October Update

Ten months down and two to go!

How’s it going?

Well, if I’m being honest, deciding to start over and launch a new company halfway through this challenge has added a layer of complexity. But I know in my heart, it was the only way I was going to achieve my goal and manifest a million dollars.

I’ve been working for myself for 5+ years and it got me this far. It helped me achieve my dreams of being my own boss and working for myself. Something I’ve wanted for as long as I can remember. I had several failed attempts before now and am just grateful that I’m living the life I’ve always dreamt for myself.

It became clear to me along the way that without a leap forward and onto this new path, I’d be stuck in that same place indefinitely. What got me here wasn’t going to get me to $1M so I had to shut down my coaching business. If I stayed on that path, there was a 0% chance of me hitting my goal.

It took me six months of journaling and inward discovery to figure this one out : ) So now I’m four months into a brand new business with $0 in revenue to show for it so far.

Here’s my revenue to date:

Fortunately for me, past experience doesn’t reflect the future. In fact, it's that very belief that held me back for so long.

When I decided to take this challenge on, I gave myself a deadline of December 31, 2024 to achieve my goal of manifesting a million dollars. For a while now, I knew I wasn’t going to hit that date and that’s okay - I realized that shortly after launching my new company, Etherealm Studios.

But the decision to pivot to the new company is exactly what made the path to $1M so clear so I didn’t mind giving myself a bit more time. Dates are never exact when it comes to manifestation but they create urgency.

My plan is to launch a Kickstarter campaign for the game I’m developing, Attack! of the Sporelings . My target launch date is Feb 1st and my goal is to raise a million in the first 72 hours.

I’ve dedicated the rest of the year to planning for that campaign launch. I don’t feel ready for it but I know the work is exactly what will get me there.

So far, I’ve developed a high-level game plan that I need to continue to flesh out over the next two months. I started by identifying 12 successful projects that have launched $1M+ campaigns with similar games. I still have to break them down further to establish my own rewards, tiers, price points, incentives, stretch goals and more.

I’m reverse engineering what others have done successfully before me so I can emulate their success. It has become clear to me that planning out my campaign launch in this way has provided clear actionable steps I can work towards in achieving my goal.

I’ve been a bit distracted this month getting ready for MOps-Apalooza - our annual conference for my other company, MarketingOps.com . I’m actually writing this on the plane because I had to pack and go to bed early last night so I could fly out today (and now publishing it on Thursday : ). But after this week, I will refocus my attention and put more effort into the Kickstarter campaign.

I’m rapidly approaching crunch time and there are plenty of other distractions coming up through the holiday season. An updated timeline and actionable steps are exactly what I need to stay on track.

I notice when I keep my mind focused on the things that seem hard, the rest tend to fall in place with ease along the way. I still have so much more to do before (my limiting belief) I launch this campaign. But I know and trust that if I make that the focus of my attention, all the rest will happen organically along the way.

I don’t need to babystep my way to my goal. I need giant leaps of faith to push the boundaries of what I believe to be possible. Because that, in the end, is required to do great things like manifest a million dollars!

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