175. What will your future be? More of the same? Or will you turn off the autopilot?

Summary: With 2023 finally here, it is time to start looking forward to the future and improve our health, relationships, and life. But sometimes it might be a good idea to look inwards as well and see if we intend to succeed in those goals passively, or actively. Kickstart the year by turning off the autopilot and living life intentionally.<br> <br>   <br> <br> Products recommended here may include referral links to Amazon. If you click through and buy something I may earn a commission, at no cost to you. <br> <br>  <br> <br> In this episode I discuss: <br> <br> Taking charge of your own future <br> Advice to live life intentionally<br> How our past affects our future, and how to use that in the present<br> The compound effect of our habits <br> Three things you can do to help shape your future<br> <br>  <br> <br> All the fun links you might enjoy <br> <br> Throw Throw Burrito (<a href="https://amzn.to/3vybXlB">on Amazon</a>)<br> Change your experience by how you make memories in motherhood (<a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/motherhood-making-memories/">episode link</a>)<br> Think the best of me, or not (<a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/hard-and-awesome-let-go-of-ego/">embracing our hard and awesome</a>)<br> Making motherhood harder than it needs to be (<a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/mom-matryr-motherhood-hard/">mom martyr post</a>)<br> Our marriage was struggling, here are 12 things that helped (<a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/struggling-marriage-advice/">blog post</a>)<br> I’ve been living on autopilot (<a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/auto-pilot-life/">a post from 2015 </a>on working through the frustration of waking up to a complacent life)<br> For the mom who is waiting for life to happen (<a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/mom-waiting-for-life/">how waiting keeps us from taking action</a>)<br> Six things nobody told me about Intentional Living (<a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/learned-intentional-living/">when it is hard work to be intentional, but it is worth it</a>)<br> What will change cost you? Paying the status quo or investing in change (<a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/what-will-change-cost-you/">episode link</a>)<br> What we say about ourselves, and why it matters (<a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/limiting-self-definition/">self-limiting identity</a>)<br> Small things that can change your whole life (<a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/small-habits-compound-effect/">how I applied the compound effect to my life</a>)<br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/lifeonpurposeworkbook/">Life on Purpose Workbook</a><br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/live-your-vision-worksheets/">Live your vision worksheets</a><br> <a href="https://simpleonpurpose.ca/live-your-values-worksheet/">Live your values worksheets </a><br> <br> Sign up for <a href="https://intentional.simpleonpurpose.ca/simplesaturdays">Simple Saturdays email</a> (a fun email, twice a month)<br> <br>  <br> <br> <br> <br> FULL TRANSCRIPT (unedited)<br> <br> 0:11<br> Hello friends, happy 2023 Welcome back to the simple on purpose podcast. I am Shawna, your nerdy girlfriend and counselor, here to walk with you through all things about simplifying your home, your heart, your life, and living it on purpose. For us here in Canada, in my house, we celebrated Christmas over the holiday. My husband had time off, I had time off, like for real time off. And in the like, 11 years of motherhood. This was one of the few Christmases where I felt like I had a truly great time. So weird. I mean, of course, plans got cancelled. I got sick kids complained siblings thought the house was a mess. There was tears, there was feelings, mine included. But I don't know, maybe it's because I was really trying to have eyes for those really great mome...