We all have our ebb and flow. This time of year, though, typically marks the start of the ebb. School starts, numbers from last year’s sales get thoroughly reviewed and new strategies implemented, we’re kicking ourselves to meet our new year’s resolutions. It all adds to a busy lifestyle.
I’ve had the ebb of life smash me against the wall enough times to learn two valuable necessities to making the ebb more bearable.
1. Have plans ahead of time, before you schedule all your work deadlines and meetings. Make it so you work around scheduled times of fun and freedom. Not the other way around. It’s essential you make the plans now. It’s easier to cancel them than it is to plan them a week in advance while you’re already feeling behind on work. And even if you have to cancel last-minute, it’s the idea of having something to look forward to that makes all the time leading up to the last-minute cancel worth it.
2. Have a playful, maybe even pointless habit. For me, I make sure to do a word search or some type of brain game every day. Sometimes what stands between you making it through the ebb and just crashing is a little habitual, grounding nonsense. Doodle. Juggle. Play with legos. Make it weird. Make it you.
Stay Positive & Prepared, Always
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