Sarah Burgin - Minimal Effort

The beginning of the year - The best time to reflect on the previous year!

Okay, So to start with I'm just going to throw it out there and say WOW, I'm literally blown away by the response I received with my first Blog post. I honestly didn't expect that amount of support from everyone and as I've logged on today to write another one, it said I've had over 860 views! I just want to say thank you so much for taking time out to read my blog! I'm so happy!

Now the hard part... trying to top the first one! haha!

Here it goes!

Well lets just say December has been an interesting crazy month! So much has happened and today 1st January I thought would be the best day to reflect on everything that has happened over the past year. I'm just going to start off with December.. Me and my Boyfriend Jason have had a crazy month. We put an offer in on our first dream home, it was accepted and now we just have to wait until the 4th for the paperwork to all be finalised! It honestly wasn't as straight forward as that, I wish it was, but this month has been hugely stressful but we received the best news on Boxing day! This still dent feel real and I'm so excited to just get moved in and have our very own first home together with Reg our boxer dog.

In December, I also got to interview one of my biggest inspirations within my business, his name is Kenton Worthington and he lives in Utah, America. Kenton has such an great aura, he's kind and willing to help and inspires everyone! Kenton has been in the business since he was 28 but was first introduced to network marketing when he was 22. He is in the $5million circle earner since 2012 and has been a Team Elite since 2008. He came on one of our conference calls where I had the privilege to interview him with over 150 people listening in. The feedback we received after was amazing and I'm so happy I was able to tick that off my list of things to do!

A few other things that happened in December was that I registered my business as a Limited Company which is a huge milestone for me and a great achievement. To think only after 2 and a half years I'm now able to have my own limited company at 26 feels amazing! My friend also got me and a few other friends Justin Bieber tickets, I'm so excited, but I'm sure for a lot of you, you don't feel the same haha! I was able to spend New Years with some of my good friends, I wasn't exactly barrels of fun (due to having the flu) but we had Secret Santa and the presents this year were amazing. My friends Carrie even made a 'Pimp your Prosecco' table where we could add different fruits to our Prosecco, it was so much fun! Jason was Ill over Christmas and then he gave it to me over New Years so the past 4 days I've spent in bed watching documentaries, which actually leads me to another 'new' thing. I've decided to go Vegan, or at least give it a go! I watched a few documentaries but there was 2 which really stood out for me. One called 'Cowspiracy' and another called 'Food Matters' which are both on Netflix. If you haven't seen these already, I'd definitely recommend watching them as they were both huge eye openers for me! I'll have to keep you up to date with how this is going as I know its going to be super hard! I'm taking it slow, so to start with I'm cutting out dairy and replacing milk for soya! Another HUGE milestone within my business was that I have been rewarded an all expense paid trip to Miami for me and Jason in March 2017! I'm over the moon as this was a goal I set back last year and I've been working towards it all year. To finally have it in the bag along with loads of my business patterns and friends is an amazing felling!! My team this month have done amazing and its inspiring to see everyone reach their goals!

So that's all for December (see why I said it was crazy!) now moving on to the past year, reflecting, what I'm super grateful for and all my goals which I've achieved in 2015... (Sorry if I've repeated myself)

Brought a new car (not my dream car, that will be this year 2016)
Brought a MacBook Air
Brought a new iPhone 6s
Qualified for an all inclusive holiday to Miami for me and a partner being paid for by the company I'm partnered with
Cleared up my acne
Overcome my fear of public speaking (never presented before March 2015)
Presented to over 600 people
Reached my freedom number within 5 months of writing it down (gave myself a year to reach this)
Reached Gold executive
Reached Lapis executive
Reached Ruby executive
Reached Emerald executive
Reached Diamond executive (1 away from the top of the comp plan)
Saved over £25k for investment and deposit for a house
Brought our first home
Holiday to Mauritius
Holiday to south of France
Working holiday/training in Marbella
Holiday to Mallorca
Went to global convention in Utah and was recognised on stage in front of 15,000 people for reaching Emerald Executive, when in actual fact I reached Diamond, but at this point had no clue!
Full time in my business being my own boss and helping others do the same (last year I had 1 weekend away to Amsterdam for mine and my partners b-day, I couldn't afford time off work being self employed and was too busy to take time off)
Made the bestest of friends
Work around my lifestyle, instead of fitting my lifestyle around my work
My business turned into a global business without evening visiting more than half the places where my business is growing
Interviewed a huge inspiration of mine
Started my first blogMy makeup work featured in Wonderland magazine for an Alexander McQueen shoot
Worked on a film set doing the makeup for another film
Justin Bieber tickets
More family time and being able to pick my niece up from school
Multiple of rubies plus in my organisation
Took off over 2 weeks off work over Christmas. This is the first time I've ever had time off over this period, so grateful to spend it with friends and family!
Met some of the most amazing people globally and have built lifelong friendships!

Now this isn't to brag about what I've achieved because to be honest it all still feels like a big dream. It's so show that what I'm doing is real and it's working and it's down to hard work an commitment! I'm just so thankful that Jason put me in to contact with Emma who literally changed my life in so many personal ways and I can't thank them both enough and to my team who have literally put the UK on the map within our business!

What a crazy year! Here's to a bigger and better 2016, as they say...
'start as you mean to go on!'
I'm working from my phone, in bed, with the flu! This business gives me the freedom to work from home even when I'm sick! I've rewritten my goals and I'm looking forward to reflecting on them on January 1st 2017 to see how far I've come again.

Happy new year 🎉 I hope you all achieve what you want in 2016!
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