2019 Goals

March 5, 2019 by ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~ Leave a Comment

I don’t usually write down my goals.

I know I should.

Writing them down helps to program our brain and make our goals more likely to happen, or something like that.

Last year I wanted to accomplish a down-dog yoga pose, and have my heels touch the ground.

I wrote it down but it took me until the second week of 2019 to accomplish that feat.

While that goal didn’t get accomplished in the time frame that I desired it wasn’t a failure. If I’d have done yoga more often, I likely would have gotten there in less time.

I decided to write down a few things I’d like to get done in 2019, in hopes that by writing them down, as I did for my yoga goal last year, I’ll keep myself on a better track.

These goals are yoga, photography, and horse related and in order to make them happen, I’ll have to keep working on me — to be the best me I can be. In the past, my anxiety had literally been crippling me. I feel confident in nailing these goals, now that my anxiety is under control.

I want to finish filling my WPRA Permit. Last year I won almost $100 towards filling it. This year I just need to do more work, ride my horse faster and ride more horses here at home to make that happen. Only $923 dollars to go!
Enter an American Qualifier and make the Semi-Finals.*
Make the short round at the BBR finals in April. Ideally I’d like to make the fast 50, but I’ll take a short-round berth even if it’s the top 55!
Fill my August Photography Workshop and Women’s Retreat. April’s retreat is already full!
Do a forward-fold and be able to touch my nose to my knees. The flexibility I’ll gain from this will be much appreciated!

What goals do you have for 2019? Did you write them down? Do you believe that writing out your goals helps to make them a reality?

Happy Trails!

*I may need a sponsor to make this happen!

About ~The South Dakota Cowgirl~

Jenn Zeller is the creative mind and boss lady behind The South Dakota Cowgirl. She is an aspiring horsewoman, photographer, brilliant social media strategist and lover of all things western.

After a brief career in the investment world to support her horse habit (and satisfy her mother, who told her she had to have a “real” job after graduating college), she finally took the leap and stepped away from a regular income; trading the business suit once and for all for cowgirl boots, a hat, and jeans. She has not looked back.

When Jenn first moved to The DX Ranch on the South Dakota plains, she never imagined she’d find herself behind a camera lens capturing an authentic perspective of ranching, and sharing it with others. Jenn has always been called to artistry, and uses music, writing, images, home improvement, and her first true love of horses to express her ranching passion.

Horses are the constant thread and much of her work centers around using her unique style of writing to share her horsemanship journey with others in publications such as CavvySavvy, the AQHA Ranching Blog, the West River Eagle, the family ranch website, and her own website.

Using photography to illustrate her stories has created other opportunities -- Jenn’s brand “The South Dakota Cowgirl” has grown to the level of social media “Influencer”. This notoriety has led to work with Duluth Trading Company, Budweiser, Wyoming Tourism, Vice, Circle Z Ranch and Art of the Cowgirl, to name a few. She also serves as a brand ambassador for Woodchuck USA, Arenus Equine Health, Triple Crown Feed and Just Strong fitness apparel. Her photography has been featured by Instagram, Apple, TIME Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Oprah Magazine. Jenn’s work has been published internationally, has been seen in several books and has graced the covers of several magazines.

Jenn became a social media influencer by accident when she started to explore Instagram as a way to share her life on the ranch with folks that don’t get to experience it. It’s grown into an incredible platform that she uses to empower women, create an environment for self improvement and share life on the ranch.

When she’s not working, she loves to drink coffee, play with her naughty border collie named Copper, start ranch colts, and run about the country chasing cans. Her mother still thinks she doesn’t have a “real” job.