Do this NOW, even if you haven’t earned it yet in your business!

You feel like it’s the unspoken rule of your life: moms don’t rest till they’re done.

(Which means never - especially since you have a successful business to keep up with.)

What our culture tell us:

• It’s bad to sit down in the middle of the day. 
• It’s wrong to flop halfway through your morning.
• It’s lazy to quit before the to-do list is all crossed off.

Where did we get this idea that rest equals laziness?

You’ve got this!

Alyssa

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Transcript

This is the Unbusy Mom, and today we’re talking about what you need to do right NOW, even if you haven’t earned it yet in your business.

You feel like it’s the unspoken rule of your life: moms don’t rest till they’re done. 

(Which means never - especially since you have a successful business to keep up with.)

What our culture tell us:

It’s bad to sit down in the middle of the day. 
It’s wrong to flop halfway through your morning.
It’s lazy to quit before the to-do list is all crossed off.

Where did we get this idea that rest equals laziness? 

That’s a complete misunderstanding here.

You are allowed to rest. In fact, you need to.

Laziness is not even getting out of bed. 
Laziness is not bothering to clean the house. 
Laziness is telling your kids to get their own food (every single day of the week).

It is NOT….

Taking a break when your feet are tired. 
Sitting down with a cup of coffee to sip and rejuvenate your nerves for 30 minutes (with a business podcast playing in the background). 
Giving your brain a break with 20 minutes of legos with your kids to refresh your mental sales-page-writing circuits.

See the difference here?

Laziness is when you don’t even make an effort to follow through on your priority tasks for the day. Rest is taking breaks or switching gears as you work your way through that to-do list.

And that’s why you MUST include rest in your day as a mom who’s a successful business owner.

You NEED that “mental time off” that only comes when you allow yourself to unplug (from the to-do list), quit forcing yourself to “just cross one more thing off,” and go with the flow of your energy reserves.

(You know, like stop when you need to stop. Rest till you’re all rested up. Get up when you’re chafing for action once again.)

It’s as simple as that.

Stop, rest, and get back to work ONLY when your battery is reading full again.

Like what happened to me one time: I was halfway through a productive week at work, but that day I was just feeling “eh.” (No, it wasn’t my period.) 

I tried doing some mindset work - reframed 2 things - then still felt low. So I did a couple journaling pages and wrote till I felt complete. (You know the feeling - when you’re empty and done?) 

But I was still feeling low! I couldn’t figure it out, and I had run out of time - had to go make supper for the family. 

But about 30 minutes later - after I’d had a chance to snack on things in the kitchen - wouldn’t you know it, I felt completely normal? 

My negative emotions were actually just a sign of low food energy!

So make sure, when you’re actually looking in your planner at where to schedule that recharge time, that you’re truly getting the food and energy and sleep and skincare basics *before* you go around putting all the selfcare time in. You need the basics *first*, not last. 

(No biz mom brownie points for talking about your selfcare routine on Instagram when you skipped your shower for 3 days to get it!)

That’s not what I’m talking about. I want *you* to have the daily, weekly, heck, multiple-times-a-day if you need, personalized to *you* level of rest and relaxation. Because you’ve got to keep up both your CEO batteries *and* your mommy parenting ones.

So where are you pushing too hard in your day? Where have you allowed yourself a break, but a much too short one? 

Have you even FELT that surge of renewed energy that comes from a fully rested body who’s ready to take on the world (or the family!) once more?

If you haven’t, I challenge you to rest – whether that’s napping or podcast binging or snuggling your kids – until you’re so filled up, you don’t want to nap anymore.

Keep resting till you feel that.