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Hi Reader

First of all, I would like to thank you for being here! Yesterday I crossed the mark of 1001 subscribers to the Backyard Gossip, it might not sound like a lot but for me, it's a big (s)milestone 😊! A 1001 people, just like you welcome my weekly newsletter into their mailbox, and you, Reader are one of them. So a BIG THANK YOU 🙏🏼

My list grew very slowly and often I questioned myself if it was really worthwhile to put in the effort week after week 🤷🏼‍♀️ But by keeping my focus on my vision, creating a step-by-step plan, and celebrating my small wins I managed to hit that next level!

The problem is, that in the beginning, 1000 subscribers looked so daunting. Especially when the first 10 are family and friends just supporting - thank you for being here, I do appreciate you 😊

But, when you break it up into small steps and work out a plan, it is doable and it doesn't feel so overwhelming anymore.

The same happened to a good friend - and coaching client - of mine. For a long time, she had been dreaming of becoming a yoga instructor. She had to close some chapters of her life first but she is now ready to go for it 💪🏼

She enrolled in Yoga training in Sri Lanka and is getting ready to finally pursue her dreams and let her vision become a reality!

However, soon the first obstacle came on her path... this was in the form of a 500-page manual 📚 She showed it to me, it's a big book! I felt overwhelmed just looking at it 😅

We took a deep breath and worked out a plan together to see how she could break it down:

• Her deadline to get through the material is May 2025 - that gives her a good 7 months
• A slow reader takes about 5.6 hours to go through 100 pages.
• 500 pages would take her 28 hours, let's round it off to 30 hours.
• She was ready to commit to reading four days a week, which, taking the seven months into account, would give her 112 days.
• That means that she would just need to allocate 16 min of her time, four days a week to study!

16 min of her time seemed so much more doable than looking at the 500 pages! She couldn't wait to get started 😊 and I'm sure she already reached her first (s)milestone 💪🏼

It's so easy to get overwhelmed when looking at what needs to get done but by breaking it up into small - easy to manage - steps, everything becomes so much easier.

Sending you love and inspiration from South Africa (for now 😊)

Peggy
xo

P.S. Did you know that I offer a Deep-Dive Roadmap Coaching session where we look at your project and break it down into manageable steps with deadlines? Just hit reply to find out more 💌