Show Self Compassion
Learn more about my 7th practical action in escaping the overwhelm, self compassion!
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Boundaries
Delegate well
One of the ways we can stay overwhelmed is when we try to keep doing everything ourselves. Even if some tasks only take you a few minutes, those minutes add up! When you have really considered those “desire zone” activities and your “ideal week,” then it’s time to start delegating well. Some of those activities
Create an ideal week
It often takes a while for us to get to the point of “overwhelm” so it makes sense that it will take some time to escape the overwhelm. Our next practical action is proactively creating your own “ideal week” (thank you again, Michael Hyatt and Company!) This action creates boundaries and margin to guide your
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Prioritize “desire zone” activities
When was the last time you reviewed your weekly activities? Are you doing things you enjoy doing? Are you doing things you are good at doing? Or are you spending most of your time focused on things that you either don’t enjoy, aren’t good at doing – or both?! If we are going to escape
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The Powerful Pause
Why do we always think we need to immediately respond with a “yes” when someone asks us to do something? How often do we find ourselves regretting that quick “yes” when we actually look at the rest of our schedule and commitments? If we are going to escape the overwhelm, we must activate our “pause
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Escape the Overwhelm
As a coalition leader, is there ever a time when you don’t feel busy? Do you feel like you are running from one meeting (zoom) to the next and never really have time to DO any of the work you would like to do? Are you weary and wondering if it is possible for you
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Change: Do what fills your cup
For the last 12 weeks, we have focused on managing and reacting to change. We continue to experience unprecedented change and will be practicing trying new things and making adjustments. For the last several days, I took time off work. I really stepped away and have not even checked email! I read some books, spent
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Change: Take the time to pause
We are all bombarded by requests for our time. During this time of continual change, it often takes more time than it used to in order to accomplish even the “little” things. When our colleagues, partners, coalitions, family members and friends ask us for something, we often have a sense of urgency in responding either
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Don’t be so hard on yourself
For the last 7 weeks, we have talked a lot about your “yes”, “no”, “ideal week” and staying true to yourself. We have also seen a major upheaval in every day life in the past two weeks with COVID-19. Even if you are practicing these habits often, sometimes you are going to still make decisions
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Staying true to your “yes” and your “no”
How often do you say “yes” and stick to it- especially when that is a “yes” as an appointment to yourself? Or maybe you say “no” I do not have time and yet you try to figure out how to move everything around to make something work for someone else? We can schedule time and
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