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Hello Rebels,
It's 6:00 am. Your feet are barely on the floor, and you're already behind. You stayed up after your children's bedtime to empty your stuffed inbox and get ahead on that presentation you couldn't finish during your back-to-back day. Then there is summer scheduling, end of school activities, and picking up the slack while your colleagues take spring vacation. Remember exercise? Ha!
You're exhausted before you've started, and although some days are more packed than others, they all mush together in one long string of busy-ness.
Feel familiar?
You think that if you find the right productivity strategy, you'll be able to fix this. You get creative with your company's insistence that you "do more with less." You only check email once or twice a day. You focus on the three most important things you need to get done. These strategies work to some extent, and nothing seems to change.
I love productivity tips as much as the next busy person. And, organizing your desk differently or making prioritized lists is only going to get you so far.
What will actually get you out of exhaustion and overwhelm, is a change in you.
To help you experiment with this idea, I turned to a process I use in my own life. I have this amazing set of cards full of empowering choices and beliefs. I pull one every day to anchor how I will be with whatever is happening that day.
Today, I pulled three cards for you. (See the photo above.) Your three cards are:
Willingness: This is one of my favorites. You have to be willing to do things differently today. To slow down. To stop worrying. To get into action. Even when things suck, we're often not actually willing to change it.
I am creative: Where can you lean into your wild creativity to bring more joy, new solutions, or less stress to your work?
I choose trust: I pull a card everyday, and I seriously trust 4 out of 5 times. Seems like this one might be kind of important. Where do you not trust yourself? Or others? Where can you lean into more trust to bring ease to your work and relationships?
Pick one of these cards and use it to navigate your day. Then hit reply to this email and tell me what happens.
I always love to hear from you.
With rebel love,
Christina
P.S. Please share these cards with a friend or colleague who needs a little more trust, creativity or willingness. They can join our merry band of rebels here.