Be more specific.
Welcome to Wednesday Love Notes, where I share short tips + inspiration (500 words or less) on cultivating inner peace amidst a busy-ass schedule, a big beautiful mission, and an unfathomably chaotic world.
First, here’s what’s happening in the BGV ecosystem:
Craving a clear, specific and aligned strategy for 2025?
I’ve got you covered. Freshly updated for 2025, Spirit-Led Life Design is my signature annual planning framework that will lead you through my time-tested process to create a roadmap for the year ahead. This self-study course will walk you toward your most important goals and projects, step-by-step. You’ll start with the big visionary picture, then break it down into annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily action steps, so that with a quick glance, you’ll always know exactly where to focus your energy in order to get where you want to go. It’s the perfect time to start your planning journey! Purchase the course today.
I also just launched Frequency First, Strategy Second, my new Substack!
Roughly twice a month, I'll share longer articles to help you adjust your order of operations... because when your vibrational frequency is aligned, your strategy will soar. Keep an eye out for an email with your first transmission coming soon 👁️
Onto today’s tip!
OX,
B
Today’s tip: Be more specific.
Last month, I taught my live annual planning challenge, where I guided folks through a step-by-step process to vision for the year ahead, set specific goals, then break those goals down into smaller projects.
In the quarterly planning lesson, we selected three seasonal projects that would bring us toward our annual goals, and I gave a sermon on SMART goals.
If you’ve been hiding in a cave and are unfamiliar with S.M.A.R.T goals, here’s the quick breakdown:
S = specific
M = measurable
A = achievable
R = relevant
T = time-bound
One of the participants asked a great question:
What if your goal is to get better at something? How do you make that into a smart goal?
Here’s the example I gave:
One of my personal goals is to “get better at playing the guitar.”
Not a SMART goal. To make it into one, the first step is to make it more specific.
What would indicate I am actually getting better?
What is a specific metric I could use to gauge my improvement?
In my own guitar example, mastering the skill of playing bar chords is that metric. The moment I go from ‘getting better at playing guitar’ to ‘getting comfortable playing bar chords’, I know exactly what to practice in order to reach that desired outcome, and I can begin to strategize how I will proceed.
I’m guessing you’ve got a goal, aim or desire like this?
Something beautiful and inspiring, but vague and nebulous.
Today, I invite you to get more specific.
What’s the exact outcome you’d love?
How will you know when you’ve achieved it?
What’s one powerful metric you can focus on that will be a crucial stepping stone in the right direction?
Specificity is medicine.
If what ails you is lack of clarity, or multiple failed attempts, make your goal or project more specific, and watch miraculous results follow.
Want to share your newly-defined S.M.A.R.T goal with me? Simply hit reply! I’d love to hear about it.
To the power of specificity,
Ps. As a bonus gift, here’s a downloadable PDF you can fill out to make your goal or project a S.M.A.R.T one.