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ARE YOU DUE FOR A COMPLETE ?

VILLAGE MAKEOVER ?

the best part about your village is that YOU get to decide who lives there

THE CHEERLEADER

This person not only cheers you up they also cheer
you on. You need people in your life that believe THE ACCOUNTABILITY PARTNER
in you. Especially during times when you may be This villager makes sure you show up and show out. Whether it's going to the gym or stepping
struggling with believing in yourself. up on a new project or idea with work, this villager will keep you to your word and to the
commitment you make to yourself. Sometimes you'll want to quit and you need someone who
THE SOUND BOARD helps you to keep going.

Are you creative? Do you sometimes come up with wild and crazy
ideas? Make sure your village includes someone you can run your
ideas by with no judgement. Sometimes it's great to talk through THE PERFECT PLAY DATE
ideas to realize how fabulous or far fetched it is.
Whether that's for you or for your kids, sometimes you just need someone
to hang out with. This villager may not know much about you except your
child's favorite tv show or your favorite adult beverage and that's ok. Being
THE "HAVEN'T-TALKED-IN-AGES-BUT-IT-DOESN'T-MATTER" able to call someone up to just have fun is essential. Letting it all go, even

With your busy life it's important that you have villagers that understand you love them if only for a little while will help you be refreshed and re-energized to head
back to the task you needed a break from in the first place.
even if you don't see or talk to them every day. Keeping friendships that you can pick
up where you left off and that require little to no effort, especially when you are working
and managing life and family, are the best kind to have!

THE GPS eep in mind, this list is not exhaus- It’s has taken me years of reflection, eval-
tive. The overall idea is that you
uating and sometimes going back to the
Being a mom, a wife, an entrepreneur, an employee, Khave people in your village who in- drawing board to determine who’s in and
any of it or all of it is not easy! You need villagers to spire, challenge, encourage, love and sup- who’s out. Your village will be ever chang-
ing and growing, just like you! My college
port you.
help you navigate. Maybe it's someone who's been roommate shared this with me 100 years
down a similar road or someone you really admire Life can be hard and sometimes you may ago (ok maybe not 100 but close) “people
and look up to. Someone who knows where you feel lonely. If you remind yourself that it come into your life for a reason, a season
want to go. This villager will keep you headed in the takes a village, you’ll understand you’re or a lifetime”. Wow, isn’t that the truth!!
right direction. not alone. So, I encourage you to get out
your pen and paper and make some notes Your village is yours. It’s important to have
of the people in your neighborhood (sor- one (I mean so important that there’s a pop
THE VAULT ry in you now have Sesame Street in your group, called the Village People!) and even

Every now in then you have something to share that is sacred. You head). You get to choose and decide who more important to have the right people in
it.
lives in your village. Who isn’t serving you
need someone who is a true confidant. A take it to the grave villager. and who are you missing?
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