The holiday season can be overwhelming (even without the normal demands of life and business).
It’s a common theme that’s come up in my coaching sessions. The year-end is also a natural time to look back on our goals, what we've accomplished, and for many, that means feeling like there’s still so much left undone—hello, more overwhelm!
With everything stacked on your already overflowing plate, it may be a good time to take a pause for some rest, recovery and self-validation:
1. move, eat, hydrate, sleep, repeat: Let’s go back to the basics (because we often overlook them, thinking other things are more important because their urgency is more obvious). I invite you to pause and actually answer these questions:
Do you get adequate sleep? What's the quality of your sleep?
How much water are you drinking throughout the day?
What type(s) of fitness and movement do you incorporate?
When’s the last time you did something just for you?
What are the ways you can create boundaries to protect your energy and time this season?
choose one thing from this list that you could improve.
2. celebrate your wins: It’s easy to focus on what’s not working, what we haven’t achieved or all the things we haven’t checked off our ‘to-do’ list. But what if, instead, you took a moment to pause, reflect, and embrace all the things you have done to make it all happen? Practice capturing weekly wins in your journal. give yourself credit for all of the extra to-do’s you have on our plate this time of year. you deserve it.
3. give yourself permission to be human: accept your emotions, including fear, overwhelm, sadness, and anxiety. rejecting them only leads to frustration.
4. simplify your life: focus on one thing at a time and reduce multitasking. remember, your productivity is not tied to your worth. It’s also perfectly acceptable to readjust certain goals or deadlines you’ve set to better align with your current circumstances.
5. prioritize your simple wants: whatever that means for you (taking a walk, being in nature and so on). Oftentimes, we overshoot trying to “keep up” with everyone else around us. Spend two hours per week on hobbies.
you are enough, you're doing enough and you're exactly where you’re supposed to be. ♥️
