What an actual week! The week before I went from sleeping on clouds to this week to where my sleep has been great but a lot less. Where has the time gone? Time has been speeding by! This week has been so full of challenges that I’ve learned a few lessons:
Consistency is Key
Where I’ve felt sleep deprived in many moments, having a written plan and working the plan has saved me many times this week. If it wasn’t for consistency I wouldn’t have made a single goal. I kept feeling extremely inadequate yet I was making my marks. It’s funny how we can’t even celebrate our successes for finding a way to tell ourselves how we don’t deserve the good we put into the world! We tell ourselves we should have done more. We also tell ourselves, what we did wasn’t good enough. All of these feelings made me feel overwhelmed all week long.
Delayed Gratitude
It’s one thing to work harder but working smarter feels uncomfortable. This season that we are in is making me face that uncomfortableness. Having a jumbled schedule in the past wouldn’t even have allowed me to be able notice it. I would have just went to sleep, took care of my home, or worked my way around it. It’s a slow process for me to realize the goals I’m crushing. In the beginning of all of this (COVID-19) I wasn’t really making goals outside of my blog. My personal life I was just wanted to get through. I can’t live in my personal life without intention. However my intentions have changed a lot more often these days. For a Type-A personality it’s hard not to crush a goal, and move on the next one!
Flow Daily
So I’m having to lay down this perceived notion of what my days and weeks are supposed to look like. I’m learning to be okay going to bed with my to do list not fulfilled. It’s not comfortable and I don’t like it most of the times. I feel like why with all of this “quarantine time” that it’s not just about finishing projects at the end of this but getting as much done on my plate daily. Like there’s no right or wrong way to quarantine! I’m taking a note from my own file of flowing daily. It doesn’t have to look the same daily. My Bando wellness planner is helping me prioritize my goals by having a section regarding what can wait! I’m a visual person. Having a reminder to manage myself helps me.
It Can Wait
The only deadlines I focus the most are the ones that come with a price tag. I also relax my thought process with going over those goals so many times in a given day. Meaning I’m the type who would complete a goal and sit and think about what ways I could have done what was asked in a better way! This is the mindset that could drive somebody real crazy! So relaxing my mind, relaxing my thoughts, learning to be okay with the quality of work I do and resting to enjoy…is the new goals I’m working towards!
Rest and Sleep There is a Difference
Sleeping and rest can work together but they also differ. You can go to sleep but not have great sleep if your mind is racing. As I got my new sleep gear, my mind wasn’t racing as much as it was this week as I felt overwhelmed. An overwhelmed mind messes your mental space! So I will be changing that this week!
So how are you resting?
This week I have plans to…find a nap! I have better pre-prepped my work almost a month ago, and I’m happy that the kids will be ending home school as well. I think the homeschooling has pushed my nerves and mindset to the brink!
What are you going to do to rest? Let me know in the comment section!
