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How to Set Your 2022 Goals for a Ridiculously Great Year

Sam Garcia

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Hello, hello, everyone! 

It’s our last week of 2021 so the last podcast episode of 2021!

And today we’re talking reviewing 2021 to set 2022 goals.

This is so you can have more fulfillment, impact, and cold hard cash in 2022.

Reviewing your 2021

First off -

Please fully relish in all you accomplished in 2021.

Seriously. Think back to 12-months-ago you - the you from December 2020. What did you want? How did you feel?

Really put yourself back there.

Even if you didn’t hit all your goals this year, I would bet good money that your December 2020 self would be blown away by all that you did this year.

So put your hands on your heart & fully acknowledge it all.

Be grateful for it.

Be PROUD of yourself.

And from this place, send a message to your December 2020 self.

What do they need to hear from you?

What do you want to tell them about 2021?

Okay - onto our goal setting…

Why you need to set goals as a magical person

Goal setting is about giving a direction so that your actions and your magic are focused on a desired outcome.

It also gives direction to the much larger support system that exists & wants to support you on your journey, be it angels, God, Jupiter, Venus, your ancestors, spirit guides, or whatever else you relate to as the massive amount of beings and energy that wants to support you in your work.

We are lucky to be magical business owners because we have so much more support than muggle-owned businesses who solely rely on their blood sweat and tears.

Before we dig into specific business goals for the year it’s important for you to clarify a larger context.

What you want out of your life.

Defining what you want in life is your key to make sure that 2022 is the year that checks the fulfillment box.

Basically… if you want to go after something, you have to first know what it is. Sounds super basic, but setting goals for what you want is a surprisingly potent kind of magic.

So. I know we all want to get to the juicy goal setting. But let’s start with talking about WHY you should be setting goals. Because that’s the best way to know what might be blocking our goals from coming true.

Some people are afraid to set goals because they’re afraid that they won’t like what they get…

They don’t want to get new, bigger, better clients, because they’re afraid they might hate them and be trapped in the contract.

They don’t want to fall in love because they’re worried their partners might be needy or take up too much of their time.

They don’t want a house, because what about property taxes? And how are they gonna clean a house that big?

And on and on. Our subconscious can come up with an endless number of reasons why we can’t have the things we want. And a lot of the time, we don’t even realize they’re excuses. We just see them as fact.

But they’re not facts. They’re fears.

I just want to give you permission right now that you can handle it. And you can change your mind. If you get your goal and you hate it, then pivot. Change your goal. Change your business. Dump the guy. Whatever.

But if a part of you deeply wants something, then the best way to get clarity is to get the damn thing. And see what happens.

You are smart enough & capable enough to know how to handle the situation when it comes and to resolve it or find someone to help you with it.

Your desires as the guiding light

So… now it’s time. Grab your journal and ask yourself — what do you really truly totally want?

What would you want if no one would judge you for it?

If no one would get pissed about you wanting it?

If you without a doubt 100% would get it?

What would you want if there was a magic wand that would wave & instantly grant it to you?

I’m purposely asking this with these wording variations. Please answer all of these separately, because it’ll often bring up separate answers from you. 

So many of us feel guilty about what we want. We don’t even dream of having certain things bc we don’t think we could have it or we have guilt around it or whatever baggage comes along with it. Or we don’t think we deserve to have something good.

We won’t even add something to favorites on an online store because we have a twinge in our hearts that we can’t afford it, so we can’t even admit to liking it or wanting it.

So. Go into each area of life and look at what you truly want. They can be deep wants (like a more rich spiritual life) or things that you might tell yourself you shouldn’t want because they could be considered flashy or shallow (want a brand new car? A month long trip to Tahiti? Or a fully funded emergency fund? Write it down!)

Go into this for where you live, who you spend your time with, how much you work, who’s on your support team, if you have pets or children, and so on. These goals can be diverse as you are, so don’t be afraid to include everything.

Next ask yourself:

How do you want to feel?

And how would getting what you desire make you feel?

This is an important separate step because you don’t want to fall into the trap of hitting goals while still feeling miserable, or unsafe, or stressed the fuck out.

Often we want what we want because we want to feel a certain way. We want a 7 figure business because we’ll finally feel powerful, or safe. We want a man because we think it’ll make us feel loved. Or a Tesla bc we’ll feel wealthy.

The key here is there is no guarantee that getting what you want will make you feel how you want to feel.

You need to decide that ahead of time. 

Of course, if you’re not making enough to pay your bills or live in a safe part of town or afford healthy food, that’s a different story. But after covering base needs, how we feel is affected very little by what happens externally. So building up our own ability to feel the way we want to feel is an important complementary part to goal setting. Work on your goals, while also working on feeling the way you want to feel. Practice feeling how you want to feel, especially in connection to taking action on our goals.

Practice feeling how you want to feel, with what you have right now, in this present moment, if NOTHING in your life changed.

S.M.A.R.T. Goals + Your Human Design

So. Let’s talk about SMART goals.

Maybe you've heard of this before. SMART stands for specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time bound. Structuring your goals this way gives you an anchor as your setting goals and a framework for how to achieve them.

And I want to add a note here about specific vs. non-specific manifestors in Human Design. You can find out whether you're a specific or non-specific manifestor by looking at the arrow at the bottom right of your chart.

There are a bunch of places to get your free Human Design chart - one of them is Jovian Archive, which is linked here.

The idea here is that some people are built to be really specific in their goal setting & desires. The more detail the better. While others - the non-specific manifestors - are built to have more vague goals.

You can google how to find that in your own human design chart, but I personally found it very useful bc I found out I was nonspecific so it’s better for me to focus on how I want to feel & more general desires versus “I want a 2 story house in Atlanta with a large backyard & 2 car garage.”

It helps some people - the specific manifestors - to get super specific about their exact vision for the future. Get super clear on what your soul is pushing you to do. The magic is in the details, so load up your vision with all the sensations and things you want to draw in. 

Then there are non-specific manifestors. The name is a little misleading, because specificity is still the key here. You need to know what you want.

The difference is that, if you’re a non-specific manifestor, you’re giving the universe a few different options to choose from for your vision. This isn’t the same as calling in every vision you have, it’s just expanding your arsenal. So if your vision is to increase your audience, instead of hyper-focusing on getting a feature in Forbes, you might say, “I want to be featured in an online publication that gets 10 million views a month by February of this year.” It’s still a specific goal, but it’s a little more flexible.

So. Pick which approach sounds like it would work better for you. You might want to consult your Human Design chart to see what it indicates about you. And then turn everything you want into a SMART goal.

So check your HD chart for that arrow at the bottom right of your chart.

If it points left, you’re a specific manifestor.

If it points right, you’re non-specific (or abstract).

Okay, so let’s look at SMART goals in action - 

Set more than just business goals!

Despite what hustle culture may want you to believe:

There’s more to life than your business ;)

So you want to make goals in all areas of your life!

Set 1-3 goals like this for every area of your life: work, money, love, family, spirituality, fun, and health.

For example…

In the fun category:

Your goal might go from “I want to learn to kite surf” to “I’m going to find a kitesurf instructor & book a session by Feb 15. Then I’m going to practice at least 1x/week.”

In the family category:

Your goal to buy a house becomes, “I’m going to buy a 4 bedroom, 3000 square foot house in Boulder (or wherever you want to buy your house) by June 2022.” 

In the spirituality category:

Your goal to take more time to do magic might become “I’m going to set aside ten minutes every morning to do my gratitude ritual.”

In the money category:

Your goal to make a million dollars will morph into how much you need to make each quarter in 2022 to make that million, and how much you need to make each month to hit that, and how much you need to make each launch & from each offer.

And so on.

You may need to do a little research in this process.

Reframing from a vague desire to a tangible goal could require you to have a research phase, like in my kitesurf example. I need to find who teaches this.

Or maybe you don’t have a morning ritual but you want one. Then you need to actually decide what it’s going to be. So make a date that you’ll decide by.

For the money category, I want you to set your Annual Revenue Goal. This will give you a template for what you want your income to look like, which will help guide you as you’re planning your business and career moves.

As you’re thinking through all these goals, it’s really important to ask yourself, What IMPACT do you want to make?

If you want more fulfillment, impact, and cold hard cash in 2022 you need to loop the impact you want to have on the world into this process. And this will help you get clear on what your soul is craving too.

Impact can mean a lot of things, so the first step is to define it for yourself. What is impact to you?

Maybe it’s sharing your message with 10,000 people or 1M people. Or helping 10 women fall in love. Or giving 5% of profit to charity. Or being able to retire your husband from the job he hates.

Whatever it is. Define it now.

Embodiment is so helpful for this process because, in order to dig deep and understand your desires, you have to connect deeply to your feelings. You need to go through the process of reaching your goal and feeling into it. 

So, look back over the goals you set.

How do you want to feel this year? Do each of these goals make you feel that way?

I know I’ve asked you a ton of juicy questions today — and don’t worry, all the questions are going to be in the show notes. I encourage you to take some time to journal after you're done listening to this episode and get super clear on what you want. Allow yourself as much time as you need to fully embody what it would be like to have those goals.

Or listen to it again with your journal in hand & pause every time I prompt you with a question.

It’s actually important to SHARE your goals

Then go share your goals! At least the first draft. 

This can be with a friend, coach, in the Business As A Magical Practice FB group, or declare it loud & proud on your IG grid ;)

There is so much power in being seen and witnessed in wanting what you want & sharing your goals. I’ve seen so many women who were only able to reach the goals they set because they finally allowed themselves to get comfortable with those high sensations that come when they exposed their desires to others.

That’s all for today! 

If you missed last week’s episode we dug in deep to the astrology of 2022 & what it holds for you and your business.

Thank you so so much for being with me this year.

This podcast is such a blessing in my life & I love connecting with all of you every week.

See you in 2022!

Let’s stay in touch!