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 sequence, I talked about how working from a to-do listing makes it exhausting 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 if you’ve deliberate, so that you honour your relaxation?

I reply these questions and offer you sensible recommendation in in the present day’s episode. If you happen to’re questioning methods to plan out your clear relaxation correctly every week, pay attention in.

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Introduction

Hello, and welcome to a different episode of The Perfectionism Challenge. 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 method and construct a satisfying and worthwhile enterprise. I’m the founding father of the perfectionist getting shit achieved group teaching program, which is in any other case often called PGSD. And for much more perfectionism recommendation that can assist you with your small business, you’ll be able to observe me on Instagram @perfectionismproject.

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This episode is the third half in a 5 half sequence on clear relaxation, clear relaxation is when you’re 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 method in your small business. It contains planning correctly as a perfectionist, that’s your progress objective 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 when you’re doing that you can be getting out of your personal method. 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 when it comes to your Energy Hour, your little tweaks and your weekly evaluate. These are the three steps of energy planning. I train energy planning in depth inside PGSD, in the event you can relate to and resonate with what I speak about 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 might be dwelling them and benefiting from them in your small 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 enroll in the waitlist and to hitch when the doorways do open, you’ll be able to 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 have to be getting. So on this sequence already, we’ve talked about what clear relaxation is why it’s so vital within the second episode within the sequence. I talked about why it’s so exhausting to get clear relaxation when you’re working from a to do listing and why we need to be energy planning. And following that particular course of energy our, little tweaks, weekly evaluate to be working from our digital calendar in a method that will get our perfectionist mindset on our facet.

So it’s working for us. As a substitute of towards us. When you have a observe via downside in case you are working in spurts of motivation, and stopping and beginning when you’ve got burning out in the event you really feel like you might be so busy and also you don’t have sufficient time, however on the similar time you’re feeling such as you’re not getting something achieved, then you definately simply have a planning downside.

And anybody can learn 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 might 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’s not a cookie cutter template.

So in the event you don’t know already, relating to energy planning and planning out your week, we don’t inform you what to place in your calendar within the middle, we don’t say you understand, you have to be spending x period of time doing this sure form of activity after which time on this different activity and it’s worthwhile to get this many hours of fresh relaxation. We don’t inform you that as a result of actually energy planning and your progress objective 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 ability planning is a device to raised perceive your self and work in a method that works greatest for you.

So in the event you love another modalities or completely different concepts round productiveness, so say for instance, Human Design and issues like that, that that is such a sensible device to essentially aid you to determine and honor how you’re employed greatest the way you relaxation greatest, the way you present up greatest and to essentially lean into that, as a substitute of so many people are attempting to work towards what works greatest for us and individuals who work greatest within the evenings are attempting to get up at 5am and individuals who do tremendous effectively within the mornings which might be making an attempt to have a gradual morning. And actually when you’re energy planning you’re planning correctly. It’s about planning in a method that will get your perfectionist mindset in your facet and particularly works for you.

And so everybody’s going to have a distinct quantity of fresh relaxation of their calendar, they usually’re gonna have it at completely different occasions, it seems completely different as effectively, relying on what stage of life that you just’re in. So within the fifth a part of this sequence, 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 could be very completely different to once I was full time in my enterprise, and I used to be pregnant for the primary time.

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

And that’s such a wonderful factor. And we don’t need 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 will plan for these issues. And create, for instance, when you’ve got distractions, or a number of uncertainty wherever, you need to use one thing like buffer time to create pockets of time that you could 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 method that actually really works for you, and on your life-style and on your objectives that you’ve. And that features not simply your objectives for your small business. However what you need to do when it comes to how a lot time you need to spend with your loved ones, otherwise you need to spend doing hobbies. Possibly proper now, like I don’t even know what hobbies I like doing.

Since you don’t do something besides work in your small business, I really feel unhealthy that you just’re not working in your small business. So clear relaxation is a wonderful container for with 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 things. However one of many causes significantly that I really like this work and this course of for making a progress mindset, when you’re 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 selections if you’re in a position to 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 facet of that if you belief your self to have the ability to relaxation if 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 unimaginable. Upon getting 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 fulfilling. 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 ok 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 willpower, and curiosity and gratitude and so many different unimaginable issues. So after we are doing all of this work, we’re creating self belief, and that’s it’s simply going to circulation 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 objective and all of that, that these advantages are going to circulation over to all over the place else as effectively. That is why I train that you’ve your progress objective, which is your 12 month income objective for your small business. We train methods to set that inside PGSD, we evaluate it for you. And we will coach you on that in the event you’re feeling such as you don’t know what your objective must be. The PGSD teaching calls, we’ll aid you with that. So you might have that progress objective.

And when you might have that you’re then in a position to actually have this unimaginable container to develop self belief, get out of your personal strategy to follow all of this stuff that aid you to be within the progress mindset and to be not burning out. Not feeling behind all these lovely issues. So let’s speak about methods to plan out your week relating to clear relaxation. And particularly I need to chat via the ability hour little tweak ship weekly evaluate for every stage of energy planning, what you’ll be needing to do because it pertains to clear relaxation, this isn’t exhaustive.

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

And we’re additionally resistant to 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 straightforward not really feel responsible about it. So let’s speak about your energy hour.

So that is when you’re deciding and figuring out what your needle movers are for your small business, your progress objective will aid you with that. And then you definately’re placing your needle movers into your digital calendar. And so after we are doing that we’ve got initially 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 needed to say that it’s worthwhile to be sure you’re doing it in that order.

After which when you’ve bought all of that in your calendar, then you definately’re going to evaluate for contingency plans, you’ll anticipate and overcome forward of time productiveness obstacles, and you’ll evaluate workability and commit to what’s in your calendar. Tremendous vital. I’ll speak about that in a minute. However clear relaxation goes in earlier than your small business duties. So you might be deciding forward of time how a lot clear relaxation you’ll get. And to start with, particularly, you’re actually simply going to be guessing.

And that is why 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 need to be on this perfectionist mindset about it that we must be good at it from day one. As a substitute, when we’ve got 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 making an attempt to determine what your needle movers are.

After which when you’ve bought that down, then you definately could be ensuring you might have contingency plans prefer it’s going to return in layers, and we aid you with that inside PGSD. So relating to this clear relaxation, we need to ensure that it’s entering into your calendar. And once more, it’s simply gonna be a guess. However because it pertains to this, I need to say to have extra clear relaxation in your calendar than what you might be snug with. As a result of it actually helps to have constraint round your small business time.

And this may appear form of trippy to you, in the event you really feel such as you don’t have sufficient time to get the whole lot you achieved. Which by the best way is simply since you haven’t been planning correctly, that it has been straightforward to have that perception and keep in that perception. And to remain in that overwhelming. There’s that entire habit to feeling behind that is available in. However after we are constrained when it comes to what number of hours we’ve got to work on the enterprise, it actually helps us to determine and should get clear on what the needle movers are.

As a result of when we’ve got a lot time like when we’ve got on a regular basis within the day, and day-after-day of the week, which I do know a number of us fantasize about, myself included at occasions. I’m like, Oh, I simply want extra time. And I’m like, no, no, I simply want to consider it at a better stage, I don’t want extra time. However it may be so programmed into us this perception that we’d like extra time to get extra achieved, as a substitute of serious about the outcomes we need to create.

And to acknowledge that the extra relaxation we get, the extra inventive our mind may be at actually getting the outcomes we wish and creating what we need to create on the planet in the best, environment friendly, highly effective method potential. However when we’ve got that constraint there, whether or not it’s compelled upon us or whether or not we create a few of that ourselves, however both method, 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 inform you I used to be that I used to be like, particularly once I was working full time.

I used to be like if I might simply be like these full time enterprise house owners, 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 needed it to be.

I actually like I used to be in a number of self pity about that. And so I simply need to encourage you, no matter whether or not you might have constraints in your time regarding a job regarding kids regarding a well being situation, 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 when you’re 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 listing, that it feels very nerve-racking as a result of you’ll be able to’t belief your self to do what must be achieved.

You don’t even know what’s vital. You are feeling so overwhelmed that you just don’t know the place to start out. So that you don’t do something in any respect, however then you definately simply must do one thing. So that you choose something and also you try this form of 80% bounce from activity to activity activity. Get to the top of the week and really feel such as you’re exhausted. You’ve bought nothing achieved. Only a planning downside. Once more, it’s only a planning downside and that may be solved. Anybody can learn 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 achieved, we simply, we simply actually don’t have sufficient time, I simply need to invite you to contemplate that possibly that’s the very best factor that’s ever occurred for your small business. And that nevertheless a lot time you might have, you’ll be able to at all times use that point higher. And never within the sense of we have to use it completely and all that strain. However to only actually perceive that what you do in your small business time is a lot extra vital than how a lot enterprise time you might have.

And when you’re 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 evening earlier than with a number of evening 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 achieved, than once 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 once I was doing that a few years in the past, I used to be getting a lot extra achieved. So oh my god, it’s insane how a lot was getting achieved once I first began energy planning, in contrast with once I was working from these to do lists or once I was time blocking my calendar on this overbearing like horrible method that I simply consistently fell behind. And I’d by no means be capable of stick with it for greater than a few days.

As a result of it similar 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 downside. So we need to personal the constraints that we’ve got, we additionally need 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 if you’re doing all of your Energy Hour.

Since you’ve bought 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 evaluate, 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 would possibly want a bit extra clear relaxation and various things like that, methods to know when to relaxation and when to push via and do the issues as a result of generally you would possibly put clear relaxation in your buffer time.

Different occasions, you would possibly resolve, hey, really, I just do actually need to get this shit achieved. And I’m going to do this. And I’m going to do it as a substitute of the remaining, which we don’t need to default to doing that I do know we love serious about, Oh, cool, simply relaxation as soon as the whole lot’s achieved, I talked within the final episode about why we don’t need to try this, it’s not going that can assist you to create essentially the most profitable enterprise that you could. And it’s not going that can assist you benefit from the journey both.

So we’ve got the constraints, and we need to have extra clear relaxation, then we’re snug with and to only if it’s worthwhile 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 can 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 received’t really feel like an issue. As a result of you understand that when the time involves get shit achieved, you are able to do it. However when we’ve got constraints on our time, it feels so nerve-racking 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’d simply sit there and scroll via Instagram. So after all it’s nerve-racking in the event you’re feeling like that. So after we’re planning correctly, it actually helps us all that and we need to be proudly owning the ability of constraints and creating constraint for ourselves when it comes to how a lot enterprise time we’ve got with clear relaxation.

Figuring out that clear relaxation is a productive enterprise exercise, like if it’s worthwhile to body it that method, as a result of it’s true that that’s what it’s, then body it that method for your self. So what I would like you to even be serious about in your Energy Hour, is that you’re serious about what time of day you naturally relaxation slash procrastinate. As a result of a number of occasions we’re procrastinating, particularly the senseless form 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 will simply undergo the motions or we’re doing a number of behind the scenes stuff, not likely doing issues that may be seen by others. I would like you to be serious about what time of day you naturally are likely to really feel a little bit of wane in your power that you just discover it tougher to suppose. Or conversely you’ll be able to 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 achieved if you are likely to have your greatest concepts. Once more, little tweaks in your weekly evaluate or instruments inside Energy planning which might be going that can assist you actually see that in your calendar and actually be in contact with that it could be in the event you’ve been one working from a to do listing or time blocking, or various things like that, then it could be actually exhausting to reply that query. However you most likely have a hunch. So if you start energy planning, you simply need to go along with that hunch, after which we experiment, we take a look at, we’ll evaluate. So I would like 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 need 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 will do it at any time of day. However when is it best so that you can do it? And when is it most difficult on your mind and like, let’s really use that to our benefit if we will, if our different commitments that we’ve got in our life permits for that, like, let’s really make a schedule, not only one that sounds nice on YouTube of like, you understand, 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 greatest 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 the event you’re like me, and you discover mid afternoon, not your best time of day, then you definately need to be okay, what can I do creatively suppose right here, like, how might I probably 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 needed to talk as perfectionism folks, please, I simply need to point out this, it could be that you just do have a bit extra flexibility along with your commitments than you have been considering. And possibly you simply must have a few uncomfortable conversations with different folks with a view to have your schedule be what you really need it to be.

And that could be it’s worthwhile to be keen to have the thought error that you’re egocentric, or various things like that, to be keen to be uncomfortable, so to actually work in a method that’s serving you and your small business greatest and subsequently serving your loved ones and everybody you work together with greatest that generally it’s just like the schedule that we expect is completely out of attain is accessible to us if we’re keen to get uncomfortable and have sure conversations or if we’re keen to be inconvenienced generally 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 need to be on. And it’s not at a superbly handy time for you, however you actually need to be there. So being keen to be an individual who’s going to indicate 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 need to supply that, that possibly there’s a few conversations it’s worthwhile to have, possibly there’s a dialog it’s worthwhile to have with your self.

That may are typically the case, I’ve been in a position to do this each of these issues, many occasions. And it’s so unimaginable as effectively, like, it is a facet observe for now. However I’ll simply briefly point out that, particularly once I went full time in my enterprise. And initially once I went half time to half time working half time enterprise after which to full time enterprise, that I actually needed to learn to say no, as a result of everybody all of a sudden 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, making an attempt to orchestrate my plan in order that I might do what labored for them. And a number of the time I didn’t even ask if there was another 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 once I simply began to truly say I do have plans as a result of plans with your self a plan. So I’ve plans. And would this time give you the results you want. And like 9 occasions out of 10 that point would work for them, just like the time that really suited me.

And generally it wouldn’t. And I simply needed to get snug with saying really 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 understand, possibly we wait a few weeks after which we catch up. And that was life altering. So I simply need to share that in case it’s useful for you. So have extra clear relaxation than you’re feeling snug with. And at last in regards to the energy hour I need to say decide to your clear relaxation.

So that is the ultimate factor we do in our energy hour after we’ve got gotten the whole lot out of our mind how to have a look at it found out what’s vital, 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 objective is to not match your entire needle movers into your calendar. The objective is to cease overestimating what it’s worthwhile to do as a result of we so usually overestimate and have so many shoulds that don’t even must be on there in any respect.

So the objective isn’t to get all that To Do listing into the calendar, so you’re going via this entire course of in your Energy Hour once more full particulars inside PGSD. You go into that you just’ve bought your commitments in there, then you definately clear relaxation, then you definately’re what am I making an attempt to say… your needle movers. After which after that you’re not simply stopping there as a result of a number of occasions we need to cease there. And we expect cool, fairly calendar seems good.

However no, we’re going to evaluate for workability, we’re going to suppose, Okay, what’s going to occur if one thing comes up this week, have I bought buffer time in there? Do I would like a bit extra of that, like considering via these contingency plans, the obstacles which may come up reviewing workability like mentally taking your self to every morning within the week, that is why the ability hour may be tedious, it’s the greatest hour you’ll spend in your week. As a result of after that your brains achieved all of the heavy lifting, and it might simply observe via and be the nice little worker. So that is our boss time that we’re making these selections.

And we’re like tapping into our future self who will get to the objective and all of the issues and so that you’re mentally zooming in every morning and your calendar and considering okay, if that was in the present day, what how would I be feeling about in the present day? What’s developing? Have I bought sufficient time to eat? Have I bought sufficient time if I’m commuting someplace, like have I given myself a minute once I get residence to go and pat my canine and say hello to my husband and no matter like to truly like mentally zoom ahead. So to do all of that, after which we need to decide to it. And once more, as soon as we’ve achieved 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 expect that we’re not going to observe via on 100% of issues. And so it provides us permission to not really feel ashamed about it that we don’t should beat ourselves up for not being excellent at following via, we will simply be like, Oh yeah, I’m aiming for 80% roughly talking, like we don’t calculate that in any specific method. It’s simply aiming for 80%.

And I’m simply consistently updating and I’m that’s giving ourselves room for being a human and understanding that generally our mind goes to overthink issues and we’re going to have that perfectionism handbrake on and different occasions one thing sudden goes to return up or one thing’s gonna take like we didn’t notice how huge a activity was, and all that completely different stuff that we’re in a position to be compassionate with ourselves about that. After which resting with out guilt and repeating. However relating to the observe via that we’re not like however can that is the factor. It’s just like the components of it, like we need to be dedicated 100%.

And if we will’t be dedicated 100% of the calendar, we need to make these changes. So we’re creating plans we will really 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 will anticipate and all of the issues we’ve got feelings, all of that.

So we need to be 100% dedicated and it’s worthwhile to underline this in your thoughts, decide to the clear relaxation. So it’s not okay, effectively I rested these occasions if I get the whole lot achieved, when you’re committing to what’s in your calendar, it’s not simply committing to the needle movers, you might be committing to the clear ewar I prefer 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 seems like for you. I really like seeing all of our completely different calendars and seen how they give the impression of being completely different based mostly on our completely different personalities and what we love to do. And so I take advantage of iCal different folks in PGSD use iCal others use Google Calendar, it’s one of many two so after we are doing our clear relaxation, we will apply to everybody however I personally like to truly add a piece in my calendar for clear relaxation in order that I bodily once 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 a bit 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 prefer to have it’s on my calendar. And so my calendar seems full, however a number of it’s clear relaxation and you understand on iCal, you’ll be able to unclick sure views.

And so I can simply unclick the clear relaxation if I need 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 only then have these gaps that you just put your needle movers in. However we need 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 activity. And since we perfectionist love being productive, and we don’t see relaxation as productive, and we simply need 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 weak and with out having to danger feeling ashamed and all of that form of factor. That for us lacking out on relaxation just isn’t the punishment. Lacking out are on attending to do one thing productive enterprise associated is the punishment. So it’s so useful generally to only let your self really feel the consequence of in case you are procrastinating and 0 procrastination just isn’t the objective. So it’s not an issue.

If that was taking place, you’ll positively procrastinate much less as soon as you might be planning correctly. However on the similar time, in case you are procrastinating as a substitute of then, okay, effectively, now I must get you understand, work late as a result of I didn’t get stuff achieved. It’s no, it’s worthwhile to relaxation. And so now it’s worthwhile to expertise a consequence of not having that achieved. Or it’s worthwhile to tweak your calendar so that you just nonetheless have that clear relaxation. After which you understand, 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 which may really feel scary, however belief me, it’s it’s such an ideal 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 achieved, then our mind, once more, just isn’t 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 bought 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 achieved.

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

So if you’re doing all of your little tweaks, so these are simply your little updates in your calendar, you can be being attentive to if you have been consuming into clear relaxation occasions, as I discussed, you’ll be able to have clear relaxation as chunks in your calendar. And for mine, I don’t label I’ll speak about this extra. And I speak about what I rise up to my clear relaxation. However I don’t label like all of the completely 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 similar to time the place I can simply do what I really feel like doing within the second form of factor. Lots of 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 need 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 may actually simply form of drift, not that with energy planning, you’ll be able to positively drift 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 need 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 evaluate, as effectively, we might be reviewing that. So I’ll speak about 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 achieved. So that may actually assist as effectively to only 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 vital.

And after we zoom ahead to possibly it’s your future self, on the finish of the week, who’s reflecting for you consider 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 remaining is what you want. And there could be different occasions much less usually than we expect that our future self is like simply do the factor, that is going to be the very best factor for you. So take heed to your knowledge on that. Remembering clear relaxation is a productive activity.

And with a bit tweaks once I replace our calendar to replicate what occurred, so to see how a lot clear relaxation you might be getting. So that is going to be tough when it comes to like once I’m updating my calendar, do my little tweaks, it doesn’t replicate precisely to the minute like in the event you’ve use iCal or Google Calendar, you understand, like, it’s issues are form of in 15 minute chunks. And even when you’ve got a number 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 nevertheless it’s ok, it’s extra useful than a to do listing.

And positively, it’s very exhausting to do any form of productive analysis in your week, if you’re simply this lengthy to do listing that wasn’t very effectively thought out or thought-about was simply form of written with this want listing mentality. So that you need to replace your calendar. As I mentioned, I like to make use of a bit checkmark emoji, and to replace it to replicate roughly talking, what bought accomplished in that point. In order that now let’s discuss in regards to the weekly evaluate, once I get to my weekly evaluate, I’m able to evaluate 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 at all times completely different. At all times, at all times, at all times, at all times, 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’ve got little tweaks for a cause. It’s not that you just didn’t observe via and you need to have it’s a part of the method. So I prefer to get the following to one another. After which I similar to to check and see what they did like, what did I feel I used to be going to do this week versus what I really did? When did I find yourself urgent.

And that is if you actually get shut to love, for instance, a number of the stuff I found out about how I work greatest is I can consistently see and particularly over time, if you do increasingly and extra weekly evaluations, that you will note a sample of okay, at three o’clock within the afternoon, I’m actually dragging my toes like several activity that I’ve in that point, it takes method 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 total, or that I’m placing in a, you understand, the duty in that point interval must be one thing that doesn’t require as a lot psychological power.

So for me, I’ve duties like checking in with the crew and issues like that within the afternoon. Reasonably 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 might be that okay, effectively, subsequent week, I’m going to experiment with doing that form of activity within the morning and see what that appears like. And I’d nonetheless need to be working at the moment of day.

However I’m going to do a distinct form of activity, I’m going to group these duties collectively, like we’re simply making a speculation and testing it after which with our weekly evaluate with the ability to replicate and consider successfully. So that you need to be searching for traits for patterns, to be getting clues. In order that that is I really like the way it simply compounds. So if you do your weekly evaluate and also you go into your subsequent Energy Hour, which might be instantly after weekly evaluate, it might be on a distinct day. So I love to do in the meanwhile I do my weekly evaluate.

After which I instantly do my energy hour after usually in the meanwhile on a Sunday. There are different PGSDers who love to do their weekly evaluate after which positively get an evening’s sleep on it after which do their energy hour a distinct day, like this week as effectively. I didn’t I did, I feel my weekly evaluate on Saturday, after which I did my Energy Hour on Tuesday. Like generally 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 need to search for the patterns, the traits, when have been you your best. When have been you doing busy work? When have been you scrolling? So if I find yourself like scrolling otherwise you’re doing no matter. I don’t have a tendency to write 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 activity, I’ll prolong out how lengthy that activity 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 activity specifically. Then I put that as clear relaxation. And I simply know that that’s my mind. Like I can know once 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 would possibly love to do, is in the event you like utilizing emojis, for instance, you possibly can simply put an emoji in the event you procrastinated, for instance, you have been scrolling via Instagram, simply utilizing an instance you most likely can’t relate. However you would possibly need to put like, I don’t know, a bit telephone emoji or one thing in there in order that if you’re doing all of your weekly evaluate, you’ll be able to look again and see like, Okay, I might see I used to be like on my telephone and also you would possibly be capable of see, okay, I preserve within the afternoon scrolling. Possibly I would like extra clear relaxation, possibly I really want to provide myself a lunch break.

Like currently, I’ve been giving myself an hour lunch break, regardless 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 similar to senseless YouTube and revel in my lunch. I’m pumped. And I similar to hanging out and I’m not in a rush. It’s simply so good. Different occasions I’ve been understanding at lunchtime, and like I’m at all times experimenting with my work week.

And so it might simply actually assist to see like, Okay, I really want to provide myself a lunch break and never anticipate myself to eat at my desk, whereas watching like a video of a advertising 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 need to be doing as effectively, after we are doing our weekly evaluate 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 the event you’re not being productive, to have your mind going, okay, am I getting clear relaxation to take a look at that, to research that. And when you’re 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 seem 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 if you’re doing all of this. And in addition along with your weekly evaluate.

Be compassionate with your self. If you happen to’re not getting as a lot clear relaxation as you suppose you have to be. We perfectionist like to get it proper. And we expect there’s these guidelines about what is true relating to clear relaxation. And relating to planning correctly as a perfectionist, that doesn’t imply like listed below are the foundations and you must observe the foundations and do it proper and there’s a incorrect strategy to do it. Planning correctly simply means that you’re planning in a method that get to a perfectionist mindset in your facet.

And energy planning is a container that can assist you try this. However that’s going to look completely different for each season of life that you just’re in. Everybody goes to have completely different look in energy planning. It relies upon what sort of enterprise you might have. When you have kids, in the event you’ve bought different stuff going in your life prefer it’s actually a device for self belief, self compassion, self-worth, self picture, like stepping 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 a bit loving kick within the pants when it’s worthwhile to generally in your weekly evaluate goes that can assist you try this being a bitch to your self isn’t methods to get your self right into a progress mindset simply in case, you wanted a bit reminder that it’s secure to be form to your self. You’re not going to be unproductive in the event you don’t beat your self up.

So these are some ideas when it comes to methods to plan out your clear relaxation. And simply to reiterate when it comes to how a lot you have to be getting, I do know you need to hit the correct quantity of fresh relaxation to get. It’s going to depend upon you your preferences on your life and your life-style, your small business, your power ranges at completely different occasions of day. Do you might have kids? Do you might have well being stuff occurring? What are your priorities outdoors of your small business? What order precedence is your small business inside these? Like there’s a number of various things occurring there.

And so that is why 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 a bit greater than you’re snug with. Create particularly in the event you really feel such as you don’t have sufficient time for clear relaxation, that’s when you understand you want it. So add a bit greater than you’re snug with. After which what you’re going to do is you’ll be actually experimenting with that, and understanding that it’s not such as you’ll ever get to this correct quantity, like, as I mentioned, it’s gonna preserve altering and evolving.

And you’ll ultimately begin to get a really feel for like, Okay, I my workday in the meanwhile on this season of life, this stage of my enterprise, I like working, you understand, these hours or this hour of today. And that’s working for me, after which your weekly evaluate, like, you’ll be able to belief that as a result of in your weekly evaluate, 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 seem like.

And it’s worthwhile to have this a lot relaxation and this a lot time in your small business. And, you understand, this a lot time understanding and it’s worthwhile to get up at the moment of day, like my enterprise goes to look so completely different to your small business, even in the event you’re a coach as effectively, which there’s a very good probability 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 greatest for you.

And I really like that nobody can inform you the reply to what must 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 a number of procrasti-learning, and you might be usually wanting 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 need to point out simply on that observe, on procrasti-learning that in the event you’re considering I need to be in PGSD. This sounds wonderful.

I need to plan correctly, I need to be getting out of my very own method. 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 case. It’s referred to as a perfectionist getting shit achieved for a cause. That’s actually about studying via doing and we provide the instruments to take your progress objective and to study energy planning and all of that. However, for instance, the ability planning module is 4 movies.

After which if you try this, and when you begin, like actually you’re going to study it from practising and getting teaching and getting assist and doing the factor and doing it in that container that then you’re going to have the ability to really work out so possibly you’re in all these completely different programs, you’re going to have the ability to work out which one’s really going to be a needle mover like, which is the one you need to concentrate on proper now.

And also you’re going to truly be capable of plan it in a method. Which means you’ll be able to really implement what you’ll say for instance, in the event you’re in a advertising course, as a substitute of similar to watching random advertising movies, whilst you’re at your desk, consuming lunch, and like feeling like Oh, my goodness, I would like to look at all of this, and I simply must preserve refreshing myself on this stuff and no matter, that you will initially, since you’ll have much less time, you’ll be like, do I really want to look at this factor?

Or might I simply entry my very own knowledge, as a result of there’s a very good probability, a lot of the stuff you’re watching stuff about, you possibly 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 understand, taking that course you simply ask your self, Okay, what do I really know.

And also you give your self half an hour to write down that each 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 it’s worthwhile to study, which is completely okay. And it’s a part of constructing a enterprise as effectively, that you’ll be able to really work out so as a substitute of simply saying, you understand, like work on.

So say for instance, I’m in Stacey Boehman’s 200k mastermind, so to me simply having like, an enormous like, if I used to be time blocking fairly than energy planning, if I had like 200k mastermind movies, so imprecise and my brains like okay, that really seems nice, 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 would like a forty five minute chunk to truly 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 when you’re planning correctly. So I simply needed to say that in the event 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 learn to plan correctly, that could be a talent. You solely actually need 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 might be dwelling 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 need to be sure you know you might be invited on this PGSD. If you happen to can relate to this, in case you are nonetheless listening at this stage of the episode, need to be sure you know that PGSD goes to make such a distinction for you in your small 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 need to have. However the enterprise time you do have you understand that you’re taking advantage of it and you may belief your self to get shit achieved. You may also belief your self to not be merciless to your self, and to not should power impress your self to your objectives. However you’re in a position to 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 in a position to 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 distinct life.

And I need to invite you into that. And that’s what we do inside PGSD. And so yeah, in the event 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 essentially the most. If you happen to really feel such as you don’t have sufficient time to study energy planning and methods 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 if you want it essentially the most. I need 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 at all times getting folks 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 need to invite you to hitch us when the doorways open. And on the time that you just have been listening to this the doorways might be opening in a couple of week’s time really no. Yeah, a couple of days 6am New York time on the 4th of April.

So I need to invite you in. I need to be sure you find out about it so you may get something prepared that it’s worthwhile to and you may 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 method in case you are searching for a extremely sensible actionable course of to not solely obtain your small business objectives, however to additionally do the work in your perfectionism. And that non-public improvement work that you understand it’s worthwhile 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 might be having a wonderful day and I’ll discuss to you within the subsequent episode.