Shift Human Performance Coaching

Sometimes we forget what we were like when we started… Don’t forget!

Reflect on and remind yourself of the beginning, celebrate every win and every bit of progress, and you’ll go far. 📈

Inaction is often worse than SOME sort of action.

So, instead of freezing because you’re overwhelmed… start with the SIMPLEST and EASIEST action.

👉Maybe that’s 15 minutes of an hour-long workout.

👉Maybe that’s a minute of meditation instead of feeling like you “should” do the full 20 minutes. (YES, coming from someone who’s done meditation for over 30 f*cking years, one minute still counts - don’t let some “guru” tell you otherwise. 🙄)

👉Maybe you read one page instead of 10 pages before bed.

I am shouting this from my heart: WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO MAKE THINGS MORE COMPLICATED FOR YOURSELF WHEN YOU ACTUALLY NEED THINGS TO BE SIMPLE?! 📣

Give yourself some grace here. You’re working, trying to be healthy, balancing life, and then also socialize on top of everything. Do what you can in the time that you have.

Give yourself permission to do the smallest part of a habit. ✅

📸 RACHAEL ZIMMERMAN 📸 COLORADO & MAUI

Do you actually need a vacation, or do you need a life you don’t constantly need to escape from? 👀

Oof. We’re going there. 🙈

Because sometimes you don’t need another productivity hack, meditation app, or “self-care” routine that has 20 steps - many times you need:

✨ A boundary
✨ More breathing room
✨ Less 💩 on your plate
✨ Better communication
✨ Or having a conversation you’ve been avoiding

We’re talking about how to make your actual, everyday life feel more livable, and why the goal isn’t to NEVER need a break - it’s to make sure your break is a break and not an emergency escape where you burn everything down.🔥

🎧 New episode is live wherever you get your podcasts!

What are you currently fantasizing about escaping from? 👀

Your job isn’t to make sure everyone is comfortable with every boundary you set.

👆Read that again.

Sometimes setting a boundary means someone is going to be disappointed, annoyed, or they might not understand.

And sometimes they might REALLY want you to change your mind because your boundary makes their life less convenient.

That doesn’t mean you’ve done something wrong.🙅‍♀️ A boundary isn’t a request for everyone else’s approval. It’s a decision about what you are and aren’t available for.

And if you’re someone who has spent a lot of time keeping the peace, avoiding conflict, or making sure everyone else is okay, then setting a boundary can feel wildly uncomfortable.

You may even think that you’re being selfish or that they’ll be upset with you.

Yep, they might! And you can survive someone else’s discomfort. You can also be kind without being endlessly available to everyone. You can care about someone without saying yes to everything. You can disappoint someone and still be a good person.

Sometimes the most important boundary isn’t the one that makes everyone happy - it’s the boundary that lets you stay connected to yourself and what’s important to YOU.

And THAT is a habit worth practicing.

🎙️ lI talk more about this in this week’s episode of Making Shift Happen, which drops tomorrow! 🙌

Please repeat this to yourself: “Your exhaustion is not evidence of your value.”

Exhaustion isn’t proof that you’re doing life “right” or “how you’re supposed to.”

Exhaustion is exhaustion, and it means you need some damn rest and to also examine what the hell may be “off” for you:
👉How’s your sleep quantity and quality?
👉Are you eating enough food to fuel your goals and life?
👉Do you set work boundaries (and uphold them)?
👉When was the last time you sat in silence (without your phone)?

Being exhausted and constantly busy isn’t a sign you should be proud of, because eventually that exhaustion will catch up to you and could lead to burnout. And take it from me, you want to avoid burnout because that is a helluva hole to dig yourself out of. 🪏

I think we all need to replace the phrase “I’m so busy” with “I’m grounded and less chaotic because I set and uphold my boundaries and don’t neglect myself any f*cking more.” Yeah, it’s a mouthful, haha, but it’s a place of love that your body and brain need. 💜

You answered 25 emails, made a to-do list, went to 5 meetings, ran an errand at lunch, checked Slack approximately 55 times, yet somehow you still feel like you didn’t actually get anything done.

👀

Friend! You might be busy - are you productive?

Because those are NOT the same thing.

Busy feels productive because we’re doing things, and checking boxes, and we’re getting little dopamine hits every time we complete something. Yay! 🙌

But sometimes those things are just easier things than doing the things that actually matter.

Meanwhile, the project that actually matters is sitting untouched because it requires focus, creativity, discomfort, or an actual decision.

Busy is just procrastination wearing a very cute business casual ‘fit. 😂

In the latest episode of Making Shift Happen, we’re talking about:
👉Why your brain loves busy
👉Why checking things off feels so satisfying
👉How to spot “productive procrastination”
👉Why constant busyness can keep your nervous system stuck in ON mode
👉How to figure out what actually deserves your attention
👉And how to stop measuring your worth by how much you accomplished

Because you don’t need to become better at doing more in your life - you actually need to become better at knowing what’s worth doing.

🎧 Listen to Why Your Brain Mistakes Busy for Productive wherever you listen to podcasts.

Ask yourself: Are you actually being productive today, or just busy? 😂