Confession: I missed scheduled calls this weekend because time got away from me. Partly because I thought to myself “there is no way I’ll forget, don’t need to put it on my calendar” and partly it was the weekend. Lesson learned

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For sure. That reminds me of another coaching point I got …

This makes me feel better. But also like it won’t get better haha

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This is literally me every day. Oh I won't forget and then proceeds to forget. Or I set an alarm and then when it goes off Ic an't remember why I set it or what it was for. It drives me insane lol.

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