struggling to keep boundaries?

double booking your calendar?

can’t say no to commitments?

feel like there are not enough hours in the day?

external reminders only go so far

so let’s start with changing your mindset!

here are a few mental exercises you can start practicing today

<aside> 🧺 your time is a bucket

think of your time as a bucket. no matter how much you want to fill it, you have limited capacity. if you overbook yourself, something else will suffer.

in practice

• [ ] divide your time into 3 blocks: morning, afternoon, evening
• [ ] don’t schedule more than two commitments per block
• [ ] one commitment for yourself
• [ ] one commitment for others

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<aside> 🌼 prune your commitments

think of your time a flower or tree. you have to trim off some buds & branches for the tree to keep growing.

in practice

look at your calendar and “prune” at least one thing per day

— shorten a call

— cancel a meeting that can be an email

— identify what is not a priority and push it back

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whether we like to admit it or not, our time is finite.

it is the most valuable thing we have, and we are in full control!

it’s time to start respecting your own time