ColdShower #80🥶🚿 Mental state awareness, less is more, and Q&A
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Recharge: Mental State Awareness
Refine: Road Warriors, Part 4 - Less is More
Rethink: Q&A with Jessica Williamson, Hotworx Franchise Owner, on creativity & balancing motherhood
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What could’ve been a disagreement…
I avoided conflict this week. It was Sunday evening, a time reserved for weekly preparations. I was in a rush, headed back from the grocery store. My mind was fixated on the week to come.
I could feel the stress seeping out from under my hair follicles (atop a dangerously thinning head).
So I took a breath.
Mental State Awareness
My stress had been on “auto-pilot” for the previous hour. I had been rushing from chore to chore, an all too natural pattern.
Something prompted me to break this fixed pattern. In under 5 seconds I changed a mental state that had been running all afternoon.
Then the light bulb went off…
Immediately, my perspective shifted. I entered into “problem solving” mode for the potential conflict awaiting my doorstep.
“What if I just wiped my shoes down?”
We’re keeping our floors clean for Miles, breaking a years old habit of wearing shoes in our home. It’s a habit I’ve struggled to break and the spark for silly fights as of late.
You see.. I don’t care for taking my shoes on and off while doing chores. I hate the effort & time. But I do want to respect Jordan’s effort for a clean home.
I never thought to take the 5 ADDITIONAL seconds to take a wipe to the bottom of my shoe, and avoid conflict entirely.
Let’s wrap it up
I know this sounds trivial. I feel silly even writing about it.
But the reality is these small problems exist in all of our lives. And how we solve them defines our future.
Our problems are not immovable; and our mental states are not fixed.
Happy Wednesday — Jon
Refine: 🪖🥗Road Warriors 🪖🥗
“How to keep healthy habits while traveling.”
On the road again..
Road Warriors, Part 4 - Less is More
Need to catch up - check out Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.
The “Bare Necessities”
(The Jungle Book continues to be a wealth of knowledge…)
We’ve made it through a whole month of travel tips. My last, most intuitive tip - Pack Light. Less truly is more on the road. I’ve moved from a carry-on to just a single backpack.
This means:
Less to pack/unpack at home and hotels
Less to think about
Less WEIGHT
MORE brain power devoted to keeping up with your good habits & routines
I’ve learned to pack the basics. I don’t worry about multiple outfits or stocking my entire medicine cabinet. And worst case scenario, there’s nothing I can’t buy on the road.
Rethink: 🚿😉SWSWAF🚿😉
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Barely Thriving
More Q&A from my conversation with Jessica Williamson. Please consider subscribing to her newsletter & blog - Barely Thriving.
What motivates you to create content?
“I guess a night of good sleep is usually the trigger for the brain space to write and read. Those days are far and few between, but I did write a couple of paragraphs last week about my story and why I felt it was important. My personal creations are kind of on hold for a bit and I take it all and put it into pillow forts for the kids or sales training for our teams. It fills my cup in the ways I need but keeps things moving in a productive direction so I don't feel like I'm not doing enough mothering or working if that makes sense.”
What message do you have for other moms pursuing entrepreneurship?
“Go easy on yourself. Pause on high intensity things for awhile because what you are doing is enough! Things will stagnate and you can work everything back in but based on where you're at in your motherhood journey maintain the most space for that transformation and everything will follow.”
THANK YOU for making it to the end! See ya next week.
"Just Do It " Art Williams