Remember Monday when I asked you:

Are you starting or nah?

Well...

I wasn’t asking just to be nosy. 😂

Because I’ve been thinking about how easily this part of the year can disappear.

September hits.

Then here comes October.

We blink and it’s Thanksgiving.

Then somebody puts Mariah Carey on the radio and suddenly everybody is buying planners and saying...

“2027 is going to be MY year.” 🙄

Girl.

We still have FOUR MONTHS left in this one!

And no, I’m not about to tell you that you need to make up for everything you didn’t do from January through August.

We JUST spent an entire month getting rid of that foolishness.

Remember, you aren’t behind.

But that doesn’t mean we’re going to use grace as an excuse to sit here until January either.

So...

The Great Lock-In is back.

If you were here last year, you may remember this.

Every week through December, I’m giving you ONE challenge.

Not seventeen things to add to your already full life.

One.

Some weeks we’ll work on your time.

Some weeks we’re going to deal with fear.

We’re going to talk boundaries, visibility, money, rest, actually finishing something instead of opening another tab...

You know. The stuff that determines whether the business in your head ever becomes a business in real life.

And here’s what I really want you to understand.

The Great Lock-In is not about grinding for the next four months.

No ma’am.

You have a job.

You have a family.

Some of you are caring for aging parents.

Some of y’all are trying to figure out why your body has suddenly declared war on sleep, concentration, and your internal thermostat.

Hello, midlife. 🥴

We are not pretending any of that doesn’t exist.

The goal is to practice showing up for your calling inside the life you actually have.

That’s it!

Because by December 31, I don’t need you saying...

“I should’ve done more.”

I want you looking back saying...

“I DID THAT!”

We start Monday.

And I’m starting you SMALL.

Like “your brain may try to tell you this doesn’t count” small.

Good.

That’s part of the challenge.

Before Monday, though, I want you to do one thing.

Decide that you’re in.

That’s it.

Hit reply and say:

I’m locking in.

Yes, I really want you to reply to this email. 🤭

Talk to ya Monday.

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Rooting for you always,

Monique

P.S. Four months from now is coming whether you move or not. We might as well have something to show for it.

P.P.S. One more thing.

I’m also building Bigger Calling Collective, the Christian business community I wish more women over 40 had when they started.

A place where you can turn your experience, skills, and ideas into a coaching business without pretending you don’t have a whole life happening at the same time.

But I don’t want to build the community I think you need.

I want us to build the community we’ve been looking for.

So before I finalize the trainings, coaching, and resources inside, will you take my quick 2-minute anonymous survey?

[Help Me Build Bigger Calling Collective] TYIA 🤍

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Monique Addison-Stinson

Founder Business Church Life​

I show Christian women over 40 how to package their skills into Kingdom work and get paid for it.

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