It’s time to toss out old hustle culture habits.
It was time to rewrite “work” narrative.
It was time to shift for sustainability, for myself and my ideas.
These shifts are more than just changes, they’re total game changers.
Let’s jump in.
Keep perfection at bay — I used to strive for perfection, but I’ve realized that it’s not always realistic or productive. While I still have a desire for the best possible outcome, I’ve learned to let go of its pursuit. Perfectionism had me stuck in inaction for far too long. Now, I view perfection as a tool for evaluating progress rather than a rigid standard that must be met before moving forward.
Ideas aren’t precious — when I stopped treating my ideas as something precious, I was able to release ideas without it having too much meaning. From something as small as a content idea, or a strategy i’ve been noodling on; it means so much more when I can see fruits from a concept or nothing at all. It’s out, it’s thought-through and maybe it has legs, maybe it doesn’t. But it no longer takes up space in my brain.
Unsubscribe from the language of ‘work’ — This was truly inspired by my ‘40 Hours’ series. While it has the same air of the typical 40 hours, 9-to-5 work week, it was centered around what I do with this time. The corporate mindset that we’ll still live in when working for yourselves boggles my brain. We’ll hold onto old ways of thinking even when it doesn’t serve us. Reshaping HOW you work is realizing WHO you work for.
Get right with feeling — I’m a ‘no feelings’ girlie with the biggest feelings on the planet. I’ve always struggled naming what the feeling is (I literally have an app that teaches me about my feelings). But once I started understanding that “I’m busy” means I’m overwhelmed or “I’m tired” means I’m feeling frustrated or “I’m SO annoyed” means I’m feeling anxious. Understanding my feelings and how it connects to my business really helps me step out of IM A BOSS LADY and into IM A HUMAN WHO IS DOING HER BEST.
I’ll always, always, always be ok — The worst case scenario that I’ve conceptualized in my mind in certain situations has already happened to me and everything was still ok. While this isn’t a blanket statement and circumstances can more challenging than this reflection, for me it was knowing that I’ve experienced my version of worst, and I came out of it and I was okay. Therefore I can TRUST myself to carry me through. It’s never NOT happened. The result is I keep moving forward knowing I’ve got me, and there’s no rush or finish line waiting.
Our minds should be thought of as a tool, not a place for judgement.
The ideas that feel sticky, we release. the ideas that flow, we support.
