushing ourselves, but also, you know, keeping it together. And, yes, belief in yourself, so, so important. Just keep. Keep that belief up and keep that positive thinking going as much as you possibly can. And something that can help with this is my next point, and that is to connect with like minded people who are going to support you on your journey.

We've all heard the expression, you're the composite of the five people that you are with the most and all that kind of stuff. If you can find that community, and that's what we're trying to create here on Cadre, is this community that can lift you up and that can keep you going in the tough times, can keep you accountable. You know, Cadre is a crew. Cadre is a team. Right. And so that, I think, is really important. Next, we want to celebrate your accomplishments, no matter how small they seem. So if you've been doing something really well this year, celebrate that.

You know, if whatever it is, it doesn't have to be big. Actually, the smaller it is, the better, because we all, I think, I know I have these big ambitions, and I want to do this and want to do that, and if I get carried away about that, I lose the process of enjoying the small things. So let's think about that. Celebrate those accomplishments, no matter how small that they are. Number seven, embrace change and allow it to help you grow. We have to want to grow. Change is painful, but if we can embrace it and let it happen, and like I had said earlier, surrender to it, and sometimes that looks like fighting through, and sometimes it looks like taking a nap, who knows what it is?

But we just want to embrace that change and let it happen. You know, if we force it too much, I think it can get difficult. So also, we want to be flexible and open to new opportunities that come along the way. So as we're striving for our goals, as we're trying to make these changes, I think we want to have a level of flexibility as well. You know, it's important to plan, but then when we have the plan, we may need to improvise accordingly. Number nine, give back to others who have helped you along the way.

And so if we can keep giving away what we've been so freely given, then that's going to keep this momentum going. And so, finally, live each day with this purpose and meaning that you've infused. Ask the question, am I living my purpose in this? Because it's like I said, the small things are really big. Can we bring it into the small thing? Something I'm working on is scrolling less on social media. You know, I work in social media marketing, so it can be. It can be difficult, but the more that I can stay in the moment and keep practicing and having progress on these things, it's really big.

So I would love to hear about your slogan. You know, please email me. Nhansonadre IO. And I just wanted to close by sharing. I was watching this Muhammad Ali documentary the other night, and he. There was a story about him giving this Harvard commencement address, and he just gave the most amazing speech, standing ovation. And then at the end, they asked him, Muhammad, give us a short poem. And all he said for his poem was, me, we, me, we, which I think is one of the greatest poems of all time. Maybe the greatest you could ask for, because it's just showing this thing, this Cadre, this community, it's me, it's us as individuals, but it's we coming together to do things that we absolutely could not do on ourselves.

So just want to leave that thought with you. And also, we have some awesome, awesome lives coming up this week. What's in your toolbox with girls meant to mentorship tomorrow? Yes, that is the goat poem, unquestionably. Risa me. We. You know, like, it's the. It's. It's. I think that's what Cadre is all about, is the. The we of the community and working together. And girls mentorship is going to tell you how to do that tomorrow or later today in their life. What's in your toolbox? Girls mentorship is new on the Cadre platform.

They are absolutely amazing. Then later, we're going to have Evan, the counselor, my prince story. Yes. The musician. Can't wait to hear that one. Evan's lives are amazing. And then tomorrow, Wednesday, we have cooking anxiety meat kitchen organization with Dan Cunningham. I'm going to have to watch that one. If you can see my kitchen over there, it's slightly disorganized. And then a goal setting worksheet with Dan as well. And then doctor Carrie Mankey is going to be sharing. Everyone hates the dentist.

And then on Thursday, I'm going to be sharing about positive attitude, full effort, and good support to continue some of the tennis themes. And I'm going to be talking about my college tennis coach and some of his principles. And then on Friday, we're going to have Risa with make your dreams come true, which is going to be absolutely amazing. Risa, we're pumped for that one. And then on Saturday, it's do nothing day. Practice to silence the mind with Jay Brennan Mattoo. I absolutely love his stuff.

I did a breathing exercise that he shared on a live last week and it really helped. So, yeah, that's my live for you today, everyone. Thank you so much for tuning in. Have an awesome rest of the day. Bye.