I think sometimes we forget that we make the rules , that we , especially as a business owner . We may not make the rules in all of our life , but as a business owner , we make the rules . Right , the rules are whatever we say they are , or maybe we have no rules , whatever that looks like to you , and I'll never forget .
Back in 2020 , when I did 100 live videos and I gave myself all these rules and I said I can't repurpose , I can't go live multiple times , I can't do this , I can't do that . It was a lot , but it's actually pretty easy . 100 live videos in 31 days Piece of cake .
And then there was 2021 , I did 200 live videos in 31 days , with all the rules again , not a piece of cake , not easy , hard , exhausting . I made it through and I went over 200 , which is always my goal exceed what you set yourself . But it was hard . It was hard and I refused to give myself grace and I refused .
I mean , there were some days I gave myself grace , but I didn't give myself grace over the 31 days . Right , this was my goal , this is what I was doing , I wasn't changing the rules . And so I'm currently in 100 videos for the month of October and I think I'm at 32 videos . Now I am counting repurpose , but that is not the repurpose in that count .
I am counting the 100 has to be brand new videos , so , and it doesn't have to be live , it can be a short form video , it can be whatever , but it has to be fresh , new content . So I'm at 32 , and we're on what is today . If you're watching this live , it's is today , the 12th . I think it's the 12th . It is the 12th .
Okay , so if I can't repurpose , we're like close to 70 , but I'm not counting that because that's not counted in my 100 . But anyhow , yesterday was exhausting . Yesterday I had a Black Friday Accelerator coaching session . I had the Visible Inner Circle office hours . I did a raving fans training .
I was like on video training or teaching , or coaching , mentoring for three hours . I was exhausted and smart Me would have done the videos first , like the content , but I was tired and I didn't want to do any videos and I was like I can make it up tomorrow , I can make it up all through the rest of the month . I'm going to get to 100 .
It's not going to be a big deal , it'll be easy . And so why are you stressing out , like , also , I don't get to count those for three videos by the way , it has to be public videos . But I said , okay , I'm not doing it . And so I'm in a thread with my inner circle who want to do this too .
Then I'm like , listen , I'm at the same as yesterday because I'm giving myself grace . I've been on video a lot today . I don't want to be on video anymore , so I'm just not going to do it . And sometimes that is the most uncomfortable thing to do is not do the thing you said you were going to do . Right , and I will get to 100 videos .
I'm not at all concerned about that . But yesterday , to stay on track , I need to be at three a day . So I'm three behind . It's fine , I'll do more today . Maybe I'll make them up today . It just depends on how the rest of my day goes . It's pretty full , but we'll see . But I think it's crazy that we forget that we get to make the rules right .
We forget that we get to make the rules Now . I don't mean sell something one way and then , oh , I'm changing it all up after you've already paid for it . I'm not really saying like that , but I'm saying in your business and your rules .
If you set a challenge for yourself , if you want to plan out your day right , and in the middle of the day you decide oh , I don't have any commitments , so I'm going to take the rest of the day off , or I'm going to go do something else , or I'm going to go take a walk . You're allowed to do that . You get to do that , right .
And sometimes , even if you do have commitments , maybe you shift them . How many people are never upset when somebody cancels a call ? Like , if you cancel a call , it's not a big deal because I'm going to find something to fill that time with . It's fine , it's fine , I will do something that was on my to-do list , right .
And so I think , just looking at things and obviously being your word and doing the things that you obviously I don't want to even say should be doing , but doing the things that you are aligned with doing that you have committed to doing . But also , I committed to 100 videos in the month of October . I didn't commit to 100 videos in one day , right .
Or I didn't commit to , yes , to get to there to 100 , to make it easier . Three videos a day , making my life a lot easier .
But one day missing three videos is not the end of the world , because there are some days that I'm going to do five videos and there are some days I'm going to do two videos and there are some days I might do 10 videos , especially if I get on a TikTok role , right .
And so I think we get to give ourselves grace number one and remind ourselves of that , because if a friend came to us and was saying x , y , z , I'm struggling , you would say take a break . It would never think twice about being hard on them . So why are we so hard on ourselves ?
Why can't we extend ourselves the same exact grace that we would extend someone else , our clients , right ? We get to remember that we are running the ship , but also we get to give ourselves grace . We get to take time off , we get to shift things , renegotiate things .
It's all part of being a business owner , and the reason we don't work nine to five or want to be in a nine to five is because it's rigid . There are rules , you have to sit at this desk for this amount of time and we wanted to create something different . So remember , that's why you created this , so you make the rules .
So when you make the rules , you can also shift the rules .