Sensible Recommendation To Assist You Plan Out + Honour Your Clear Relaxation

That is Half 3 of my 5-Half Clear Relaxation Sequence. Within the earlier episode of my clear relaxation collection, I talked about how working from a to-do checklist makes it onerous to get clear relaxation.

So what must you do as a substitute?

The place does clear relaxation go in your calendar and the way a lot of it do you want?

And the way do you relaxation once you’ve deliberate, so that you honour your relaxation?

I reply these questions and provide you with sensible recommendation in at the moment’s episode. In the event you’re questioning find out how to plan out your clear relaxation correctly every week, hear in.

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Introduction

Hello, and welcome to a different episode of The Perfectionism Undertaking. A podcast filled with perfectionism recommendation for entrepreneurs. My identify is Sam Laura Brown, I assist entrepreneurs launch their perfectionism handbrake, to allow them to get out of their very own manner and construct a satisfying and worthwhile enterprise. I’m the founding father of the perfectionist getting shit accomplished group teaching program, which is in any other case referred to as PGSD. And for much more perfectionism recommendation that can assist you with your online business, you possibly can observe me on Instagram @perfectionismproject.

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This episode is the third half in a 5 half collection on clear relaxation, clear relaxation is if you end up resting with out guilt. It’s intentional nonbusiness time, and it’s the third step within the PGSD course of. The PGSD course of is the sensible course of for getting right into a progress mindset and getting out of your personal manner in your online business. It consists of planning correctly as a perfectionist, that’s your progress aim and your energy planning. And that features planning clear relaxation in your energy planning as effectively. Following via along with your plans, resting with out guilt and repeating that.

So if you end up doing that you’ll be getting out of your personal manner. And on this episode, I’m going to be speaking particularly about ideas that can assist you plan out your clear relaxation. So what that appears like by way of your Energy Hour, your little tweaks and your weekly evaluation. These are the three steps of energy planning. I train energy planning in depth inside PGSD, in case you can relate to and resonate with what I discuss on this podcast, I invite you to hitch us in PGSD and do that work.

So that you don’t simply intellectually perceive these concepts, however you’re residing them and benefiting from them in your online business and in your life as effectively. So the doorways to PGSD might be opening at 6am New York time on the 4th of April, and shutting at 11:59pm New York time on the eleventh of April. So to search out out extra about PGSD, to join the waitlist and to hitch when the doorways do open, you possibly can go to samlaurabrown.com/pgsd, I’ll go away a hyperlink for you within the present notes.

So let’s chat via you’re planning out your clear relaxation and the way a lot clear relaxation you need to be getting. So on this collection already, we’ve talked about what clear relaxation is why it’s so necessary within the second episode within the collection. I talked about why it’s so onerous to get clear relaxation if you end up working from a to do checklist and why we wish to be energy planning. And following that particular course of energy our, little tweaks, weekly evaluation to be working from our digital calendar in a manner that will get our perfectionist mindset on our aspect.

So it’s working for us. As an alternative of towards us. You probably have a observe via drawback in case you are working in spurts of motivation, and stopping and beginning you probably have burning out in case you really feel like you’re so busy and also you don’t have sufficient time, however on the similar time you are feeling such as you’re not getting something accomplished, then you definately simply have a planning drawback.

And anybody can discover ways to plan correctly as a perfectionist. So on this episode, I’m going to be speaking about a couple of issues planning associated relating to clear relaxation which can be going that can assist you get as a lot clear relaxation as you may get the best high quality clear relaxation, and in addition get clues as to when to schedule clear relaxation what that appears like for you as a result of it isn’t a cookie cutter template.

So in case you don’t know already, relating to energy planning and planning out your week, we don’t let you know what to place in your calendar within the middle, we don’t say you already know, you need to be spending x period of time doing this sure form of process after which time on this different process and you’ll want to get this many hours of fresh relaxation. We don’t let you know that as a result of actually energy planning and your progress aim as effectively, as a result of that’s an all star for in any respect and is what helps you determine your needle movers. The facility planning is a device to raised perceive your self and work in a manner that works finest for you.

So in case you love another modalities or totally different concepts round productiveness, so say for instance, Human Design and issues like that, that that is such a sensible device to essentially make it easier to to determine and honor how you’re employed finest the way you relaxation finest, the way you present up finest and to essentially lean into that, as a substitute of so many people try to work towards what works finest for us and individuals who work finest within the evenings try to get up at 5am and individuals who do tremendous effectively within the mornings which can be attempting to have a gradual morning. And actually if you end up energy planning you’re planning correctly. It’s about planning in a manner that will get your perfectionist mindset in your aspect and particularly works for you.

And so everybody’s going to have a unique quantity of fresh relaxation of their calendar, and so they’re gonna have it at totally different instances, it appears to be like totally different as effectively, relying on what stage of life that you just’re in. So within the fifth a part of this collection, I’m going to be chatting extra about my experiences with clear relaxation and the way that’s developed. However, for instance, at this time limit, I’ve kids and I’m pregnant, my clear relaxation and like how a lot time I’ve to not work on my enterprise may be very totally different to after I was full time in my enterprise, and I used to be pregnant for the primary time.

And it’s totally different once more to after I was full time in my enterprise earlier than I used to be pregnant. And it’s totally different once more to after I was working half time as a hospital receptionist whereas constructing my enterprise. And it’s totally different once more to after I was working as an accountant full time in constructing my enterprise. So it’s simply understanding that you will have totally different seasons, and totally different levels of life.

And that’s such a gorgeous factor. And we don’t wish to really feel like, effectively, I can’t plan as a result of my life is consistently evolving, or as a result of I’ve disruptions and uncertainty in my week or issues like that, it’s actually about understanding that we are able to plan for these issues. And create, for instance, you probably have distractions, or quite a lot of uncertainty anyplace, you need to use one thing like buffer time to create pockets of time which you can shuffle duties into and various things like that there are many sensible issues you are able to do.

In order that you’ll be able to plan in a manner that actually really works for you, and in your way of life and in your targets that you’ve. And that features not simply your targets for your online business. However what you wish to do by way of how a lot time you wish to spend with your loved ones, otherwise you wish to spend doing hobbies. Perhaps proper now, like I don’t even know what hobbies I like doing.

Since you don’t do something besides work in your online business, I really feel dangerous that you just’re not working in your online business. So clear relaxation is a gorgeous container for having the ability to determine that out. And once more, it’s actually about what works for you. And as effectively. And that is I really like all of this. I imply, after all I really like all these items. However one of many causes notably that I really like this work and this course of for making a progress mindset, if you end up planning correctly and following via and resting with out guilt.

Every of these three issues lets you construct self belief. And when you might have extra self belief, when you’ll be able to belief your self to make choices once you’re capable of belief your self to place your self again collectively regardless of the way you’re feeling. And to have the ability to come out on the opposite aspect of that once you belief your self to have the ability to relaxation once you belief your self to have the ability to do new issues and to place your self on the market and to be with your self and never beat your self up.

Your life modifications in untold methods. It’s simply unbelievable. After you have that basis that I’ve have my very own again, and I’m my greatest cheerleader, as tacky as that sounds that I’m supporting me. And I’m right here for me that that’s when enterprise will get so enjoyable, and life will get a lot extra pleasant. And it simply creates this like hum beneath all of it as a substitute of getting this hum this background hum of inadequacy and that we’re not doing a adequate job. And we’re behind.

And we’re not measuring up that we as a substitute substitute it with this stage of self belief and this new form of hum of sufficiency and confidence and committedness and dedication, and curiosity and gratitude and so many different unbelievable issues. So after we are doing all of this work, we’re creating self belief, and that’s it’s simply going to move over all over the place the way you do one factor is the way you do the whole lot. So I really like that after we are doing this work particularly on our enterprise and utilizing our enterprise as our device to launch our perfectionism handbrake.

And inside that utilizing energy planning, the expansion aim and all of that, that these advantages are going to move over to all over the place else as effectively. Because of this I train that you’ve your progress aim, which is your 12 month income aim for your online business. We train find out how to set that inside PGSD, we evaluation it for you. And we are able to coach you on that in case you’re feeling such as you don’t know what your aim needs to be. The PGSD teaching calls, we are going to make it easier to with that. So you might have that progress aim.

And when you might have that you’re then capable of actually have this unbelievable container to develop self belief, get out of your personal technique to follow all of these items that make it easier to to be within the progress mindset and to be not burning out. Not feeling behind all these stunning issues. So let’s discuss find out how to plan out your week relating to clear relaxation. And particularly I wish to chat via the facility hour little tweak ship weekly evaluation for every stage of energy planning, what you’re going to be needing to do because it pertains to clear relaxation, this isn’t exhaustive.

However that is simply sufficient to present you one thing to work with as you’re practising energy planning and getting extra clear relaxation, once more wish to invite you into PGSD to essentially study this in depth and be practising this and embodying this and residing this. So let’s discuss your energy hour because it pertains to clear relaxation. Understanding that clear rice is intentional non enterprise time, we’re deciding we’re not allowed to work on the enterprise.

And we’re additionally proof against observe via with clear relaxation 80% of the time. So we’re not specializing in having to observe via with each single clear relaxation plan that we make. And we’re not specializing in that clear relaxation time having to be utterly guilt free, and unproductive or something like that it’s simply give it some thought for now could be it’s time that you just’re not engaged on the enterprise. And also you’re deciding that forward of time. So it’s tremendous simple not really feel responsible about it. So let’s discuss your energy hour.

So that is if you end up deciding and figuring out what your needle movers are for your online business, your progress aim will make it easier to with that. And then you definately’re placing your needle movers into your digital calendar. And so after we are doing that we have now to begin with placing in our commitments, then we’re placing in our… What am I saying? Our clear relaxation, after which we’re placing in our needle movers. So I wished to say that you’ll want to be sure you’re doing it in that order.

After which when you’ve obtained all of that in your calendar, then you definately’re going to evaluation for contingency plans, you’re going to anticipate and overcome forward of time productiveness obstacles, and you’re going to evaluation workability and commit to what’s in your calendar. Tremendous necessary. I’ll discuss that in a minute. However clear relaxation goes in earlier than your online business duties. So you’re deciding forward of time how a lot clear relaxation you’re going to get. And at first, particularly, you’re actually simply going to be guessing.

And this is the reason we energy planning, we make the three month dedication, as a result of it’s going to take you a minute to essentially begin to get right into a groove with energy planning. We don’t wish to be on this perfectionist mindset about it that we should be good at it from day one. As an alternative, when we have now this container of the three month dedication. It simply creates extra room for experimentation and actually understanding that it’s a course of to study within the sense that originally, you could be actually targeted on attempting to determine what your needle movers are.

After which when you’ve obtained that down, then you definately could be taking a look at ensuring you might have contingency plans prefer it’s going to come back in layers, and we make it easier to with that inside PGSD. So relating to this clear relaxation, we wish to be sure that it’s stepping into your calendar. And once more, it’s simply gonna be a guess. However because it pertains to this, I wish to say to have extra clear relaxation in your calendar than what you’re comfy with. As a result of it actually helps to have constraint round your online business time.

And this may appear form of trippy to you, in case you really feel such as you don’t have sufficient time to get the whole lot you accomplished. Which by the way in which is simply since you haven’t been planning correctly, that it has been simple to have that perception and keep in that perception. And to remain in that overwhelming. There’s that complete dependancy to feeling behind that is available in. However after we are constrained by way of what number of hours we have now to work on the enterprise, it actually helps us to determine and must get clear on what the needle movers are.

As a result of when we have now a lot time like when we have now on a regular basis within the day, and on daily basis of the week, which I do know quite a lot of us fantasize about, myself included at instances. I’m like, Oh, I simply want extra time. And I’m like, no, no, I simply want to consider it at the next stage, I don’t want extra time. However it may be so programmed into us this perception that we want extra time to get extra accomplished, as a substitute of enthusiastic about the outcomes we wish to create.

And to acknowledge that the extra relaxation we get, the extra inventive our mind might be at actually getting the outcomes we would like and creating what we wish to create on the planet in the best, environment friendly, highly effective manner doable. However when we have now that constraint there, whether or not it’s pressured upon us or whether or not we create a few of that ourselves, however both manner, proudly owning that like not being a sufferer of, oh, I solely have this period of time to work per week. I imply, I can let you know I used to be that I used to be like, particularly after I was working full time.

I used to be like if I might simply be like these full time enterprise homeowners, I’d be so profitable. Then as soon as I left that full time job and I wasn’t profitable, I simply did a lot procrasti-working, as a result of it felt so uncomfortable to have all this time and to not likely know what to do with it. That I simply spent my time doing an entire lot of busy work. Pinterest associated for me on the time and it was simply so apparent to me when that occurred like oh, it actually was lack of time was by no means the issue. However I actually wished it to be.

I actually like I used to be in quite a lot of self pity about that. And so I simply wish to encourage you, no matter whether or not you might have constraints in your time regarding a job regarding kids regarding a well being challenge, no matter else it could be, that you just reframe that constraint to be one thing that’s going that can assist you be extra productive. And I do know that if you end up constrained along with your time and also you’re not planning correctly, and possibly you’re doing time blocking, otherwise you’re working from a to do checklist, that it feels very demanding as a result of you possibly can’t belief your self to do what must be accomplished.

You don’t even know what’s necessary. You’re feeling so overwhelmed that you just don’t know the place to begin. So that you don’t do something in any respect, however then you definately simply must do one thing. So that you decide something and also you try this form of 80% soar from process to process process. Get to the top of the week and really feel such as you’re exhausted. You’ve obtained nothing accomplished. Only a planning drawback. Once more, it’s only a planning drawback and that may be solved. Anybody can discover ways to plan correctly as a perfectionist.

However after we are in that cycle, after we are actually feeling like we’re a sufferer to what’s occurring round us, and we don’t have sufficient time to get the whole lot accomplished, we simply, we simply actually don’t have sufficient time, I simply wish to invite you to think about that possibly that’s the most effective factor that’s ever occurred for your online business. And that nonetheless a lot time you might have, you possibly can all the time use that point higher. And never within the sense of we have to use it completely and all that strain. However to simply actually perceive that what you do in your online business time is a lot extra necessary than how a lot enterprise time you might have.

And if you end up energy planning, particularly upon getting been practising that for a interval of months, that like I do know for me in three work days per week. And a few of these work days I’ve had a really tough night time earlier than with a number of night time feeds and issues like that occurring. And I’m not feeling motivated or energize it with three work days per week, I get a lot extra accomplished, than after I was working 5 full time days per week in my enterprise simply due to how my energy planning follow has continued to enhance.

And after I was doing that a few years in the past, I used to be getting a lot extra accomplished. So oh my god, it’s insane how a lot was getting accomplished after I first began energy planning, in contrast with after I was working from these to do lists or after I was time blocking my calendar on this overbearing like horrible manner that I simply continuously fell behind. And I’d by no means be capable to persist with it for greater than a few days.

As a result of it identical to even a robotic most likely couldn’t observe via with the plans that I had in my calendar. I attempted, I actually tried. And I’d get myself up on a Monday morning to be so motivated. And I couldn’t get myself to do it. And it was only a planning drawback. So we wish to personal the constraints that we have now, we additionally wish to create a few of these for ourselves. And to have a transparent begin and a transparent finish to the day. So that you’re going to be doing that once you’re doing all your Energy Hour.

Since you’ve obtained your clear relaxation in there. First, once more, we’re simply guessing how a lot clear relaxation and thru the method of your little tweaks in your weekly evaluation, you’ll actually begin to determine when to place your clear relaxation how a lot clear relaxation to incorporate in your calendar, some indicators that you just may want a bit extra clear relaxation and various things like that, find out how to know when to relaxation and when to push via and do the issues as a result of typically you may put clear relaxation in your buffer time.

Different instances, you may resolve, hey, truly, I do exactly really want to get this shit accomplished. And I’m going to try this. And I’m going to do it as a substitute of the remainder, which we don’t wish to default to doing that I do know we love enthusiastic about, Oh, cool, simply relaxation as soon as the whole lot’s accomplished, I talked within the final episode about why we don’t wish to try this, it isn’t going that can assist you to create probably the most profitable enterprise which you can. And it’s not going that can assist you benefit from the journey both.

So we have now the constraints, and we wish to have extra clear relaxation, then we’re comfy with and to simply if you’ll want to hear this, to take a seat within the chance that relaxation is a productive exercise. And the extra you relaxation, the extra productive you’ll be when the time involves be productive. And the extra it is possible for you to to belief your self to be productive. So lack of time gained’t really feel like an issue. As a result of you already know that when the time involves get shit accomplished, you are able to do it. However when we have now constraints on our time, it feels so demanding after we don’t belief ourselves to have the ability to do the factor.

So like I don’t have sufficient time. And I don’t even know that when the time comes like I would simply sit there and scroll via Instagram. So after all it’s demanding in case you’re feeling like that. So after we’re planning correctly, it actually helps us all that and we wish to be proudly owning the facility of constraints and creating constraint for ourselves by way of how a lot enterprise time we have now with clear relaxation.

Understanding that clear relaxation is a productive enterprise exercise, like if you’ll want to body it that manner, as a result of it’s true that that’s what it’s, then body it that manner for your self. So what I need you to even be enthusiastic about in your Energy Hour, is that you’re enthusiastic about what time of day you naturally relaxation slash procrastinate. As a result of quite a lot of instances we’re procrastinating, particularly the senseless sort after we’re scrolling and that form of factor, although additionally after we’re doing busy work.

And we’re simply form of slipping into the simple duties the place we are able to simply undergo the motions or we’re doing quite a lot of behind the scenes stuff, not likely doing issues that may be seen by others. I need you to be enthusiastic about what time of day you naturally are likely to really feel a little bit of wane in your vitality that you just discover it more durable to suppose. Or conversely you possibly can take into consideration when do you discover it that you just’re most switched on within the day.

When do you discover it best to get issues accomplished once you are likely to have your finest concepts. Once more, little tweaks in your weekly evaluation or instruments inside Energy planning which can be going that can assist you actually see that in your calendar and actually be in contact with that it could be in case you’ve been one working from a to do checklist or time blocking, or various things like that, then it could be actually onerous to reply that query. However you most likely have a hunch. So once you start energy planning, you simply wish to go together with that hunch, after which we experiment, we check, we are going to evaluation. So I need you to consider what time of day you naturally are likely to relaxation, particularly.

So for me, simply to share some examples. For me, I are likely to round like mid afternoon, that’s not what I wish to be doing my most brave, highest stage of considering wanted duties, my I can do it, I can do it. And this has been for lots of us, proper? Like, we are able to do it at any time of day. However when is it best so that you can do it? And when is it most difficult in your mind and like, let’s truly use that to our benefit if we are able to, if our different commitments that we have now in our life permits for that, like, let’s truly make a schedule, not only one that sounds nice on YouTube of like, you already know, get up at 5am. Like, that could be wonderful for you.

I personally discover it very effectively, when I’ve an early morning starred, lots of people don’t. And so it’s actually about determining what works finest for you, once more, utilizing energy planning as a device to determine that out, and to study that about your self. However for instance, in case you’re like me, and you discover mid afternoon, not your best time of day, then you definately wish to be taking a look at okay, what can I do creatively suppose right here, like, how might I presumably construction my day, if there have been no guidelines about what time of day I might work.

And sure, I’ve no matter commitments I’ve occurring via possibly. And I simply wished to talk as perfectionism individuals, please, I simply wish to point out this, it could be that you just do have a bit extra flexibility along with your commitments than you had been considering. And possibly you simply must have a few uncomfortable conversations with different individuals to be able to have your schedule be what you actually need it to be.

And which may be you’ll want to be keen to have the thought error that you’re egocentric, or various things like that, to be keen to be uncomfortable, in an effort to actually work in a manner that’s serving you and your online business finest and subsequently serving your loved ones and everybody you work together with finest that typically it’s just like the schedule that we predict is completely out of attain is obtainable to us if we’re keen to get uncomfortable and have sure conversations or if we’re keen to be inconvenienced typically and do issues at a time that we really feel like is inconvenient to us.

So for instance, possibly there’s a training name that you just wish to be on. And it’s not at a superbly handy time for you, however you actually wish to be there. So being keen to be an individual who’s going to point out up it doesn’t matter what, and who’s keen to be inconvenienced who doesn’t simply solely do issues when it’s handy for them. So I simply wish to provide that, that possibly there’s a few conversations you’ll want to have, possibly there’s a dialog you’ll want to have with your self.

That may are typically the case, I’ve been in a position to try this each of these issues, many instances. And it’s so unbelievable as effectively, like, this can be a aspect be aware for now. However I’ll simply briefly point out that, particularly after I went full time in my enterprise. And initially after I went half time to half time working half time enterprise after which to full time enterprise, that I actually needed to discover ways to say no, as a result of everybody out of the blue thought that I used to be free always of day. And naturally they did as a result of after they requested if I used to be free for espresso in the midst of the day, I’d say sure.

And I’d form of behind the scenes, attempting to orchestrate my plan in order that I might do what labored for them. And quite a lot of the time I didn’t even ask if there was an alternative choice. They’d simply counsel a time and and it might work for me as a result of I didn’t have another plans. And so I’d simply say sure. After which I’d inconvenience myself. And it was so highly effective after I simply began to really say I do have plans as a result of plans with your self a plan. So I’ve plans. And would this time be just right for you. And like 9 instances out of 10 that point would work for them, just like the time that really suited me.

And typically it wouldn’t. And I simply needed to get comfy with saying truly I can’t do that point I’m working. Like I’m what I’m the boss. And I’m saying I’m working and I’m not going to alter that. And the way about this, like, you already know, possibly we wait a few weeks after which we catch up. And that was life altering. So I simply wish to share that in case it’s useful for you. So have extra clear relaxation than you are feeling comfy with. And eventually concerning the energy hour I wish to say decide to your clear relaxation.

So that is the ultimate factor we do in our energy hour after we have now gotten the whole lot out of our mind how to take a look at it discovered what’s necessary, what isn’t what we’re going to do that week, what we’re giving ourselves permission not to do that week so that you’ll have needle movers and also you might need extra needle movers and you’ve got time for within the week. The aim is to not match all your needle movers into your calendar. The aim is to cease overestimating what you’ll want to do as a result of we so usually overestimate and have so many shoulds that don’t even should be on there in any respect.

So the aim is rarely to get all that To Do checklist into the calendar, so you’re going via this complete course of in your Energy Hour once more full particulars inside PGSD. You go into that you just’ve obtained your commitments in there, then you definately clear relaxation, then you definately’re what am I attempting to say… your needle movers. After which after that you’re not simply stopping there as a result of quite a lot of instances we wish to cease there. And we predict cool, fairly calendar appears to be like good.

However no, we’re going to evaluation for workability, we’re going to suppose, Okay, what’s going to occur if one thing comes up this week, have I obtained buffer time in there? Do I want a bit extra of that, like considering via these contingency plans, the obstacles that may come up reviewing workability like mentally taking your self to every morning within the week, this is the reason the facility hour might be tedious, it’s the finest hour you’ll spend in your week. As a result of after that your brains accomplished all of the heavy lifting, and it could possibly simply observe via and be the great little worker. So that is our boss time that we’re making these choices.

And we’re like tapping into our future self who will get to the aim and all of the issues and so that you’re mentally zooming in every morning and taking a look at your calendar and considering okay, if that was at the moment, what how would I be feeling about at the moment? What’s arising? Have I obtained sufficient time to eat? Have I obtained sufficient time if I’m commuting someplace, like have I given myself a minute after I get dwelling to go and pat my canine and say hello to my husband and no matter like to really like mentally zoom ahead. So to do all of that, after which we wish to decide to it. And once more, as soon as we’ve accomplished the planning for the week, we’re targeted on 80% observe via, it’s not like 100% observe via is what we’re aiming for.

We’re going to be making little tweaks we’re anticipating like that is the fantastic thing about little tweaks, we predict that we’re not going to observe via on 100% of issues. And so it offers us permission to not really feel ashamed about it that we don’t must beat ourselves up for not being good at following via, we are able to simply be like, Oh yeah, I’m aiming for 80% roughly talking, like we don’t calculate that in any specific manner. It’s simply aiming for 80%.

And I’m simply continuously updating and I’m that’s giving ourselves room for being a human and understanding that typically our mind goes to overthink issues and we’re going to have that perfectionism handbrake on and different instances one thing sudden goes to come back up or one thing’s gonna take like we didn’t understand how huge a process was, and all that totally different stuff that we’re capable of be compassionate with ourselves about that. After which resting with out guilt and repeating. However relating to the observe via that we aren’t like however can that is the factor. It’s just like the elements of it, like we wish to be dedicated 100%.

And if we are able to’t be dedicated 100% of the calendar, we wish to make these changes. So we’re creating plans we are able to truly observe via on. After which relating to the observe via. Sure, we’re dedicated. And understanding that if I dedicated 100%, then we’re most likely going to observe via about 80% of the time as a result of we’re human and there’s stuff occurring in our life that comes up that we are able to count on and all of the issues we have now feelings, all of that.

So we wish to be 100% dedicated and you’ll want to underline this in your thoughts, decide to the clear relaxation. So it’s not okay, effectively I rested these instances if I get the whole lot accomplished, if you end up committing to what’s in your calendar, it’s not simply committing to the needle movers, you’re committing to the clear ewar I wish to as a substitute of simply having clean time in my calendar, I personally and a few PGSDers do that in another way.

And it’s completely about what it appears to be like like for you. I really like seeing all of our totally different calendars and seen how they give the impression of being totally different primarily based on our totally different personalities and what we love to do. And so I take advantage of iCal different individuals in PGSD use iCal others use Google Calendar, it’s one of many two so after we are doing our clear relaxation, we are able to apply to everybody however I personally like to really add a piece in my calendar for clear relaxation in order that I bodily after I’m doing my little tweaks if I’ve eaten into any clear relaxation time.

I bodily want to maneuver that on my calendar in order that it’s somewhat alarm bell for me of I’ve modified this clear relaxation and or I’m about to eat into my clear relaxation time and is do I like my causes for that. And so I wish to have or not it’s on my calendar. And so my calendar appears to be like full, however quite a lot of it’s clear relaxation and you already know on iCal, you possibly can unclick sure views.

And so I can simply unclick the clear relaxation if I wish to or no matter and simply have issues condensed down by I’d encourage you to place the chunks of time in for clear relaxation and it’s going to make it simpler to simply then have these gaps that you just put your needle movers in. However we wish to be dedicated to the clear relaxation as a lot if no more than we’re to the needle movers. Your clear relaxation is a productive enterprise process. And since we perfectionist love being productive, and we don’t see relaxation as productive, and we simply wish to be busy on a regular basis.

And we love to do procrasti-working and do issues that don’t actually matter as a result of then we get to really feel productive with out feeling susceptible and with out having to threat feeling ashamed and all of that form of factor. That for us lacking out on relaxation is just not the punishment. Lacking out are on attending to do one thing productive enterprise associated is the punishment. So it’s so useful typically to simply let your self really feel the consequence of in case you are procrastinating and nil procrastination is just not the aim. So it’s not an issue.

If that was taking place, you’ll positively procrastinate much less as soon as you’re planning correctly. However on the similar time, in case you are procrastinating as a substitute of then, okay, effectively, now I must get you already know, work late as a result of I didn’t get stuff accomplished. It’s no, you’ll want to relaxation. And so now you’ll want to expertise a consequence of not having that accomplished. Or you’ll want to tweak your calendar so that you just nonetheless have that clear relaxation. After which you already know, you’re shifting these duties, your different work durations, possibly into buffer time or issues like that.

However to let your self not do the work stuff, I do know that may really feel scary, however belief me, it’s it’s such an awesome productiveness hack, to let your self really feel the consequence of procrastinating as a result of after we’re on this mentality of effectively, I’ll relaxation as soon as the whole lot’s accomplished, then our mind, once more, is just not getting relaxation. So it procrastinates as a type of relaxation, as a result of it needs a break. And we’re not giving it to it. So it’s like, okay, I obtained to procrastinate or burn myself out or really feel overwhelmed or one thing. So I can simply have a minute, then like, Okay, effectively, I must work late, or I must work on the weekend, so I can get all of it accomplished.

After which we by no means expertise the consequence of not having gotten it accomplished. So it simply reaffirms that sample. However as a substitute, in case you honor your clear relaxation, then if you end up in your online business time, you’re like, Effectively, I do know that I can’t work again late. So I’m simply gonna get it accomplished. After which it’s simple to get it accomplished. As a result of your mind is aware of a break is coming as effectively. So it goes each methods. So wish to decide to the clear relaxation. Now we’re going to speak about little tweaks.

So once you’re doing all your little tweaks, so these are simply your little updates in your calendar, you’ll be being attentive to once you had been consuming into clear relaxation instances, as I discussed, you possibly can have clear relaxation as chunks in your calendar. And for mine, I don’t label I’ll discuss this extra. And I discuss what I stand up to my clear relaxation. However I don’t label like all of the totally different clear relaxation actions, I might need a dedication in there that possibly entails another person. However usually my clear relaxation non enterprise time. I don’t have a tendency to love write out what I’m going to be doing or something like that. It’s identical to time the place I can simply do what I really feel like doing within the second form of factor. Numerous the time in my non enterprise time. I’ll be taking care of Lydia and the twins, and various things like that. However it’s I simply wish to point out that that I’m like tremendous structured and really detailed with my enterprise time. After which my clear relaxation time is when my mind can have a break from that construction.

And might actually simply form of waft, not that with energy planning, you possibly can positively waft and like, change up your day and shuffle issues round. And I really like that you’ve the flexibility to love have construction with flexibility as effectively. So we wish to be anyway being attentive to after we’re consuming into our clear relaxation time. And simply paying attention to it. After which within the weekly evaluation, as effectively, we might be reviewing that. So I’ll discuss that in a minute.

However paying consideration, simply checking in with myself, do I like my causes for this? Quick ahead to your future self, would your future self say to relaxation, or would your future self say, to get the factor accomplished. So that may actually assist as effectively to simply be a query that helps you entry what’s in your highest good, as a result of within the second, like nobody does must do the factor, it’s actually necessary.

And after we zoom ahead to possibly it’s your future self, on the finish of the week, who’s reflecting for you concentrate on your future self, on the finish of the 12 months, they could be like, you simply must relaxation, it’s all going to be okay, simply this, the remainder is what you want. And there could be different instances much less usually than we predict that our future self is like simply do the factor, that is going to be the most effective factor for you. So hearken to your knowledge on that. Remembering clear relaxation is a productive process.

And with somewhat tweaks after I replace our calendar to mirror what occurred, in an effort to see how a lot clear relaxation you’re getting. So that is going to be tough by way of like after I’m updating my calendar, do my little tweaks, it doesn’t mirror precisely to the minute like in case you’ve use iCal or Google Calendar, you already know, like, it’s issues are form of in 15 minute chunks. And even you probably have quite a lot of 15 minute chunks, it will get messy. So I form of love to do issues in 30 minute chunks. So it’s not going to be precisely to the minute but it surely’s adequate, it’s extra useful than a to do checklist.

And positively, it’s very onerous to do any form of productive analysis in your week, once you’re simply taking a look at this lengthy to do checklist that wasn’t very effectively thought out or thought of was simply form of written with this want checklist mentality. So that you wish to replace your calendar. As I mentioned, I like to make use of somewhat checkmark emoji, and to replace it to mirror roughly talking, what obtained accomplished in that point. In order that now let’s speak concerning the weekly evaluation, after I get to my weekly evaluation, I’m able to examine a screenshot of my calendar on the finish of the week, versus a screenshot of my calendar after I did my Energy Hour.

And I can see the distinction is it’s all the time totally different. At all times, all the time, all the time, all the time, I don’t suppose there’s ever been a single week the place it has regarded the identical. And that’s a part of it, we have now little tweaks for a purpose. It’s not that you just didn’t observe via and it’s best to have it’s a part of the method. So I wish to get the following to one another. After which I identical to to match and see what they did like, what did I feel I used to be going to try this week versus what I truly did? When did I find yourself urgent.

And that is once you actually get shut to love, for instance, quite a lot of the stuff I discovered about how I work finest is I can continuously see and particularly over time, once you do an increasing number of and extra weekly critiques, that you will note a sample of okay, at three o’clock within the afternoon, I’m actually dragging my ft like all process that I’ve in that point, it takes manner longer than I had initially deliberate in my energy hour. So possibly that’s a time a cue to me that I’m both not getting sufficient clear relaxation general, or that I’m placing in a, you already know, the duty in that point interval must be one thing that doesn’t require as a lot psychological vitality.

So for me, I’ve duties like checking in with the staff and issues like that within the afternoon. Moderately than this not 100% of the time, like proper now it’s late afternoon, I’m recording a podcast. However typically talking, I don’t do podcasts within the afternoon, I do them within the morning. And so it may very well be that okay, effectively, subsequent week, I’m going to experiment with doing that form of process within the morning and see what that appears like. And I would nonetheless wish to be working at the moment of day.

However I’m going to do a unique form of process, I’m going to group these duties collectively, like we’re simply making a speculation and testing it after which with our weekly evaluation having the ability to mirror and consider successfully. So that you wish to be in search of developments for patterns, to be getting clues. In order that that is I really like the way it simply compounds. So once you do your weekly evaluation and also you go into your subsequent Energy Hour, which may very well be instantly after weekly evaluation, it may very well be on a unique day. So I love to do for the time being I do my weekly evaluation.

After which I instantly do my energy hour after usually for the time being on a Sunday. There are different PGSDers who love to do their weekly evaluation after which positively get an evening’s sleep on it after which do their energy hour a unique day, like this week as effectively. I didn’t I did, I feel my weekly evaluation on Saturday, after which I did my Energy Hour on Tuesday. Like typically that occurs. It’s utterly okay. And so it’s simply understanding that it’s a extremely versatile course of.

And it’s designed to serve you and for us to not use it towards ourselves. So that you wish to search for the patterns, the developments, when had been you your best. When had been you doing busy work? When had been you scrolling? So if I find yourself like scrolling otherwise you’re doing no matter. I don’t have a tendency to jot down like procrastination in my calendar, I simply would write like clear relaxation, within the sense that it’s like I’m not doing enterprise stuff.

Or if I’m like procrastinating inside doing a sure process, I’ll lengthen out how lengthy that process is. So I can see that it took me longer. That’s usually what I’ll are likely to except I like, go down a rabbit gap associated to no process particularly. Then I put that as clear relaxation. And I simply know that that’s my mind. Like I can know after I look again at my calendar, and I see like I needed to clear relaxation at 2pm. On a workday, I do know what’s occurring there.

So it’s nearly no matter helps you and in addition as effectively, what you may love to do, is in case you like utilizing emojis, for instance, you can simply put an emoji in case you procrastinated, for instance, you had been scrolling via Instagram, simply utilizing an instance you most likely can’t relate. However you may wish to put like, I don’t know, somewhat telephone emoji or one thing in there in order that once you’re doing all your weekly evaluation, you possibly can look again and see like, Okay, I might see I used to be like on my telephone and also you may be capable to see, okay, I preserve within the afternoon scrolling. Perhaps I want extra clear relaxation, possibly I really need to present myself a lunch break.

Like these days, I’ve been giving myself an hour lunch break, despite the fact that I really feel like I don’t have sufficient time is and I actually went via it’s a get up letter. I discover that when I’ve an hour lunch break, and I can actually simply placed on some YouTube like random vlogs and no matter I identical to senseless YouTube and revel in my lunch. I’m pumped. And I identical to hanging out and I’m not in a rush. It’s simply so good. Different instances I’ve been understanding at lunchtime, and like I’m all the time experimenting with my work week.

And so it could possibly simply actually assist to see like, Okay, I really need to present myself a lunch break and never count on myself to eat at my desk, whereas watching like a video of a advertising and marketing program. Like if that’s you, you want some clear relaxation, and that isn’t clear relaxation. So what else was gonna say? Okay, so search for patterns, mess around with it. And what we wish to be doing as effectively, after we are doing our weekly evaluation is connecting productiveness and like being targeted with clear relaxation to verify your mind is noticing the connection between these two.

And that seeing that like in case you’re not being productive, to have your mind going, okay, am I getting clear relaxation to take a look at that, to analyze that. And if you end up being productive to essentially see like what clear relaxation was supporting this productiveness? What time was I beginning my day? What time was I ended my day? What did the week earlier than that appear like? How did I actually set myself as much as be so targeted? And you’ll actually simply begin to get to know your self so effectively once you’re doing all of this. And in addition along with your weekly evaluation.

Be compassionate with your self. In the event you’re not getting as a lot clear relaxation as you suppose you need to be. We perfectionist like to get it proper. And we predict there’s these guidelines about what is correct relating to clear relaxation. And relating to planning correctly as a perfectionist, that doesn’t imply like listed below are the foundations and you need to observe the foundations and do it proper and there’s a fallacious technique to do it. Planning correctly simply means that you’re planning in a manner that get to a perfectionist mindset in your aspect.

And energy planning is a container that can assist you try this. However that’s going to look totally different for each season of life that you just’re in. Everybody goes to have totally different look in energy planning. It relies upon what sort of enterprise you might have. You probably have kids, in case you’ve obtained different stuff going in your life prefer it’s actually a device for self belief, self compassion, self esteem, self picture, like entering into the expansion mindset, releasing that perfectionism handbrake, getting all of the overwhelming, feeling behind, the procrastination and the burnout.

And to know that being compassionate with your self, and in addition giving your self somewhat loving kick within the pants when you’ll want to typically in your weekly evaluation goes that can assist you try this being a bitch to your self isn’t find out how to get your self right into a progress mindset simply in case, you wanted somewhat reminder that it’s protected to be sort to your self. You’re not going to be unproductive in case you don’t beat your self up.

So these are some ideas by way of find out how to plan out your clear relaxation. And simply to reiterate by way of how a lot you need to be getting, I do know you wish to hit the correct quantity of fresh relaxation to get. It’s going to depend upon you your preferences in your life and your way of life, your online business, your vitality ranges at totally different instances of day. Do you might have kids? Do you might have well being stuff occurring? What are your priorities outdoors of your online business? What order precedence is your online business inside these? Like there’s quite a lot of various things occurring there.

And so this is the reason it actually lets you construct self belief, to have the belief to resolve how a lot clear relaxation you’re going to experiment with as once more as a rule of thumb I like to recommend somewhat greater than you’re comfy with. Create particularly in case you really feel such as you don’t have sufficient time for clear relaxation, that’s when you already know you want it. So add somewhat greater than you’re comfy with. After which what you’re going to do is you’re going to be actually experimenting with that, and understanding that it’s not such as you’ll ever get to this correct amount, like, as I mentioned, it’s gonna preserve altering and evolving.

And you’ll finally begin to get a really feel for like, Okay, I my workday for the time being on this season of life, this stage of my enterprise, I like working, you already know, these hours or this hour of this present day. And that’s working for me, after which your weekly evaluation, like, you possibly can belief that as a result of in your weekly evaluation, you’re going to get the insights you want as to when to alter that. And in order that’s why we don’t say like, right here’s precisely what your calendar ought to appear like.

And you’ll want to have this a lot relaxation and this a lot time in your online business. And, you already know, this a lot time understanding and you’ll want to get up presently of day, like my enterprise goes to look so totally different to your online business, even in case you’re a coach as effectively, which there’s an excellent likelihood you’re not in PGSD, we assist every kind of entrepreneurs, we assist artists, actual property brokers, graphic designers, stylists, such as you identify it, each form of entrepreneur is in PGSD.

Energy planning is a device and clear relaxation is a part of that, that can assist you actually work out what works finest for you.

And I really like that nobody can let you know the reply to what needs to be in there as a result of it forces you to belief your personal knowledge on that and to determine that out. And in case you are somebody who does quite a lot of procrasti-learning, and you’re usually trying outwards for the reply earlier than you look inwards, that is going to be a extremely useful gizmo that can assist you. And in addition I wish to point out simply on that be aware, on procrasti-learning that in case you’re considering I wish to be in PGSD. This sounds wonderful.

I wish to plan correctly, I wish to be getting out of my very own manner. However I’ve so many issues I must do on like how am I going to have time to study all of this. A like in PGSD, it’s not like study all of this example. It’s known as a perfectionist getting shit accomplished for a purpose. That’s actually about studying via doing and we provide the instruments to take your progress aim and to study energy planning and all of that. However, for instance, the facility planning module is 4 movies.

After which once you try this, and when you begin, like actually you’re going to study it from practising and getting teaching and getting help and doing the factor and doing it in that container that then you’re going to have the ability to truly work out so possibly you’re in all these totally different programs, you’re going to have the ability to work out which one’s truly going to be a needle mover like, which is the one it’s best to deal with proper now.

And also you’re going to really be capable to plan it in a manner. Which means you possibly can truly implement what you’ll say for instance, in case you’re in a advertising and marketing course, as a substitute of identical to watching random advertising and marketing movies, whilst you’re at your desk, consuming lunch, and like feeling like Oh, my goodness, I want to look at all of this, and I simply must preserve refreshing myself on these items and no matter, that you will to begin with, since you’ll have much less time, you’ll be like, do I really need to look at this factor?

Or might I simply entry my very own knowledge, as a result of there’s an excellent likelihood, many of the belongings you’re watching stuff about, you can most likely train somebody anyway, simply talking as a previous procrasti-learner, that we are likely to know lots and we don’t give ourselves credit score for it. So it could be that as a substitute of really, you already know, taking that course you simply ask your self, Okay, what do I truly know.

And also you give your self half an hour to jot down that every one out. And then you definately act on that as a substitute of needing to go outwards for the data. Or if there are genuinely issues that you’ll want to study, which is completely okay. And it’s a part of constructing a enterprise as effectively, that you’ll be able to truly work out so as a substitute of simply saying, you already know, like work on.

So say for instance, I’m in Stacey Boehman’s 200k mastermind, so to me simply having like, a giant like, if I used to be time blocking reasonably than energy planning, if I had like 200k mastermind movies, so imprecise and my brains like okay, that really appears to be like high quality, as a result of I can simply watch stuff and never have to use something, no matter. If in your energy hour, you resolve, okay, I’m going to look at the 30 minute lesson on this, then I’m going to look at this lesson on that, then I want a forty five minute chunk to really do the journaling and apply it.

No matter is simply going to be you’re going to get a lot extra from different investments that you just’ve made if you end up planning correctly. So I simply wished to say that in case you’re feeling like, this sounds wonderful, however I didn’t have sufficient time to study this. You don’t have time to not study this. And when you discover ways to plan correctly, that may be a talent. You solely really want to study as soon as and also you refine it via follow.

However when you study that, and you actually begin embodying it and also you try this first three months dedication and you’re residing that in your life like the advantages of that compound, quarter after quarter after quarter, 12 months after 12 months after 12 months. In case you are feeling like and I simply, I actually wish to be sure you know you’re invited on this PGSD. In the event you can relate to this, in case you are nonetheless listening at this stage of the episode, wish to be sure you know that PGSD goes to make such a distinction for you in your online business.

When you might have a deal with on just like the enterprise time you do have such as you don’t have as a lot time as you wish to have. However the enterprise time you do have you already know that you’re benefiting from it and you’ll belief your self to get shit accomplished. You too can belief your self to not be merciless to your self, and to not must drive impress your self to your targets. However you’re capable of calmly sit down, do the scary issues, do the tedious issues, do the boring issues, additionally do the enjoyable issues. And then you definately’re capable of shut your laptop computer and go be current with your loved ones or go to that exercise class or go and stroll stroll your canine or no matter it’s prefer it’s a unique life.

And I wish to invite you into that. And that’s what we do inside PGSD. And so yeah, in case you’re feeling such as you don’t have sufficient time, you don’t have sufficient time not too. The identical with clear relaxation, after we really feel like we don’t have sufficient time. That’s after we want it probably the most. In the event you really feel such as you don’t have sufficient time to study energy planning and find out how to plan correctly. It’s not a time consuming factor to it’s once more, via doing that you just actually study it. However that’s once you want it probably the most. I wish to invite you into PGSD.

Outro

As I discussed, the doorways of PGSD are opening at 6am New York time on the 4th of April, closing at 11:59pm New York time on the eleventh of April. We’re strict with these enrollment dates. We’re all the time getting individuals emailing DMing after the doorways closed saying I’ve simply discovered about it or I remorse not signing up and might I enroll now the reply isn’t any. We simply have enrollment durations. And people are the enrollment durations. So I wish to invite you to hitch us when the doorways open. And on the time that you just had been listening to this the doorways might be opening in a couple of week’s time truly no. Yeah, a couple of days 6am New York time on the 4th of April.

So I wish to invite you in. I wish to be sure you find out about it so you may get something prepared that you’ll want to and you’ll be part of us and plan correctly as a perfectionist, observe via along with your plans, relaxation with out guilt and repeat. That could be a course of for making a progress mindset. That could be a course of for getting out of your personal manner in case you are in search of a extremely sensible actionable course of to not solely obtain your online business targets, however to additionally do the work in your perfectionism. And that private improvement work that you already know you’ll want to do. That is that be part of us samlaurabrown.com/pgsd The hyperlink might be there for you within the present notes. So I’m going to wrap it up right here. I hope you’re having a gorgeous day and I’ll speak to you within the subsequent episode.