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Hi. I’m Jessica. I quit a toxic job in July 2018 to design a life I love.
To be clear, I didn’t just quit and run off to travel the world. Instead, I rearranged my life so I could focus on what was most important to me.
I’ve designed my life around what I value most – health, relationships, creativity, adventure, and energizing work.
I didn’t have to retire early to start living my ideal life.
For the last two years, I worked in a nonprofit organization 3 days/week. This schedule provided me with 4 days each week where I could wake up without an alarm clock, make coffee, read, and work on my passion projects.
I was able to turn my passion projects into an income-generating business. I recently quit my job to focus on my passion projects full-time.
I’m truly energized by my work. I love that I can work at my own pace and take breaks whenever I need them.
I have so much energy now! In addition to my creative endeavors, I have plenty of time to focus on being physically and mentally healthy and building strong relationships.
It wasn’t always like this though…
Two years ago, I was completely burned out. Everyday was the same stressful routine, and I felt like I could never catch a break.
From the outside, my life looked successful and idyllic. People thought I was living the dream.
On the inside, I was completely miserable and burned out. It felt more like a nightmare.
Every year for the holidays, my husband and I write New Year’s Letter. It’s our most important gift to each other. We use this as an opportunity to reflect on the past year and look ahead to the upcoming year.
This is when I had a revelation.
I realized that in 2016, 2017, and 2018, I wrote the exact same thing.
- I wasn't happy in my job/career.
- I was feeling burned out.
- I needed a change.
- The coming year was going to be the year I made the change.
Spoiler alert, I didn’t take steps to make a change in 2016, 2017, or 2018.
The point is…
…I thought about this for years, but I never did anything about it.
Then, all of a sudden, things got really stressful at work.
The burnout and stress I had experienced peaked. I started having severe anxiety and panic attacks. It was so severe that I needed to take 6 months off of work.
Since this moment, I’ve redefined my definition of success, and I’ve learned that there are so many more options available than I previously thought.
I wish I’d made significant changes sooner.
So, why didn’t I?
After speaking with lots of people, I discovered that my reasons were the same as the ones you might have right now.
- You don't realize there are other options. You might not know anyone who has chosen a life that doesn’t align with society’s script for success.
- Your identity might be tied up in your career. Maybe you have taken society’s message that this is how you add value to the world, and you’ve accepted it - no questions asked (until now).
- And let’s be real…
- ...Making any big life change is scary. You might keep telling yourself that your situation isn’t so bad. You are worried that if you leave your current situation, you might find yourself in a situation that’s worse (financially or emotionally).
When I realized that we all have the same things holding us back, I knew that I needed to spread this message.
Do you feel like you are living on autopilot? Like you are stuck in a rut? Burned out? Life feels meaningless?
…That there should be more to life?
I promise you – there is.
I could have made changes earlier, but I didn’t know that I could or how to do it.
Don’t waste any more precious years of your life in a situation that isn’t serving you because you:
- Don’t know what you want or that other options exist
- Feel like you should follow society's definition of success
- Are scared that you'll get into a worse situation
Imagine a life where:
- You know exactly what you want
- You are following your own version of success
- You are in a situation that's even better than you could have previously imagined
A 4-month group coaching program with everything you need to jump-start your lifestyle design process.
In the Design a Life You Love Program, I share all the best tools and resources to identify the building blocks of your ideal life, to dream big about what the future holds, and to take action to move you forward.
For the entire process, you’ll be supported by a like-minded community that wants to see you succeed.
Here’s What You’ll Get When You Sign-Up
Design a Life You Love is a 4-month group coaching program.
Once you sign-up, you will get your welcome packet and welcome survey. The information in this welcome survey will help me to match you with the right group and the right accountability partner for the program.
Over the course of 4 months, our small group of 4 people will meet 8 times (every other week) to discuss and apply the best lifestyle design frameworks and tools.
I will also provide discussion prompts that you can use to meet with your accountability partner between each session.
By the end of the program, you will know what you want and how to incorporate those dreams into your life today and long-term. You will learn strategies to help you overcome the barriers that hold you back. You will build a like-minded community that will push you forward.
Benefits
Community of Support and Accountability
Access to the Best Lifestyle Design Tools & Activities
Strategies to Overcome What Holds You Back
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Here’s what you’ll get, so you can design a life you love, starting right now!
Module 1 - Identifying the Elements of your ideal life (8 weeks)
- How to identify what energizes and engages you - and how to get more of those things throughout your everyday life
- Identify the types of activities that drain your energy and how to minimize the frequency
- Have a strong sense of what core elements make life feel great and fulfilling for you
- Decide the role you want work to play in your life
- By the time you complete Module 1, you will have clarity about the components of your ideal life
Module 2 - Dream Big (4 weeks)
- Strategies to (re)learn how to dream big and not let negative thoughts stop you in your tracks
- Explore a wide variety of potential life plans
- Consider ways you could generate income doing things you truly love
- By the time you complete Module 2, you will identify a variety of different life options that would provide meaning and happiness
Module 3 - Experiment and Adjust (4 weeks)
- Strategies to test out your potential life plans that involve little risk
- How to make moving forward feel like one small step after another, rather than one big scary leap
- Build skills to overcome things that hold you back - particularly when what's holding you back is yourself
- By the time you complete Module 3, you'll be prepared to constantly experiment, adjust, and evolve toward your ideal life
You’ll also get these special bonuses:
Bonus 90-Day Planning Session
When you pre-enroll, you'll receive a bonus 90-day Group Planning Session. In this session, you'll get clarity on how to set concrete goals for the first 3 months after the program.
Action Planning Support
You'll receive action planning and goal setting templates to help you take immediate steps toward your ideal life.
About the Group Facilitator, Jessica
Jessica is an expert in training design, facilitation, and adult learning. Throughout her career in both Human Resources and Coaching, she has facilitated countless learning experiences through retreats, workshops, small group processes, and one-on-one coaching.
Jessica helps people discover who they really are, what they want in life, the unique impact they can have on the world, and the skills, strategies, and mindsets to feel good doing it.
It’s Never Too Late to Design a Life you Love
In this program, you’ll:
- Determine what you want without wasting time
- Transition from wanting to make a change to actually doing it
- Overcome barriers that could derail your progress
The Cost of Stress
After I worked through this three-step process, something really surprising happened. After focusing on designing a better life, I looked at my spending and realized that I had spent $17,000 less than the year before.
Life felt the same. Actually, life felt better. How did this happen?
I’d always considered myself fairly frugal, so I needed to dig deeper.
I realized that our spending in 4 categories had decreased significantly. It was not surprising that these categories could be described as convenience (groceries and restaurants) and escape (travel and general shopping).
When I was stressed out and unhappy with my life, I’d buy expensive, easy-to-make groceries because I knew I’d be too tired to cook.
When I was especially tired (which was much of the time), I would order take-out or go out to eat. That happened too often. Then, the expensive, convenient groceries went to waste.
I felt like I deserved fancy vacations because I worked so hard. Vacations were the thing I looked forward to all year. Don’t get me wrong; I do like a good vacation, but it doesn’t have to be fancy or expensive.
I bought way too many random things. I’d go shopping online or in a store for clothes, shoes, books, games, kitchen gadgets, etc. In the year before I embarked on my lifestyle design process, I spent $4,000 on “general shopping.”
Sadly, general shopping is a catchall category, and I couldn’t point to what I spent the money on.
Now my values and priorities are 100% crystal clear to me, so I no longer need to spend money on things that don’t add happiness to my life.
Somehow, designing a better life for myself inadvertently improved my financial health.
Most importantly, my life is so much better. I’m no longer burned out. I feel energized and engaged by my work and passion projects.
Not only that, I have a healthy balance that allows me to also focus on having fun, building strong relationships, and improving my health.
Think about it. Do you spend money on things because it will help make life feel more bearable? Could you reduce or eliminate convenience or escape spending AND design a life you love?
Design a Life You Love
Group Coaching-
4 Months of Group Coaching with Jessica
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3-Module Lifestyle Design Process, Resources, and Tools
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Accountability Partner to check-in between coaching calls
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Online Forum to check-in with the group between meetings
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Bonus Content on Goal Setting
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Action Plan Templates
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4 months of Instant Messenger Access to Jessica via Slack
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NEW Special Add-On Opportunity:
Monthly One-on-One Sessions with Jessica throughout the Program
I want to invite you to design a life you love!
I spent too many precious years thinking about making changes in my life. I was paralyzed because:
- I didn’t realize the options that were available
- I didn’t know how to figure out what I really wanted
- I was afraid that my new situation would be worse or compromise me financially
If I could provide any advice, it would be this. Don’t wait to start designing a life you love. You don’t have to know what you already want. You can still need to generate income. You can reclaim your time and your energy before achieving FI. Some people won’t understand your goals, and that’s okay.
I hope you join me to Design a Life You Love.
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