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Up-Level Your Life with Mindy
Up-Level Your Life with Mindy
Riding the Waves of Life: How to Stay Grounded Through Emotional Ups and Downs
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When life feels chaotic, uncertain, or just plain hard—what do you do? In this episode, I share personal stories and simple, soul-centered tools to help you ride the emotional waves instead of getting swept away. You'll learn how to tune into your nervous system, create space for what you’re feeling, and gently move toward clarity and calm—without bypassing or pretending everything’s fine.
✨ Whether you’re a parent, a healer, or simply a human riding out a tough season, this episode will leave you feeling seen, soothed, and supported.
🎧 Listen now to learn:
- What it really means to “ride the wave” of your emotions
- How your nervous system responds to stress, and what to do about it
- Why regulating yourself is the first step toward feeling aligned again
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Introduction to Uplevel Your Life
Speaker 1hey , friends , this is your host , mindy duff , and you're listening to up level your life with mindy , your number one personal growth podcast that will bring you closer to uncovering your greatest self . As a certified holistic health and nutrition coach , I created this podcast for anyone who desires to improve physically , emotionally and spiritually . I'll be interviewing experts and sharing tips and tricks that have helped not only my clients , but that have guided me on my own transformational journey . I believe that we all have a greatness that lies within . We just need to uncover it . Are you ready to level up ? Then let's begin . Hi everyone , and welcome back to Uplevel your Life with Mindy .
Speaker 1I am your host , mindy Duff , and today I wanted to do an episode on resistance , and I've I've done this before . I'm sorry . No , I'm not sorry because I've got new information for you , um , so if you're somebody that is like really like , oh , tell me
Experiencing Creative Resistance
Speaker 1more about resistance . And this episode isn't enough . I know , I know I've got at least one more episode on here , um , but it keeps coming for me and I'm sure that I'm not alone in this , and I just wanted to share some new insights that I've had recently . So I would say maybe oh , I don't know , a week and a half , maybe two weeks , a week and a half , two weeks ago , I was experiencing some pretty what I would call strong resistance towards working on some projects as relates to my work , some creative projects , and it was bizarre to me because I , just days ahead , had felt so inspired and excited and energized by these projects and I just had all these ideas and I just couldn't , you know , what am I even going to work on first ? I can't even choose which one . And then , all of a sudden , it's like I just woke up one day and was like meh , I just was . It was so weird to me and I know this has happened to me before , um , and it's so strange because it's almost as if I can't even remember what I was even working on . Like that's , that seems weird to me . Me , um , it is a little weird , uh .
Speaker 1But so I got um to digging a little bit and I don't know if you're familiar with human design , got a podcast episode on that too . If you're not , um , but I'm going to be throwing out some human design terms . If you're not familiar with human design , just don't worry about it . You , you don't need to know all this . Also , I'm going to be talking specifically about the emotional wave and emotional authority . If that's not you like , if you know human design and you have a different authority , don't be like , oh , I'm not going to listen to this episode , it doesn't pertain to me , because I'm pretty confident that we all go through at least some version of this . But if you are someone who does have the emotional authority in your human design , you know that , like , turn up the volume , close the door , lock in , pay attention to this , because this has been like life changing stuff for me . It's very , very validating and interesting . So , okay , that was my disclaimer . Now I'll start doing the real podcast ,
Understanding Your Emotional Wave
Speaker 1okay .
Speaker 1So again , to recap , super motivated , super excited and then all of a sudden , seemingly out of nowhere , just feeling very meh and not interested in working on my stuff . So if you have the emotional authority , your energy and your clarity naturally come in waves , and so that means you're going to experience surges of creative clarity and enthusiasm like oh my gosh , I can't . I'm so excited , I just don't even know what to work on first , followed by lower energy periods where everything feels foggy or uninspired . It's not wrong , it's kind of annoying , but it's part of your natural process . So , again , if you have emotional authority , this is you . It's how you were made , you're created to be this way and there's benefits to it . Like I said , it's kind of annoying . It's actually you were made , you're created to be this way and there's benefits to it . Like I said , it's kind of annoying . It's actually . It's only annoying if you're not aware of it . Now that I'm aware of it , it's I just it's so much easier to flow with it . It goes against a lot of what society teaches us , and I'll talk about that a little bit more in a bit .
Speaker 1But these , the lows aren't wrong , and the highs I mean as exciting as they are . You know , they bring all this vision and motivation . But the lows can offer time of integration , a time of rest , actually recalibrating , and that's important . Okay , so when you notice that , hey , for no apparent reason , I just don't feel as excited about my projects anymore , ask yourself wait a minute , maybe this is this little pause here is part of my alignment process and it's not a sign that I'm off track . Okay , so , let's kind of talk about the different parts of the emotional wave and like think of it like a real wave , like an ocean wave . Okay . So what if ? Again , what if this isn't a dip ? It's just like the downbeat of a song , right , it's just a little little pause here .
Speaker 1So when you're at the lower point of your emotional wave , you're going to feel more internal , you're going to feel more reflective , or you might feel just neutral , like I was feeling just flat towards it , like I literally could not remember what I had been so excited about the day before and I had to go back and look through my notes and the things I was working on and go , oh yeah , forgot that I even was doing this and it had been literally like 24 hours . It's it's okay to be that way . And it's not just okay , it's necessary , it's a necessary , it's necessary for you to get emotional clarity . You have to have that pause . Okay , you're meant to pause and feel before you commit your energy to the next thing .
Speaker 1Let me say that again , you are meant to pause and to feel before you commit your energy to the next thing . I am great at over committing because it sounded good at the time and then living in regret later because it actually wasn't aligned . I just got kind of caught up in the energy and the excitement of the moment . So . So again , when you're having , you know , these , these moments , ask yourself , you know , do I feel a little more emotionally neutral or just kind of low energy today ? Is your inner world calling for more listening instead of more action ? So , if the answer is yes , your wave might just simply be inviting you to be with yourself before your next burst of inspiration . Okay , so again , this is normal .
Speaker 1If you have this emotional authority , it's not designed to operate in a straight , consistent line . You're going to feel your way through decisions . You're going to feel your way through all the energy to get that clarity . And that means that one day you wake up and you feel unstoppable , like , oh my gosh , all these ideas , I can do everything . And then the next day , cloudy , unsure , okay , and that's what you're meant to do . The benefit to this is that you're not going to be a person that makes impulsive choices . If you follow this right , if you're paying attention to how you're feeling and acting in alignment with it , so you won't make impulsive decisions , which is great . Emotional authority gives you the chance to feel through the full spectrum of all your desires and get the clarity and be in that energetic alignment , and that's going to lead to deeper , more wise decisions that are going to truly stick .
Speaker 1Now , a little caveat here if you're someone that's listening and your human design is , oh , I want to say it's sacral authority . Now , those people are different . Those people are great at making snap decisions and like the idea of having to ride the wave . It's like absolutely not , cause that's not how they're made . Okay , so if you do feel like this resonates with you , do not compare yourself to somebody else that is making these snap decisions . And boy , that person just knows what they want and they get it in life and they just yes , no , you know whatever . That's not everyone and we don't want it to be everyone we want . You know all the different flavors of ice cream and people , right ?
Speaker 1So let's go on and talk about unconsciously trying to avoid the lows of the wave , because our culture idolizes this productivity and consistency , and I mean your boss probably does
Different Parts of the Emotional Authority
Speaker 1too , right ? So when you go to work , it's going to be hard to be like you know what I learned ? I have an emotional authority and I'm riding the wave , so I'm not going to do work on those projects today . That's probably not going to go over . Real great in the real world Okay , and I'll talk about how to address that in a little bit .
Speaker 1But we have kind of a hustle and grind culture . I don't think that's a shock to anybody that's listening , and so when you hit these dips , it's really common for you to think something's wrong with me , I'm losing momentum . Maybe I'm not cut out for this . Maybe , whatever the project is , maybe you're volunteering for something , or maybe you're creating something , or maybe it's you know your job and you're like man this is not for me , but the reality of it is you're just in a low , you're just in that integration processing or you know kind of creative incubation time .
Speaker 1So when you allow your emotional cycle to complete without judgment , recognizing that some people make those snap decisions , some people go , go , go and that's how they are , but you , with your emotional authority , are not that way and you can recognize that and allow that dip to happen , that's when you're actually going to get some fresh inspiration , some grounded decisions and then some soul aligned action , your best downloads that you get for ideas and creative inspiration . That doesn't come from pushing , and I have experienced that time and time again . I think , okay , I just need to like get over the hump and just like go , go , go , go and just eventually it'll just happen . Never works , never , never does . But if you give yourself that little pause and then , like when you're riding the wave , then you will actually find you get some more of that inspiration . And if you're someone that's worried that well , how long is this pause supposed to last ? Because I don't want to just sit there for three weeks and never work on anything . I'll talk about that in a minute too , because it's usually not as long as you think .
Speaker 1Some other things that may be happening here when we hit these lows maybe the vision that you had for whatever project or thing that you're working on that you were excited about and now aren't quite so excited about , maybe that vision needs a little moment of stillness to deepen even further . I know there've been projects that I've worked on and I've been so excited to work on it and create them , and then I had a pause for what you know , I suppose my emotional authority made me pause and it didn't work on it because I just didn't wasn't feeling it . And then something happens in my life that's maybe even appears to be like an external event or something . I have a realization and then I go . Oh , this needs to be incorporated into that project . There was a reason why I didn't finish that project yet because it was waiting for this epiphany or whatever it was to happen , so that I could further create a better , a better thing , basically .
Speaker 1So sometimes we just need a little bit of stillness to allow for more , even even more , better stuff that's don't say that even even better stuff to come and help inspire you . So when you're in that like high motivation , like go , go , go mode , and you're building fast and you're expanding and you're moving , and you're building fast and you're expanding and you're moving , that's great . But then sometimes your inner self is going to pull you into that quiet to help you refine the direction or recalibrate , sometimes before the next big leap or before you finish that thing . And this is what's going to help you create something that's more authentic , that's more energetically aligned , and that stillness can allow your inner compass to adjust and point to your true north again . Whatever your true north is Now , here's a big one for me .
Speaker 1So what if there's some fear that is mingling in here with all of this , some fear that's saying what if I fail ? What if I lose momentum again ? What if , what if ? What if ? What if I'm not as consistent as other people ? What if I take this pause and it never comes back right ? So sometimes when we get that drop in motivation , it can trigger old patterns where you're doubting yourself and that's again it's normal .
Speaker 1You have to remind yourself you're not those stories . If you are feeling called , you might want to just examine it . I always say , you know it's so kind of annoying but like the fastest path in personal growth is being willing to examine yourself and ask questions about your own behavior . So when you hear , feel these things popping up , like , well , what if I , what if I take this pause ? And then what if I don't get my project completed in time ? Okay , so why are we worried about that ? And then , okay , because I'll get fired . Okay , so let's dig into that . Why are you worried about being fired ? And usually if you go , you know at first you're going to get some really like logical answers . But if you keep digging and keep asking why , you're going to find something at the root of it . Um , that's that's bothering you , that's causing you to to have these , have these issues come up . So again , you're not those stories .
Speaker 1You're somebody with emotional depth and the capacity to move through all of this with grace . You , just you need to give yourself the grace . Nobody else is going to do it if you don't do it first . So this emotional authority , again it's teaching you to slow down , trust yourself again , even when your mind doesn't always have the answers yet . Now here is something that I think is kind of helpful . I'm going to go through each portion of the wave and kind of what it might look like , and then what you actually do when you're at that part of the wave . This is the real life , real world . Okay , this is what's happening . Now , what do I do about it ? Because we don't want to just like , oh I'm not feeling motivated , I guess I'll just lay on the couch all day . That's again , especially if you're not self-employed . Well , even if you are self-employed , like , that's not going to pay the bills , that's not going to get things done If you just always you know always wait until you're superly highly motivated . So
Navigating Each Stage of the Wave
Speaker 1let's talk about probably one of the favorite parts of the wave , which is when it's building . Okay , think of like that ocean wave . Again , that's getting , you know , momentum and it's building and it hasn't crested yet . We're just riding the wave here . It's rising , rising , rising , and it feels like growing excitement .
Speaker 1You have a strong urge to take some action . You have emotional energy increasing and ideas are sparking and it feels like I want to do everything right now , at this very second right . I get there all the time and it is like , oh , I should do this , oh , I should do this , I should do this . You just have all these ideas . So if you're in one of those moments , write everything down , all those ideas down , keep a . If you like a journal and want to handwrite it , that's great . I find that having just my notes app on my phone is the most convenient thing . It's not always the most organized for me . Maybe you have a better system than I do , but at least you can really quickly because , honestly , who doesn't have their phone within like two feet of them at all time right ? So just really quick , just jot down a couple things so you can remind yourself of all these projects or all these ideas or things that you want to do when you're in this stage of the riding the wave .
Speaker 1This is a time to take aligned small steps . Let me say that again Take aligned small steps , but avoid big commitments . That's where I personally get into trouble or have in the past . Maybe now I've got more awareness , so I won't do it anymore . We'll see . It's really hard to you know if you're in this mode and you get all these ideas . You're like , yes , I'm going to do this , and , yes , this and this , and everything sounds great , until the wave crashes and you're not there anymore and again you've committed to things that you don't wish you wouldn't have committed to , et cetera , et cetera . So take aligned small steps . It doesn't mean like don't do anything . You can do some things with just tiny little steps and then let that excitement just guide you without over-promising . So something to kind of like an affirmation , I suppose , to kind of repeat to yourself during this time is I'm allowed to feel excited without needing to act on everything at once . Let me say that one again . This one maybe it's just me this one is like the hardest one for me I'm allowed to feel excited without needing to act on everything at once . Okay , are we clear on that one , all right ? Well , let's move on Now . We've hit the crest of the waves . We've got all this momentum that's built , built , built , built , and now we are at the crest . It's about ready to crash , but it hasn't yet .
Speaker 1This is the highest point , and what it will feel like to you is crystal clear , deeply motivated , emotional , energetic alignment . You're deeply connected to your purpose , your mission , your message , whatever it is that you're working on . I feel like in these times it feels like green lights everywhere I go . Do you ever get in your car and you're driving somewhere and then you hit like every green light and then you're like , oh , look at this , every green light . And then you go to park at the grocery store and you get rockstar parking right at the front . You're like , of course I did , because everything's just in flow and here I am and life's great .
Speaker 1Today . That's what this feels like when you're at that , the crest of this wave . It's heightened clarity , it's an emotional high , and so this is the sweet spot for making decisions , taking bold , visible action . This is where you want to create or do the thing . Okay , so you had all those ideas . Now , now that you've written all those ideas down , look over your list . Which one is the one that's calling to you the most ? Okay , what's most important right now ? And now , do that . Work on that thing . Use this energy to create , to lead others . So this is the the doing and we're very aligned with it and it's going to feel pretty great . So this one I feel like I don't know , maybe it's just me this one I don't feel like needs the affirmation as much because , like you're going to like be doing it , because you're feeling great . So the affirmation though that goes along with this would be I ride the wave and let my brilliance flow freely , which you're probably already just doing it because you're riding the wave .
Speaker 1Then comes the falling wave , everybody's least favorite or second least favorite part , probably . So now it's coming down , we have a dip in clarity or energy and what it's going to feel like is doubt or fatigue creeps in . Things might feel cloudy . I mean just maybe yesterday or two days ago you were so clear on everything sharing at the beginning of this podcast where it's like I couldn't even remember what I was even working on . Right , I knew I was excited about it yesterday , but today not so much . So things just feel kind of cloudy , muddy , slower , heavier .
Speaker 1You might feel more unmotivated . You question your direction . Is this even what I'm supposed to be doing this ? Or maybe you look at it and you're like this you know what I was so excited about this yesterday . But this project is dumb . I shouldn't even do it , right ? We get some of those feelings coming in Um , you feel less inspired , you might feel restless or just kind of off , right ? So , no big shock to anybody . But when you enter this moment , big shock to anybody . But when you enter this moment , pause big decisions . Hopefully , when your wave is crashing , there's no big decisions that you have to be making Because , again , you don't have clarity right now and if this is you with emotional authority , it is so annoying to wait . Oh gosh , I hate it . I must be , I don't know , the most impatient person , but it's very , but you're going to just make way better decisions if you do so . Some other things that you can do this is where we need to just start going inward a little more and taking care of ourselves . So do some grounding practices like journaling , take some walks . If you meditate , do that . I am right now as I'm recording this .
Speaker 1It is springtime and we are just that part of springtime where sometimes you get those really , really gorgeous warm days , and I had gorgeous warm day the other day . Last weekend . I took my yoga mat outside . I did yoga outside , which in itself was incredibly grounding for me , and then I laid face down in the grass , like I did , like I just laid in the grass and it was wonderful because I just forgot how much I love the smell of the earth . Not everybody is like that , I understand , but for me nature is incredibly grounding . So if I can get a walk in a like a , a state park or something , oh my gosh , that is like the best thing for me personally . Um , maybe not for you , but I feel like you probably could . If you think about it for a couple minutes , you probably know a few things that you can do . I know , not everybody's always got time to go for a walk in a state park , and maybe the ground is too cold where you live to go lay face down in it , or that just sounds weird to you . Um , but there's again .
Speaker 1Do some journaling , take a walk , meditate there's plenty of things that you can come up with that can kind of ground you a little bit more and then ask yourself sometimes I think we forget that we can do that Just ask yourself what do I need today , what do I need to feel supported today ? And sometimes the answer I remember once I was driving and I was upset about I don't remember what . It was a long time ago , and I was like , okay , what do I need ? What's what is what am I ? What's my soul calling for right now ? And the answer was to lay on the couch under like a thousand blankets heated my heated blanket too and , just to you know , feel the weight of those blankets .
Speaker 1I , unfortunately , was driving on my way to someplace far away from my house , so that was not going to happen . So I had to keep asking myself , all right , well , that's not realistic right at this hot second what else do I need right now ? And I just kept asking until I found something that was like , oh , you know what I could do that I think I can't remember what I did . I want to say that maybe I did some some tapping , some EFT or something like that . But ask yourself you , you know the answer . You just need to be quiet enough to listen to it and then allow that space , allow that space for that emotional integration . So here's an affirmation . This one's pretty important . I honor the dip as a part of my creative process .
Speaker 1Clarity is coming , so that's when the wave comes crashing down and then , my friends , we have the stillness , so this is like a neutral zone where we're processing , realigning . It might feel like emotional neutrality , like you're not high , you're not low , you're just meh , like right in the middle . You might have a quiet , more observational state . Sometimes . You might look at yourself and be like man , I am not motivated at all today . Not , not motivated . We've all had those days . Whatever your authority is , everybody has days where they were feeling unmotivated .
Speaker 1And let's just again take a second to recognize that our society just is that hustle and grind culture that is constantly encouraging us to be pushing and going , and pushing and going , when actually pushing and going is great some of the time , but if you don't balance it with rest and reset , you're going to burn out , and that's no . I mean , this is not like breaking news by any means , but how many of us feel guilty for sitting down just for a little bit ? How many of us feel guilty for taking a 20 minute nap in the afternoon , even if it's on a weekend ? Oh , I should be up doing something . I should go do this project , or I should go fold that laundry , or I should do whatever . No , sometimes what you should do is nothing .
Speaker 1And we as a culture , we need to normalize doing nothing . We need to normalize rest and replenishment . And the only way I think that we really can start to normalize this is if just more of us start doing it , and doing it unapologetically , so not saying , oh sorry , I had to go take a nap , oh sorry , I had to . No , you're not sorry . That's your body needs rest , just like it needs water to drink or food to eat . You don't apologize because you needed to drink water , or maybe you do , but if you do like , because you needed to drink water , or maybe you do , but if you do like , oh yikes , let's , let's look at that too . So this rest and this stillness zone , this neutral zone that that you might be in , it's totally normal , it's absolutely necessary .
Speaker 1But when you're there , it's going to take a while for you to feel comfortable being there because of what we're conditioned to expect of ourselves . So when you do find yourself there , the first thing you can do is just do a little quick reflection . This could be something where you sit down with a journal
Practical Tips for Maintaining Momentum
Speaker 1and it takes an hour , it takes two hours , it could be something that takes like 20 seconds . I mean , you do you right . So just reflect on all right , what is working right now , what feels in alignment , what feels out of alignment ? Maybe you just need a little bit of a shift to get things flowing again . If you just are getting nothing when you ask yourself that , remember you've got all the answers inside you , but sometimes it's just , even when you're sitting so quietly , sometimes we still just aren't clear . Go clean something .
Speaker 1I think I've talked about this before , but it's just bananas to me how often when I clean out a drawer or clean out my car , or maybe , you get inspired and clean a whole room in your house , get rid of of some old stuff , clean like scrub the floors , whatever you need to do , organize , nourish your space , and you might be surprised at what happens next . For some weird energetic reason that I don't exactly understand , when we get rid of some of that old , then it invites more space for new things , new inspiration to build , naturally . So here's your affirmation for this particular uncomfortable stage , the one that I hate the most , probably and that is stillness is not stagnation . It is the fertile ground for what's next . Stillness is not stagnation . I love that because it's so important .
Speaker 1Now here is a question that , as I was kind of learning about this and digging into it more . A question that I had was how long does each stage last ? Because again , like especially with the stillness one , I fall into that trap of oh no , am I going to be here forever , like I can't just do nothing forever , right , and obviously there's no like fixed timeline for each phase of the emotional waves , because it's so personal . It depends on exactly what's going on , what's triggering the wave . Was it a decision that you're trying to make , a project you're working on ? Is it a relationship you've had for 30 years ? That you're , you know , mean ? That's going to carry a lot more stuff with it .
Speaker 1So also , what's going to depend on how long each phase lasts is how sensitive you are to emotional inputs around you . Also your environment If it's a supportive environment versus not supportive , and you're having to navigate that . If you have a hard time finding even five minutes to yourself to even think about this stuff , then , yeah , it's going to take you longer to work through it , and that just is what it is . And then also your level of awareness . So your level of awareness has increased just by listening to this podcast today . So good job on that . But how in tune you are with your emotions , your level of awareness . That's all going to have an impact on how long each of these phases you're going to be in , how long you'll be in each of them , for I should say Now , having said that , a lot of people have noticed that in general , it takes maybe a few days to a couple of weeks in each phase , depending on the situation .
Speaker 1So like , maybe you know , one to three days , one to five days on average , on just your run of the mill way , riding the waves , highs and lows . These phases are not evenly spaced . I mean , this is life right , like it's not , like I don't know . We can't plan this out as much as I'd like to , and it's not necessarily going to be linear either . Sometimes a decision doesn't even need a full wave and the clarity comes quickly , and we've all experienced that and other times , especially big life or business decisions . Your wave is going to need a little more space .
Speaker 1So you might find it empowering to maybe track your waves in a journal or calendar . Don't get hung up on that . If you're somebody that likes to do that , do it . That for me is just one more thing to do . So for me , just remembering . Oh yeah , and I need like repeated reminders , because even since learning about this to recording this podcast episode , I've even had times where I was low in the wave and then , oh yeah , I , I forgot , I completely forgot that that's a thing you know , because I was getting frustrated with myself and you know .
Speaker 1So just give yourself grace , put a sticky note on your computer , if you need to , to remind yourself to ride the wave and and don't worry about losing momentum I guess I should say the losing of the momentum for me . I guess I was more worried that I would just quit altogether , and periods of less motivation are not the same as quitting . So one is a natural ebb and then the other is a response to fear or a disconnection . When you just quit and say , well , I'm just not going to do that anymore . So now you kind of have this quit and say , well , I'm just not going to do that anymore . So now you kind of have this I guess , container , if you will , to kind of put your emotions in . I don't know that's not quite the right thing to say , but that's what I said . So you know what I mean . We've got this framework now , this wave that we can visualize to help guide us through .
Speaker 1So again , things that might help you kind of stay connected without forcing yourself . On these times you might want to create a low energy task list . This is something that I adore , so this is where you make a list of like three to five small , non-draining tasks that you can do without thinking about it . This helps you to stay in motion without the pressure . So you still feel like , okay , well , I still feel like I did something , because those little piddly things needed to be done . It just wasn't the big exciting things that I was wanting to do or thinking I should be doing exciting things that I was wanting to do or thinking I should be doing . So that really can help keep the ball rolling a little bit , even if it's not as fast as you like .
Speaker 1Scheduling creative touch points instead of deadlines . So have 30 minutes on your calendar where you have a date with yourself , where you don't have to produce anything . You just sit and maybe you look at your vision board , maybe you get on pinterest , maybe you listen to a voice memo that you created to yourself from yourself , maybe you go into a meditation and you just kind of check in with how . How are things going ? Is this the way that I wanted it ? I'm wanting it to go . Am I going in the right direction , even though I'm , you know , slowing down a little bit here ?
Speaker 1Here's another one that's been big for me . Leave yourself a breadcrumb trail , so when you are in flow , so like after I'm done working , when I remember to do this , it's so great when I'm done working , but I just I have to stop . I'm done for the day and I'm like , oh gosh , but I got to do this and this and this and this yet , but I don't have time , I got to stop now . Leave yourself a next step note so that says like this might sound silly , but like literally , so that when I go back the next day or maybe I can't come back to it for a couple of days or three days I can look at that note that I left myself that says , hey , future me , this is what we were excited about . These are the things that you need to go work on , and then I'll go , oh yeah , and it's easier to pick up on that momentum and jump right back into it .
Speaker 1It's more than just a to-do list . I mean it is a to-do list , but if I don't do that when I'm at the end of my work time . I just I will forget , which sounds ridiculous , but it's what happens . And just a reminder again that this , this space , is not laziness . So you know , when you have to have these spaces like this , it's you're making room for something Okay , and having that mindset is what can change the energy from guilt to curiosity . So , all right , I hope that helps .
Speaker 1Again , I know , I know that some of those things just have helped me tremendously . It's been such a mindset shift for me and now it's not perfect . I still forget , I still lose momentum and get frustrated with myself , but when I can remember about this , it's been super , super helpful . So if this is helpful to you as well , please let me know . I enjoy receiving receiving emails or comments on social media , etc . If this is something that you have found useful in your life , and with that I am going to let you go . I hope you're having a fantastic day wherever
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