How to Change Your Life in 6 Months: This One Hack Will Make It Happen

Ready to unlock your potential? 🔥 https://bit.ly/2024makeithappen 👈 Sign up for my FREE 2-part training, Make It Happen with Mel Robbins. It’s designed to show you exactly HOW you can go from dreaming to doing! — In today’s episode, you’ll learn how to change your life in 6 months. Mel shares the one question that will determine your next 6 months and reveal who you really are. Then, Mel shares how to go from thinking about what you want, to taking action and making it happen. The free companion workbook to this episode can be found at https://www.melrobbins.com/makeithappen Along with your workbook, Mel has created 2 video trainings to help you feel inspired, energized, & in control again. Mel created this free program, Make It Happen, as a way to thank YOU for your support of this podcast and for making it one of the most popular podcasts in the world. The next 6 months of your life could be extraordinary, but it's not going to happen by accident. It will happen because you CHOOSE to make it happen. Do not let another year of your life go by wishing things were different. This is your opportunity to make it happen. Why wouldn’t you take it? And the cool part? It takes less than a minute for you to get started. Just sign up at https://www.melrobbins.com/makeithappen For more resources related to today’s episode, click here for the podcast episode page: https://www.melrobbins.com/podcasts/episode-162 Follow The Mel Robbins Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themelrobbinspodcast I’m just your friend. I am not a licensed therapist, and this podcast is NOT intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional. Got it? Good. I’ll see you in the next episode. In this episode: 00:00 Intro 02:36: Two of the BEST reasons for setting goals. 05:53: Three free gifts Mel has for you. 09:27: Mel reveals the goals she’s been working on. 10:55: The one goal Mel set that never went anywhere. 13:02: Do THIS to improve relationships with your family and friends. 17:07: Try this activity with Mel to boost your motivation. 19:18: The 5 categories that define your life. 21:48: How Mel had not yet committed fully to her new home. 24:32: The wakeup call that’s changed Mel’s relationship with her parents. 26:56: In 6 months, Mel will be thick in the middle of this. 29:52: Is there something that used to be a priority that isn’t anymore? 31:35: If you’ve been lulled into the same old routines, you need to hear this.. 37:49: How to make the next 6 months feel exciting and energizing. #podcast #changeyourlife #lifechanging #goalsetting #dreamlife — Follow Mel: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melrobbins/ TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@melrobbins Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melrobbins LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melrobbins Website: http://melrobbins.com​ — Sign up for Mel’s newsletter: https://melrob.co/sign-up-newsletter A note from Mel to you, twice a week, sharing simple, practical ways to build the life you want. — Subscribe to Mel’s channel here: https://www.youtube.com/melrobbins​?sub_confirmation=1 — Listen to The Mel Robbins Podcast 🎧 New episodes drop every Monday & Thursday! https://melrob.co/spotify https://melrob.co/applepodcasts https://melrob.co/amazonmusic — Looking for Mel’s books on Amazon? Find them here: The Let Them Theory: https://amzn.to/3IQ21Oe The Let Them Theory Audiobook: https://amzn.to/413SObp The High 5 Habit: https://amzn.to/3fMvfPQ The 5 Second Rule: https://amzn.to/4l54fah

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• 0:00Mel Robbins?

  Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast.

• 0:08Mel Robbins?

  What if I told you that the answer to one question will determine where you are in the next six months? I mean, right now, as I'm talking to you, it is April. A third of the year, already gone by. And time, it is going to move forward whether you do or not. Before you know it, October is going to be here and six months will have gone by in the blink of an eye. So are you ready to answer the one question that will determine where you are when it comes?

• 0:54Mel Robbins?

  Hey, it's your friend Mel. I'm so glad that you are here with me today because today you're going to answer one question that will determine where your life leads you in the next six months. And I know you're ready to answer it because you chose to listen to this episode. And the fact that you did, it tells me that you do want to create a better life and that you want to know how to make cool things happen. And I'm here to help you do it because today's episode, I don't really think about it as a conversation. I think about this episode as a free workshop. How cool is that? It's a workshop where I'm going to ask you a question that will help you become laser

• 1:35Mel Robbins?

  focused about what you're going to make happen in the next six months. Because time is going to keep moving whether you do or not. And after today's workshop, one thing is for sure. You're not going to let that time just pass you by because you are going to make something really cool happen in the next six months. Now, I know that we have a ton of new listeners to the Mel Robbins Podcast. So first of all, I just wanted to thank you for tuning in, for spending some time with me. It's a real honor to be here with you. We also want to welcome you to the Mel Robbins Podcast family. And I think it's important that I give you a little bit of background if you're new. Okay, I often do these free series that help you take what you're learning on the Mel Robbins

• 2:19Mel Robbins?

  podcast and apply it to your life at a deeper level. I always do one at the end of the year to help you create the best year that you can and to find your goals. And this episode that you're listening to, yeah, it's like a free workshop, but it's part of a series that I'm launching right now called Make It Happen that helps you translate what you want into action. Okay. Because I do believe that you have big dreams and they're really important. And I also believe that setting goals is critical to you creating a better life because dreams and goals, they do two really important things.

• 2:59Mel Robbins?

  First of all, they give you a sense of direction and they define a game worth playing. And when you define goals and when you have big dreams, it basically helps you lift yourself out of the day to day minutia and create more meaning and excitement in your life. And so, you know, as I mentioned, I do these free workshops and there's always one that I do at the beginning of the year. If you didn't take it, no problem. The one that I did at the beginning of this year was called Best Year and I led a workshop on how you go through the process of setting goals in order to make this the best year of your life. And I'm really proud to share with you that almost a million of you not only took the

• 3:41Mel Robbins?

  workshop on how to create the best year, but you also downloaded the free 29-page workbook that acted as a companion to that workshop. And I filled out the workbook with you and I planned out my goals for an incredible 2024 to make this the best year. And I'm going to come back to that in a minute. But here's the thing, that was four months ago. Right? It seemed like a long time ago. It was four months ago. And as I'm taping this right now, here in the United States, it's April. We are in the height of spring and that means that four months have gone by since you and I planned out the year. Four months have gone by in your life too.

• 4:26Mel Robbins?

  And whether you were part of the Best Year workshop or not, whether you set goals for 2024 or not, I'm just wondering, how's it going?

• 4:38Mel Robbins?

  Do you even know how you're tracking against the goals you set for yourself? Or if you weren't that intentional about what you wanted to make happen this year? Are you thinking about the things that you thought you would take on this year? And I'm pointing this out not to be a jerk, not to call you out, but to say it is so easy and fun to plan, isn't it? But the devil is really in the details of the execution. So I wanted to use our time today to help you think about the next six months because we're a third of the way through the year. And the things that you want to make happen, they're not going to happen by accident. They will happen on purpose.

• 5:19Mel Robbins?

  So I've shown up here with a really big purpose, and that is to help you define a game worth playing over the next six months and to teach you how to make it happen. And I've designed our conversation today to be a workshop so that you can get very serious about the next six months of your life, for real. Like what's going to happen between now and October? And then we're going to talk about how to make it happen. And so before we kind of jump into the meat of this workshop, I want to give you a few sort of instructions on the logistics. First of all, this episode has a free companion workbook. If you're watching me on YouTube, you can see it right now. It's bright green.

• 6:02Mel Robbins?

  It says "Make It Happen" with Mel Robbins. If you are listening, you can kind of hear that I've got this in my hands. And I want to tell you something, you want to get your hands on this puppy. And you can download it for free at melrobbins.com/makeitappen. That's melrobbins.com/makeitappen. Now let me tell you what's going to happen when you go to melrobbins.com/makeitappen. First of all, there's going to be a welcome video for me. Secondly, you're going to be able to download this workbook. And third, you will also see that I've created two brand-new video trainings that you can watch on your own time that will help you go even deeper into this free workbook, and it will be an extension of

• 6:47Mel Robbins?

  This podcast episode, which is really kind of kicking off this project called Make It Happen. So just go to melrobbins.com/makeithappen. And once you download your workbook, it's right here in my hands. I can't wait till you see this. I will send you a link to the video trainings once they're live and you can watch them when you want. And one of the reasons why I'm doing this for you, and I'm going the extra mile here, is simple. I'm humbled that your support made the Mel Robbins Podcast the number five most followed podcast in the world on Apple last year. And we have consistently been ranked in the top 10 podcasts on all platforms in the entire

• 7:31Mel Robbins?

  world for the past four months this year. You did that. And as you know, I'm on a mission to empower you with tools to help you create a better life. And I want you to not just listen and learn and be inspired and empowered and to feel like you're not alone and that you're here with your buddy Mel Robbins, but I really, truly want you to take action and apply what you're learning to your life. Because it's only through the action that you will make it happen, that you will see change stick, and that you will see your life getting better. And when I saw that almost a million of you downloaded the guide to creating the best

• 8:14Mel Robbins?

  year and setting goals, I was like, okay, I gotta figure out how to help you go a little further. We gotta take the next step. Like, now that you're clear about what matters to you, about what your goals are, I want to help you bridge that gap between creating the plan and making the plan a reality. Okay? Where we go from thought to action. And the coaching that I do and the workshop that I do every year, at the end of the year, is about creating a great year. It's about getting clear about what you want. Here's how this workshop is different. It's a check-in about what you want,

• 8:54Mel Robbins?

  but it's focused on translating that to the actions that make it happen. And if you're somebody who's been working on your plan, you've been creating the best year ever, you're going to the gym, you're writing the novel, you've gotten the new job, you're getting a better mindset, you're taking the steps, fan frickin-tastic, then you're going to use this training as an important opportunity to really define for yourself even clearer targets that you're going to hit in the next six months. Maybe you're going to raise the game. Maybe you're going to pivot on the game. Maybe you're going to add in something entirely new because you're just kicking ass and taking names. Because if you've already been working on some of your goals, then you've probably learned some things in the past four months. And in fact, I can give you two examples of this from my own life.

• 9:39Mel Robbins?

  So at the beginning of the year, one of my goals this year was to get my hormones balanced and to take control of my health and to stop complaining about it. And I got to say something. Mel Robbins, you done good, kid. Because for the past four months, I've been doing more resistance training. I've been following the expert advice. I've been putting myself through a gut reset program. I've been doing the intermittent fasting. I've been doing a lot of zone two cardio. And you know what? It's working. Pretty cool, you know? Kind of neat that when you take the simple advice that's backed by science and you actually do it, you see the results. However, four months in,

• 10:21Mel Robbins?

  I've learned a lot and I'm seeing a lot of progress. And I want to assess where I am and make a very intentional and strategic decision about where I'm going to go next. And let me give you another example of why a pivot is super important. Because another goal that I set at the beginning of the year when I did the workshop on creating the best year was I really wanted to make it a goal to save money.

• 10:52Mel Robbins?

  I haven't squat about it. I mean, nada, nothing. In fact, if I had to guess, I've been so unintentional about it that I've not only not made saving happen, I've probably spent more money than I usually do. Now, this goal still kind of matters to me, but if I plan on saving money and making that happen, then I gotta use this workshop to give myself a reality check because I'm gonna need to do something different. I gotta show up differently in the next six months. I gotta have a different approach. And so in both of these examples, whether it's the strength training, which has been working, or my goal of saving money, which

• 11:35Mel Robbins?

  I failed miserably at, I will benefit from taking a beat and using this workshop to create a strategic pivot, right? You refine what you're doing and clarify your goals, or you remove it to make room for something that you actually care about. And by taking the time today to go through this workshop with you, as I teach it, I'm also gonna be doing it, and I assess what I really want to make happen in the next six months, it will help me with both those goals. And whether I pivot on the approach, or I decide I don't care about that right now, and I want to focus on something else, that idea is so

• 12:17Mel Robbins?

  important, and most of the time, you do not take the time to do that. So whether you've set goals for this year or not, whether you're making progress on your goals or not, this workshop and the episode you're listening to, the perfect thing for you to spend time on today, because it will leave you with a big game for the next six months. So, go to melrobbins.com/makeithaben.

• 12:45Mel Robbins?

  Get your workbook. Get it. And please, share this episode and then share the workbook signup with absolutely everyone you know. What was so cool about the one that we did at the end of the year is so many of you filled out the year end planning guide with your family. Oh my God. And it made a huge difference. You actually got together. You did it in person and it improved the dynamic and the energy and the relationships in your family. I also saw so many of you online posting about it with your teams and your roommates and your friends. It was so cool. Well, guess what? This workshop, exact same power and possibility. Share it, share it, share it, because it's going to translate the clarity that you will have into action.

• 13:30Mel Robbins?

  And the truth is, there's no reason why you can't make these next six months amazing. There's no reason why you can't make big things happen. And that's exactly what this workshop is going to do. So please, share it. All right. Got it? Good. Let's jump into it. So that one question that will determine where you are in six months is this. What do you want to make happen in the next six months of your life? I'm going to ask that question again. What do you want to make happen in the next six months of your life?

• 14:11Mel Robbins?

  And I want you to really consider that. As I mentioned, I'm recording this in April. We're almost a third of the way through the year already. Just wrap your brain around that. Because six months is going to pass like that. What do you want to make happen in the next six months of your life?

• 14:40Mel Robbins?

  I'm going to ask you to just truly think about it. And I'm going to invite our sponsors to tell you a little bit about what they do, because they allow me to bring you this free workshop at zero cost. And as you listen to our sponsors, I want you to think about where you want your life to be six months from now. What do you want to make happen? And I'm going to be waiting for you, after a short break, to continue digging into your answer.

• 15:16Mel Robbins?

  Stay with me. Welcome back. It's your friend Mel Robbins, and today I'm asking you a question that will determine where you are in the next six months of your life. And it's a powerful question. And I want to remind you, if you have not downloaded the free workbook right here that goes with this workshop we're doing today, I want you to go to melrobbins.com/makeit happen. Get your hands on this workbook, because we are going to dig deep into this question.

• 15:55Mel Robbins?

  What do you want to make happen in the next six months of your life? And I keep saying that time is going to pass. We're a third of the way through the year already. And I want you to truly just think about how much time has gone by so fast. Like, it just seems like yesterday that it was New Year's. And the fact is, six months, it is going to just pass in the blink of an eye. When I think about the next six months, holy cow, my son, he's going to graduate from high school. Do you know how fast that time is going to go? We're going to fly through the spring. Graduation's going to be here, and then we're going to be into the summer. And next thing you know, I'm going to look up, and it's going to be fall, and we're

• 16:38Mel Robbins?

  going to be dropping him off at college. And wherever it is that you're watching this right now, or you're listening to my words, just take a minute and think about the next six months. In fact, close your eyes if you can, and time travel with me, six months from now.

• 17:03Mel Robbins?

  And imagine what you want your life to look like.

• 17:12Mel Robbins?

  For me, when I time travel ahead six months from right now, it's October.

• 17:20Mel Robbins?

  I'm turning 56.

• 17:23Mel Robbins?

  Chris and I will be empty nesters. One of our daughters will have moved to New York. The other one will be out in Los Angeles. Our son will be off at college.

• 17:36Mel Robbins?

  Where will you be?

• 17:39Mel Robbins?

  Six months from now?

• 17:42Mel Robbins?

  What's it feel like in your day to day life?

• 17:46Mel Robbins?

  What's happening in your career?

• 17:50Mel Robbins?

  How have your relationships or your friendships changed?

• 17:57Mel Robbins?

  Are you making more money?

• 18:01Mel Robbins?

  Has your health changed?

• 18:04Mel Robbins?

  Are you happier?

• 18:07Mel Robbins?

  Where are you?

• 18:10Mel Robbins?

  Did you move?

• 18:13Mel Robbins?

  I really want you to stop and visualize it.

• 18:23Mel Robbins?

  What do you want to make happen? In the next six months of your life? What do you want it to feel like?

• 18:37Mel Robbins?

  And as you really start to turn that over in your mind, I'm going to share with you some of the things that come to mind for me.

• 18:47Mel Robbins?

  And as I'm sharing the things that I see when I time travel forward, and I allow myself to imagine life six months from now, and I think about what do I want to make happen?

• 19:00Mel Robbins?

  I want you to continue to be in your own life six months from now. And in the workbook, which helps you dive deep into this question, you're going to see that there are five categories that define your life that will help you consider, what do you want to make happen in your life in the next six months? And these, by the way, are the same five categories that you used when we did the best year planning workshop, because these are the categories that make up your whole life. And those categories are health and wellness.

• 19:42Mel Robbins?

  What do you want to make happen as it relates to your health and wellness in the next six months? Second category, career, money, school. What do you want to make happen? You may be starting a new school. You may be starting a new career. Has your business taken off? Third category, relationships, love, friendship. What's going on in that area of your life six months from now? Happiness. I love this category because it's like hobbies and how you feel and your daily habits and what it's like at your home. Are you happier? God, I hope you're happier.

• 20:24Mel Robbins?

  And the final category is you really sit and contemplate that question. What do I want to make happen in the next six months of my life? Purpose, spirituality, meaning. Just really allow yourself to travel ahead. Here's a couple of things that jump out for me when I think about six months from now and it's October and I'm 56 and Chris and I are empty nesters. So in the area of happiness, that one kind of jumped out first. For me, when I go ahead six months... I immediately started to think about my home, probably because I said the word "empty nester," right? And as I'm walking around my home with Chris,

• 21:08Mel Robbins?

  and it's just us and the two dogs, something kind of funny popped into my mind. And this is one of the categories that you will be led through in your workbook to go deeper and journal on. But here's what jumped out for me with happiness. So I live in southern Vermont, and we have lived in this house that we have renovated, and I just love this place. And now we've lived here full-time for two years. Do you know there is not a single framed photo of anyone in my family on any wall of this house?

• 21:53Mel Robbins?

  And if I'm being perfectly honest, if I float through and I think about countertops or, you know, kind of those nice side tables that people have, or shelves, I don't have any photos there either. I mean, we've been living in this house for two years. And there's this one wall that is over a bench that we have in this breakfast area off the kitchen. And when we designed the house, you know what I always imagined? I imagined one of those beautiful picture walls. I don't know if you've ever been in somebody's house, or maybe this is your house, where you have one of those walls that is just so beautiful, where it's matching frames, and everything's lined up, and it's great photos of the family.

• 22:35Mel Robbins?

  I have always wanted a photo wall of the family. And when we designed the house, I'm like, "I am gonna hang photos there." Well, guess what? I've been thinking about that for two years. It hasn't happened. Why? Because things don't happen by accident. They happen because you make them happen. And so one thing I really do want to wake up and see that I have done in the next six months, because it's gonna make me happier, especially when Chris and I are empty nesters, is to walk into the breakfast area of the kitchen in October and see that that wall is done. That would make me happier, for real.

• 23:18Mel Robbins?

  Let me give you another example of something that comes to mind for me in the area of relationship, love, and friendship. When I time travel ahead six months, what do I want to make happen in that area of my life? This is very, very clear for me. I want to look back on these last six months and see that I spent a ton of time with our son Oakley, because I feel that I am in that moment. It's like a melting ice cube. It is disappearing. The time that I have with him is disappearing before my eyes. And so, it is super important to me, when I think about that area of my

• 24:00Mel Robbins?

  life, that in the next six months, I spend as much time with Oakley as I can, and I gotta make that happen. And you know what that's like. You kind of set this intention, and then you mean to do it, and then you don't do it. Why? Because life is busy. That's why you have to get serious about turning this into a project that you're going to make happen. I think about my parents. In the next six months, I want to spend more time with my parents. In fact, my dad has just gone through the situation where three of his friends have had these catastrophic things happen. Two have died, like suddenly,

• 24:43Mel Robbins?

  and one of them fell downstairs and like broke just about every single bone. And we know that that is a horrible thing to have happen. And my dad is turning 80 this year, and I want to spend more time with my parents in the next six months. I have to make that happen. And it's not going to happen by accident. It happens on purpose. So, the next category, if I travel ahead six months, is career, money, or school. I've got so much I want to do there, but what I gotta do first is take a short break, so we can hear a word from our amazing sponsors. But here's what's going to happen. I'm going to be waiting for you after the break. I want you to continue to think about that

• 25:24Mel Robbins?

  question. What do you want to make happen in the next six months of your life? And when we return, I'm going to share What I want to see happen in my life, what I'm going to make happen, I should say, in my career, because it's some pretty big stuff, and I know it's going to inspire you to think big, too. So stay with me. We'll be right back.

• 25:55Mel Robbins?

  Welcome back. It's your friend Mel Robbins, and I'm so thrilled that you're here. You're listening to a workshop about how you can make some amazing things happen in the next six months, that by October, when you look up, you will see things that you've done that make you so proud. And I've been asking you over and over this one question that's going to determine what happens in your life over the next six months. What do you want to make happen? Imagine that it's October, and I want you to think about your career, and think about money, or think about school, and allow yourself to drift to October and

• 26:37Mel Robbins?

  look up, what have you done that you're proud of? For me, when I think about where I am in October, holy smokes, I am going to publish my next book, The Let Them Theory. Yep, I'm writing a book about the let them theory, and it's coming out in mid-September, which means six months from now, I am going to be in the middle of a massive book launch. And that doesn't happen by accident. I got to plan for success, just like you need to plan for success. So that's going to have to be something I'm journaling about in this workbook. I got to get going on that. That's going to take a lot of work. And if you want more success in your career or in school, it's going to take work. And so let's start

• 27:22Mel Robbins?

  today in making that happen. Here's another thing I think about.

• 27:27Mel Robbins?

  I don't know if I've talked about this on the podcast or not with you guys, but I have this desire to launch a product company in the women's health space. You know, I mentioned that I'm in this super confusing supplement routine for my hormone balance. It's working, but it's so confusing that it has lit this fire inside me that I'm like, I gotta do something about this. I gotta simplify this. I gotta figure out something in this space to help everybody translate this confusing expert advice and all this supplement stuff. Like, I gotta do something. And six months from now, if I really get quiet and I time travel, and I go, what do I want to make happen?

• 28:11Mel Robbins?

  Here's what I see. I see that I have done the research on the space, that I've got a business plan sketched out, that I know where the funding is coming from, whether I'm gonna fund it or I'm raising money, and I also know who I'm gonna recruit to be the CEO of this thing. That's a lot, but that's what I see. And I can wish for it. I can want it, but that doesn't make it happen. If I truly want to make it happen, I gotta

• 28:51Mel Robbins?

  convert that wanting and wishing into a plan of action. And you know, what I'm realizing as I say this is something else, because those two things have come up in my career, this massive book launch for The Let Them Theory, which is coming out in mid-September, and this desire to spin off and launch this incredible company is that, you know how I said I had that goal of saving money? That that was part of the goal-setting that I did for best year?

• 29:23Mel Robbins?

  Here's what I'm realizing. I don't really care about saving money right now because I have too much going on. And the fact is, I have been saving money for years. I mean, like, I'm like a squirrel hoarding my nuts. I have been squirreling away money because, I'll tell you something, if you've ever faced bankruptcy, like I have, if you have ever been in such financial distress that you can't pay for groceries, like I have, you get to a point where you never let yourself do that again. And so, I have been saving for years. I'm extremely risk averse. I've lost so much money in the past that I am not

• 30:05Mel Robbins?

  going to let that happen again. But here's what I realize in this moment, as I'm talking to you, is that I don't care about making that a project right now. I don't care about making that happen because I already kind of do that anyway. And just being able to say that this isn't a priority, this is so liberating. Is there something that you created as a goal at the beginning of the year that you're realizing now that it's April, you're like, I actually don't really care about that. I just kind of said that, and I cared about it then, but the truth is, life has changed, or I realized the work that it's going to take, and I'm being honest with myself. Like, why have something on your list that you have no desire to make happen? So, here's another takeaway. Your

• 30:46Mel Robbins?

  friend Mel Robbins, I'm giving you permission, right now, as you go through your workbook, melrobbins.com/makeithappen, as you go through this workbook, there is a page in here where you can list out the things that were once a priority, that are just not a priority anymore. That is a moment of honesty that you need to have with yourself. Clear away the guilt. Seriously, clear it off your to-do list. Take it out of the best year goals, and create room for something that you care about, that you actually will make happen. And let me tell you why this matters. It matters because it's so easy to find yourself lulled into this kind of robotic autopilot mode in your life, right? Where one day...

• 31:32Mel Robbins?

  Blends into the next and you know, it's basically get up, go to work, come home, make dinner, clean the kitchen, go to bed, get up, go to work, come home, make dinner, clean the kitchen, go to get. It just like, what the hell? You've already forgotten what it is that you cared about because you're so exhausted. Next thing you know, you're like, wait, four months have gone by, six, it's October already and I didn't even do anything? Uh, not happening to you. Defining a game worth playing over the next six months will create meaning and excitement in your life. Sometimes the only thing that's missing from your life is a project that's worth getting out of bed for. I mean, think about

• 32:17Mel Robbins?

  it. When you have a kid that's playing a sport, right? And they're like driving towards the championship and a winning season, you're driving towards something and the fact that they're playing that big game of having a winning season, that creates excitement and meaning. When you're planning a wedding, when you're looking for a new apartment, when you're training for a marathon, when you're taking a class, it creates excitement and meaning. And don't look at these things that you want to make happen as a chore. That's not what the next six months of your life is about. You get to choose. This is an opportunity to infuse the next six months of your life with something better, something worth getting out of bed for, something worth not getting lulled into that, oh, get up,

• 33:01Mel Robbins?

  go to work, and just do the same old shit all the time. And look, you want to know what's so cool is that I've only covered the first few pages of the workbook for real. As I've asked you to time travel, as I've asked you to consider this question over and over and over again, what do you want to make happen in the next six months of your life? Think about these categories and the workbook is going to take you even deeper. This is such a gift to give to yourself. And look, I could keep going, but here's what I can feel. I can already feel your desire to download the workbook. I can feel your desire to start

• 33:41Mel Robbins?

  imagining some kind of project that you can take on and design for yourself, something that is going to make the next six months just awesome, something that you want to make happen. And look, it could be something that is kind of simple and crafty, like my photo wall. Do you know how happy I'm going to be that I actually made that happen? And it's going to take a lot more work than you would think. I gotta pick the photos, I gotta figure out the measurement, I gotta figure out the size. Like, it actually will take time. It sounds kind of stupid, but it doesn't matter if it sounds stupid to you. This is something that matters to me, and this is really important. If you want the next six months of your life to be awesome,

• 34:25Mel Robbins?

  you gotta pick something that is personally important to you. That if you were to work on it and see yourself chip away at it, it would give your life a sense of purpose. It would create some momentum. It would really infuse you with this energy and this enthusiasm. That's why this matters. Yes, we're going to talk all about how you translate this project into action. But first, I gotta get you to start dreaming a little bit. I gotta get you to define what would really help you come alive. And so here's how this is going to work. The second you go to melrobbins.com/makeithappen, you will see a little video from me welcoming you. You will get a copy of the workbook right there.

• 35:10Mel Robbins?

  And I've even taken the steps with my amazing team. You can download it, you can print it. We even have a low ink format. This is bright green and really colorful. You can do one in black and white. Or we've created an electronic format for you, too. All for free. That's all you have to do to be registered for this free workshop. Just go to melrobbins.com/makeithappen. And then what's going to happen is there are two in-depth video trainings. And those video trainings will help you translate this into action. I'm going to walk you through all the remaining exercises in the workbook in those videos. And I'm going to teach you a bunch of principles,

• 35:53Mel Robbins?

  some that are strategies that business consultants use with some of the top companies in the world. We're going to talk about a principle from physics called the domino effect that will teach you how to take action, how to get started, how to leverage momentum and fight inertia. And for everyone in your life who is graduating right now, this is an incredibly important thing for you to give them because it will help you define what you want to make happen in the next six months. Because think about graduation. Holy cow. You know what happens when graduation hits? Holy smokes. It's like tidal wave. And it sweeps you right into summer.

• 36:35Mel Robbins?

  And the next thing you know, you look up and six months is gone. This is also exactly what anyone in your life needs if they've been laid off, or if they're looking for a better job, or they're thinking about applying to graduate school, or they're launching a business. This workshop gives you the structure to define it, and then it will give you the tools and the teaching that you need to translate it to action. The difference between time moving forward without you and you moving forward with it is taking a minute right now to figure out what you want to make happen during that time.

• 37:15Mel Robbins?

  Just imagine how different you will feel if you look up and it's October and you aren't thinking about that side hustle, but it's actually up and running and it's making money. You know how proud you're going to be of yourself? Just as proud as I'm going to be when I walk into my kitchen and I sit down for a cup of coffee and I look up at the beautiful photo wall that I'd been thinking about for the last two years and I finally got off my rear end and I stopped thinking about it and I made it happen. That is what's available to you, to stop talking and to start doing, to stop wishing and wanting, and to start creating. That's what we're doing here.

• 37:59Mel Robbins?

  And all you need to do is go to melrobbins.com/makeithappen and get yourself set up. And I'm going to be there to support you with the two video trainings and this free workbook where we are going to help you master going from thought to action.

• 38:17Mel Robbins?

  That's how you do it. And I want you to make the next six months absolutely amazing. Because there's nobody like you. Nobody. And that's why I'm here. Because I'm not going to let all that incredible impact and momentum and energy and ideas and heart and spirit and the difference that you can make for yourself, for your family, for the community and for the world around you go to waste. So, why not take this opportunity to make something incredible happen in the next six months? Download the workbook, do the exercises, be honest with yourself, and let's make something amazing happen by October.

• 38:59Mel Robbins?

  And in case no one else tells you, I wanted to make sure that I tell you that I love you and I believe in you. And I believe in your ability to create a better life. Now go use these free tools, define it, and let me help you make it happen. Alrighty, I'll talk to you in a few days. Welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. Oh my God, let me start. In my gut, here we go. Deep breath. Where are we going? Sorry, one second. The computer just got off. Oh, sorry. No problem. I got my hand on my shirt for a good cut for Jesse.

• 39:42Mel Robbins?

  I'm not moving, doing my statue mode. I don't know, let's see. Alright, here's the new, this is going to the top, the new one, I'm giving Jesse the wave signal hand thing. Okay, great. Okay, great, let's do it. Let's try it one more time. Great, great, great, great. Okay, here we go. Hold on a second. Does this make sense? Yes. Oh, it does? Okay, great. And this, what's the difference? Okay. Oh, I got it, I got it, I got it, I got it. Okay, you ready? I don't think so. I think we kind of like did it, boom, boom, boom. Great job, everybody. Great.

• 40:32Mel Robbins?

  Oh, and one more thing. And no, this is not a blooper. This is the legal language. You know what the lawyers write and what I need to read to you. This podcast is presented solely for educational and entertainment purposes. I'm just your friend. I am not a licensed therapist and this podcast is not intended as a substitute for the advice of a physician, professional coach, psychotherapist, or other qualified professional. Got it? Good. I'll see you in the next episode.