Why (and How) to Review Your Goals Before the Month Ends

Happy Tuesday!

Quick question: when's the last time you actually looked at the goals you set for yourself — not the ones from January, the ones from this month — and asked, "How am I actually doing on these?"

If you just got a little uncomfortable, good. Stay with me. That discomfort is exactly what today's episode is for.

Welcome back to the Pam Speaks 2 You Creative Business Podcast, the show where we talk about the real, unglamorous, absolutely necessary business components of being an independent author or creative professional. I'm Pamela Hilliard Owens, and today we're talking about something that sounds almost too simple to deserve a full episode: reviewing your goals at the end of the month.

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Here's a question I want you to sit with before we even say hello.

If a total stranger landed on your website, scrolled your Instagram, or picked up your book right now — could they tell, in about ten seconds, who you are, who your work is for, and why any of it matters to them?

Not "sort of." Not "if they read three more posts." In ten seconds.

If you hesitated even a little — good. Stay right there, because this episode was built for exactly that hesitation.

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Welcome to Season 2, Episode 19 of the Pam Speaks 2 You Creative Business Podcast — the podcast for independent authors and creative professionals who are done playing small and ready to build something real. I am your host, Pamela Hilliard Owens, and I am so glad you are here with me today.

Whether you are listening on the Pam Speaks 2 You app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts — welcome. I mean that every single week, but I mean it a little extra today, because we are talking about a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in creative circles, and I do not think it gets unpacked nearly enough.

That phrase is "creative freedom."

You have heard it. Maybe you have said it yourself. "I just want the creative freedom to write what I want." "I left my job for creative freedom." "That is what this business is supposed to give me — freedom." It sounds wonderful. It sounds like the whole point. And yet, I talk to independent authors and creative professionals every single week who have all the freedom in the world on paper — nobody telling them what to do, no boss, no committee, no gatekeeper — and they feel more stuck, more anxious, and less free than they did when someone else was setting the rules.

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