Which Season Are You In?

Are you in a season of managing chaos or CONQUERing chaos?

Did you even know there was a difference?

I’ll answer first! May was definitely a season of pure unadulterated MANAGEMENT. I’m sharing all the tea 🍵 in this blog post so if you’re naturally nosey AND have been wondering where the hell I’ve been, this article is for you.

In this blog post, I talk about:

1. Everything my husband and I were able to accomplish in May
2. The difference between managing vs. CONQUERing your chaos
3. How I’ve become a better manager of my chaos because of the CONQUER method and so much more…

Consider this article an inside look into what really goes on behind the scenes of my life and business.

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As I was saying, May was a whirlwind. I want to take some time to paint you a picture of what happened.

It started off with me moving from Pittsburgh, PA to El Paso, TX to be with my husband. That decision was made abruptly and I was on a flight a week after discussing it with Ilya, so that was pretty intense.

That move NEEDED to happen for the sake of our sanity and our marriage.

Once I arrived I was on a mission- a job hunting mission that is. As a result, I applied to over 20 jobs online, and probably closer to 50 jobs if you include half of April.

During this time, I onboarded a new one-on-one coaching client who I am obsessed with! She’s that dream client everyone prays for. Honestly, I’ve been blessed in this department, because it seems all of my clients are the best of the best. Not only did she enroll in one of my courses, she enrolled in three different offers. So it’s been crazy managing all of the different deliverables for her. Fun is a better word to describe it, but you can imagine how much work comes with that.

Things didn’t stop there…

We also onboarded a new full-time intern! Shout out to my Integrator Kristel, who has been so amazing in helping me properly onboard our new intern. Riza couldn’t have come at a better time, because we really needed her.

During all of this, I was also tasked with managing design projects for another client. So, it’s been really intense, to say the least.

Do you think it stopped there?

Think again…

About half way through the month of May, God saw fit to bless with me with an opportunity to work with one of my favorite favorite entrepreneurs, Audria Richmond, Marketing Strategist and CEO of UnCloned® Media. I accepted the position of Program Success Manager and she asked me to start right away on May 16, 2022.

When I tell you all everything happened faster than the speed of light, that is hardly an exxageration.

Do you want to guess what happened next?

Well, during the interview, Audria revealed that ideally she wanted to build a local team. For those who don’t know, Audria’s business is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Where was I at the time? EL PASO, TEXAS

So, what do you think I told her?

Basically, I said “say less sis, I’m there.” 😅 Seriously, I am not even kidding. When I make a decision I fully commit!

We’ll come back to what I had to do to prepare for said relocation.

Shortly after being hired, I took a one week trip to Las Vegas to attend the Licensing Expo and White Label Expo with Audria, her husband, Calvin, their daughter, and a couple of her mastermind clients. It was a really fun time and I’m so happy I went because I learned so much, but that was really intense because I had less than week to prepare for that trip as well.

Are you seeing a pattern here?

Then! I flew back to El Paso from that Las Vegas trip, had the hubby pack up the car, and I drove by myself from El Paso, TX to Atlanta, GAwith stops in Dallas and Memphis along the way. 🥴🤯

Remember when I said we’d come back to how I planned to relocate to GA to work locally with Audria? Well, to top it all off, while all these trips were taking place, my husband and I were working with a Realtor, Ashley Isabel to find a home. Within two weeks of contacting Ashley, we made an offer and went under contract for our very first home! Talk about exciting and divine speed! Especially in this market!

Can we just sit with that for a moment? In the 2022 market, Ilya and I were able to work with a Realtor to find our first home only two weeks after starting our search! Again, all of this happened in the month of May.

Chaotic is an understatement when it comes to how to accurately describe this, right?

All of my productivity training could not have prepared me for a month like this. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:

This was truly nothing but God, period point blank bottom line, I had nothing. I had nothing to do with it. I just kind of showed up and God did the rest.

I don’t even understand how I was able to have the capacity and the bandwidth to do so much. There’s no other way to describe it really. So if you’re subscribed to my newsletter, follow me on social, or listen to the podcast and you were wondering why I’ve been MIA, now you know that your girl has been over here, going through all the phases of life! 😅

So I’ve been busy productive to say the least.

I have a job now and I still have my own business to run. I’m managing multiple hats all while traveling and managing logistics. It’s all been so incredibly empowering and enlightening, because I didn’t realize how much I needed, the shift and the change.

So, while things have been happening really fast, everything has been happening for our good. And by our I mean, my husband and I.

That said, something occurred to me, while life was moving at such a rapid pace:

There are seasons when you can CONQUER your chaos and seasons when all you can do is manage the chaos.

I felt like this was a very short season of simply managing the chaos because to conquer it felt impossible. Sure, there were productive moments. If there weren’t, we wouldn’t have been able to accomplish so much. But truthfully, all I could do was manage my chaotic schedule.

Routines were abandoned

Some boundaries were ignored

Plans were altered

Visions were reimagined

Systems were temporarily sabotaged.

But here’s what I want you to notice…

Amidst all the chaos, some major shit still got done! (By the grace of God)

Within my capacity was:

The art of knowing when to prioritize what

When to break the rules

When to make moves based on intuition (AKA God’s whisper)

When to base them on logic

It also helped that my husband is thebombdotcom and my Integrator Kristel, is literally a Godsend. Love them both!

Anyway, I wanted to share all of this with you all because I know it is NOT possible to CONQUER your chaos all the time, but let me tell you something:

The only reason I knew how to manage my chaos is because I had done the work required to conquer it at one point.

So, the experience I’ve had conquering my own chaotic schedule, and helping others conquer theirs has made me a better manager. While this was definitely a season of management, it has taught me so much about my capacity and what God is capable of doing in my life when I release the aspects of life of which I have no control, and just like let go and let God as the hubby so eloquently puts it.

I hope this empowers you this month because truly anything is possible. We have to believe and we have to move. Remember, motivation derives from being in motion. We have to move with a sense of urgency and intention, and that’s what I’ve been doing.

All of this, from moving from Pittsburgh to El Paso, applying to dozens of jobs, onboarding new clients, onboarding a new intern, managing design projects, getting hired, taking a week-long trip to Las Vegas to attend expos, flying from Vegas to El Paso, packing up my car, driving from El Paso to Atlanta with stops in Dallas and Memphis, finding a realtor, finding a home, going under contract, etc. All of this happened in a month’s time. 🤯🥴

And no:

My routines couldn’t save me.

My boundaries couldn’t save me.

My plans were altered

Dreams were reimagined

Systems were temporarily disrupted

I’m talking about my self care systems, my personal systems, and my professional systems, they were all disrupted during this time, but somehow, shit still got done. I believe that is deeply rooted in the fact that I’ve done the CONQUERing part so many times before, that when I enter into a season, where all I can do is manage, I’ve become a better manager as a result.

And again, God! I can’t stress that enough, because all of this was divine timing and alignment. I simply can’t take credit for everything. But I just wanted to share this with you, because I want you to know that sometimes productivity isn’t pretty. Sometimes, productivity is rough around the edges. Sometimes, productivity is just plain ugly. I don’t know how else to describe it.

I want you to know that even though we talk about the CONQUER Method as it relates to: customizing your rebel routines; overcoming your overwhelm by establishing boundaries; narrowing your focus; quit prioritizing shallow tasks; up-leveling your systems; elevating and evaluating your environment; and recording your efforts daily, that’s the pretty way to do productivity.

But sometimes, we have to get real ugly with it, if that makes sense. 😅

I hope this is really resonating with you, because I don’t ever want you to feel like as you’re going through your day, week, and month, and things are starting to feel of out of control that you have to abandon all ambitions, throw all the goals away, and just give up.

No, just keep moving and play the cards you’ve been dealt. Focus on all of the things you can control. Move within the parameters that have been set and don’t be afraid to let go and let God do the rest. I hope right now you’re thinking:

Thank you, Kierra. Thank you for giving me permission to simply manage my chaos.

Now, I do want you to hear what I said before, the only reason I was able to be a better manager of my chaos is because I’ve CONQUERed my chaos so many times before using my signature CONQUER method.

When the CONQUER method is woven into the fabric of your day to day life, it is really hard to abandon those habits whenever chaos decides to knock on your door. So, what you’re going to do is greet that chaos with open arms because you know, that it’s temporary. You know that you’re not going to be in this state of chaos forever.

But a lot of you right now are not even managing your chaos. You’re getting swallowed up by it. It’s consuming you. Your chaos is consuming you and so if you want to be prepared to manage chaos when you have no other option, my advice is to learn how to CONQUER it and the way to do that is to follow the CONQUER Method and that is why I created the CONQUER Your Chaos Crash Course so that you can be equipped with the tools you need to reclaim your most precious commodities: your time, your energy, and your attention.

I want you to go check out the Conquer your Chaos Crash Course by clicking here, because I designed it for those of you who are being consumed by your chaos. You’re not managing it well, you’re definitely not conquering it, you’re being consumed by it and I want to help! Why? Because, I know what’s on the other side of action for you. I know the relief you’re going to feel at the end of the course, because it’s what so many of my clients have felt.

Take my client Laurelle for example, she said,

Thank you for helping me focus and become more consistent. You’ve actively listened and allowed me to give you a backstory on how I’ve ended up here, I’m excited to have someone like you who understands exactly where I am, and knows how to help me make a difference in other’s lives. Without feeling clueless as to what task I should be tackling, I appreciate your transparency, and the energy that you bring on every call. I’m excited about my new productive lifestyle, I now know about the things that can be simplified, and my overwhelm can be conquered.

Charnae said,

5/5 life changing beyond my expectations! This course has really opened my mind to recognizing the countless possibilities that each day holds when you become intentional with how you spend your time, energy and attention. Before going through this course, I felt stuck as if I was going through the motions. The amazing coaching I received from Kierra really helped me pay closer attention to how I spent my time as a result, it changed my relationship with time and productivity. I used to think productivity was equivalent to just checking tasks off the To-Do lists, but I realized it encompasses so much more than that.

There you have it, folks, this course has already changed the lives of so many of my clients, and I know that it can do the same for you. So don’t delay. Go ahead and enroll in CONQUER Your Chaos Crash Course today. I promise you will not regret it. I hope this article really inspires you to continue to move forward on your journey.

If you made it this far, you’re the real MVP.