Guided journaling · 6 monthsCut
the Crap

Everyone knows what they should be doing. Almost nobody does it. The difference is not talent, or luck, or circumstances. It is the courage to tell yourself the truth, every day, five minutes, with no audience.

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Cover of Cut the Crap, a guided journal by Alexandra Guimarães

144days, each with a written question of its own
24weeks, focus page on Sunday, review on Saturday
8of the author’s own questions, rotating through the book
3areas scored every month: Work, Relationships, Me

Why

A ruled notebook changes nobody.

The blank page works for people who already have the habit. For everyone else, and that is almost everyone, the blank page is what keeps the notebook shut by day five.

Here the question is already written. Open the day’s page, read it, write. Five minutes. If the question does not serve you, ignore it: the page is still yours.

Inside

What every page gives you

These are real pages from the book, not mock-ups.

A daily page with the question at the top
The daily pageThe question at the top, seventeen lines, and at the foot the next step and one thing you are grateful for.
A weekly focus page
The weekly focusOn Sunday: the week’s question, the focus, three priorities and what you will stop doing.
A monthly review page with a 0 to 10 scale
The monthly review0 to 10 across the three areas, six times over six months. That is what shows you the movement.
A drawing page with an empty frame
The drawing pagesIf you were already in the balance you want, what would it look like? Draw it at the start. And again at the end.

The method

The 8 questions

I have used these on myself for years. They apply to any situation causing you pain or discomfort. In the book, each one opens three different weeks.

  1. What might be missing in this situation?
  2. Am I defending something right now?
  3. What is the gift, the lesson, the blessing?
  4. What is this experience offering me?
  5. Am I resisting? Where do I feel it in my body?
  6. Am I expressing love or fear?
  7. What spirit, what strength can I invite in right now?
  8. If it is love, how can I pass it on here and now?

Who it is for

Made for people who already have results and feel stuck.

  • Leaders and executives with a full calendar and a crowded head
  • Business owners who are reacting instead of deciding
  • Professionals who got what they wanted and found it was not enough
  • Anyone who tried a blank notebook and quit by day five

The author

Alexandra Guimarães

Business, Leadership & Performance Master Coach and a Senior Leader on Tony Robbins’ global team, where she is the Official Portuguese-language Coach.

Born in Trás-os-Montes, in northern Portugal, she had her first business at seven. She holds a degree in Financial Management and a master’s in Clinical Mycology, and built a career of more than 21 years in the pharmaceutical industry. She started at the bottom as a medical sales representative, rose to management and then to running business areas, always in roles of major responsibility. She has worked full time since 2016 developing leaders, executives and business owners. In 2020, after an executive coaching programme, everything changed.

Eighty per cent of results come from psychology and twenty per cent from strategy. You work on the person first. The tools come second.

Questions

Do I have to write every day?

No. The point is not a perfect collection of days, it is the habit. Miss a day, carry on the next one. It says so in the rules on page 3.

What if I am not a writer?

You do not need to know how to write. You need to show up. Nobody reads this but you, and if you censor yourself here you are wasting the exercise.

How long does it take each day?

Five minutes. Two more on Sunday for the weekly focus page, and three more on Saturday for the review.

I already keep a journal. Is this different?

A journal is a blank page waiting for inspiration. This is a six-month path with written questions, weekly reviews, a monthly score across three areas and pages to draw on. The structure is the product.

And after the six months?

You go back to the beginning and compare the scores you gave on day one with today’s. The book closes with that page, and with a drawing to set beside the one you made at the start.

You do not need to know how to write.
You need to show up.

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