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Do you know what is important to you?

Do you know what is important to you?

Do you know what makes you happy? If asked would you be able to list off all the things that make you feel peaceful and at ease? Do you know what is important to you? What most people don’t realize is that defining your priorities is a key to the thought of being less busy.

Do you know what makes you happy? 

While we think that happiness can only be achieved when we have reached a goal or we have (insert the big shiny object you’re longing for). When really we only need to stay in the present moment and begin to figure out what brings us happiness. 

I finally understood that happiness is found every day when I look for it. 

In a similar fashion to when you purchase a new vehicle and start to see that vehicle everywhere you look. It’s because it’s now in your consciousness. Our minds begin to pay attention and we will see that vehicle everywhere we turn. 

Here’s the secret, if you want to feel happier in your life. Start to pay attention to the little moments of happiness that you have throughout your day. 

Here are a few examples for me, it’s the vivid colors of the sunrise and sunset. Starting my day quietly read scripture to hear God speak to me. The very first sip of coffee in the morning, feeling the warm mug in my hands and that yummy coffee smell. The look of excitement on my clients’ faces when they have a breakthrough. Case in point, even bringing those thoughts into my mind brings a smile to my face. 

Do you know what is important to you? 

Have you investigated your thoughts on what you consider to be your priorities? What do you feel in your heart of hearts is important to you? When my clients do know the answer to what is important and a priority to them, I encourage them to spend time in their journals. 

Here is the journaling prompt for you: If I did know what is important to me what would they be?

You hold the key to stop being so busy.

You guessed it, that comes down to defining your priorities. What do you truly want to give your time to?

Why is defining your priorities a key to feeling less busy? If you know where your true priorities are and you say yes to those over areas you consider to have a lower priority you’ll be consciously spending time in areas that fill you with joy. 

Let me ask, can you remember a time when you felt totally at ease? Can you remember a specific time? As you go back to that time now, go right back to that time, float down into your body and see what you saw, hear what you heard, and really feel the feelings of feeling totally at ease? 

What were you doing? Is this important to you? If it’s not, why? You see my point right? If you felt totally at ease why are you consciously not spending time here? 

Important To You

Busy Badge

Do you love your busy badge so much? What thoughts do you have around being busy? Lastly, does it build you up in some way?

Be that as it may, do you wonder what it would be like to not feel busy all the time?

Do a mind sweep on what is important to you. What are your priorities? Then put them in order.

You want to fill your time with what fills you up.

Are your top priorities causing busyness and stress?

Let me ask, what are your thoughts on that priority? Why is that? The solution is simple, figure out how you can shift your thinking to be in alignment with the priority.

It all boils down to this our perception is our reality, and we can change that if we choose.

Here is an article on well+good as an additional resource. 

Most important, life is all about how we perceive it. Here's what I mean we perceive life based on our experiences.

Some are good, like do not touch a hot stove. On the other hand, we hold on to thoughts that keep us stuck in the mindset of busyness and overwhelm.

It starts in our thoughts, with the willingness to see things differently. You guessed it to get out of our own heads and be willing to step outside our comfort zone.

I know you’re ready to throw away your busy badge and begin to see your life from a new perspective. Is this something you’d like for your life? Below is the link to my private coaching application.

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Little Side Note

Above all be kind to yourself. All good things start with self-compassion and self-love.

✁ Just a Snippet 

Here is just a snippet of the important points, you know for the skimmer in you. 🤪

  • Defining your priorities I feel is a key to the thought of less busy.
  • Do you know what makes you happy?
  • Have you investigated your thoughts on what you consider to be your priorities?
  • You hold the key to stop being so busy. That comes down to defining your priorities. What do you truly want gets your time. 
  • Journal on this, if you did know your priorities what would they be?
  • Why is defining your priorities a key to feeling less busy? If you know what truly is important to you and you say yes to those over areas you consider to have a lower priority you’ll be consciously spending time in areas that fill you with joy.
  • Above all be kind to yourself. All good things start with self-compassion and self-love. 
  • Did you miss last week? Here is the link. 
Overwhelmed? How to be less busy

Overwhelmed? How to be less busy

In case you missed it, last week, the topic was waiting to start on a dream or goal for when you had more time and were less busy. This week begins a five-part series on how to be less busy. If you’re feeling overwhelmed with life, this series is for you. Do you find yourself in a loop of busyness? When we are trapped in busyness, it will clutter our minds and make everyday decisions difficult. A slower, quieter pace will give you more time and brain space to go after your dreams. If you’re ready to simplify your life, create more ease and stop being so busy, then join me for this series!

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Busyness Trap

Let’s look at the loop of busyness. If every day you go to bed exhausted with only a few things checked off the list and have no idea where your time went, you guessed it, you’re in the busyness trap. 

Our culture believes we should be putting more and more on our plates. Have you stopped to think about what we are sacrificing? What are you missing out on when caught in the busy trap? When life has you always hustling from one thing to another, causing the feeling of chaos. Have you stopped to think about what it would be like to feel less busy? 

Thought of Not enough hours in the day

Our busy schedules make us feel there are not enough hours in the day to go after our goals, our dreams that we long to accomplish. 

Every one of us has the exact same amount of time in a day. 24 hours. 

We pack more and more into our days. The habit of being busy doesn’t leave you feeling at peace in your life, but instead, it leaves us feeling overwhelmed. 

Do you know what is important to you? 

The problem is most people do not take the time to realize what is important to them. On a surface level, yes, we know what is important; however, we do not always devote time to meaningful things. 

Here’s what I mean, if I did an audit of your time, would I be able to tell where your priorities are? What is important to you? Above all, what brings meaning to your life? Or would I see a schedule that is overwhelmed with items that leave you in a loop of busyness? Figuring out priorities and what gets your time is something that I work on with my clients. After all, we get to choose what gets our attention.

Overwhelmed? How to be less busy

How to be less busy

During this series, Overwhelmed? How to be less busy. We will look at ways to simplify your life to be less busy and prioritize meaningful things.

When we stop being so busy, it creates space to declutter our minds. It allows us to know what makes us happy. In the end, we all want to feel as if we are living a happy life.

I was curious about happiness, so I googled: What percentage of Americans are happy. This was the very first article that came up for me: Americans are the unhappiest they’ve been in 50 years; a poll finds Just 14% of U.S. adults say they’re happy. Here is the link.

14% of Americans are happy! Am I the only one that thinks something is wrong with that? A point to consider is the poll was done in 2020 around COVID. Since I’m a curious person, I wondered about it now. Thank goodness Google makes research simple.

Here is an article I read, in short: In 2021, happiness took a significant hit across the board.

Based on the numbers, we have a lot of room for improvement on the happiness front.

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Little Side Note

Do you have thoughts about being busy and overwhelmed? Try doing a mind sweep and write down every single thought that comes to your mind. No judgment, write them all down. If you stall, keep writing ‘What Else?’ Until you get deep and uncover the root. Once the root is uncovered journal on this thought until you release it for a new better thought. Be patient, this has taken me weeks before, and releasing gets easier and quicker.


Don't forget this is a series!

We will cover topics about your time, self-care, routines, priories, saying no, schedules, time wasters. It will be all good stuff. Do not miss a post; if you’d like to be notified every Wednesday when the post goes live, subscribe here.

Leave you with this final thought.

Busy is actually just a thought. I know what you’re thinking; busy is not a thought. I have a to-do list to prove it to you. I get it; I wore my busy badge with pride. My thoughts told me that I would not progress towards my goals if I wasn't busy.

Before I became curious about personal development and how thoughts create your results, I said the same thing.

As a result, shifting my thinking opened up a new world of possibilities. What if it’s true? If you shift your thinking around busy and the thought of not having enough time for what brings you joy.

For what purpose are you stuck in the mindset of busy? How is it serving you? What would happen if you decided that being busy was a thought?

I know you’re ready right now to ditch your busy badge. If you’re interested in changing your thoughts, I have a spot with your name on it in my private coaching. Spots are limited. Apply Today.

✁ Just a Snippet

Here is just a snippet of the essential points, you know, for the skimmer in you. 🤪

  • Do you find yourself in a loop of busyness?
  • Our culture believes we should be putting more and more on our plates.
  • Have you stopped to think about what we are sacrificing?
  • We pack more and more into our days.
  • We know what is important; however, we do not always devote time to meaningful things.
  • Just 14% of U.S. adults say they’re happy.
  • Busy is actually just a thought.
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Private Coaching

Why do I believe in the power of private coaching?

Because it is truly life-changing. When your coach asks you that mind-blowing question that suddenly allows you to see what you've been missing all along that was literally right in front of your face.

You just need someone with a different perspective to help you see it.

Are you ready to experience life from a different perspective?

When you find yourself overthinking

When you find yourself overthinking

I know what it is like to be caught up in overthinking. The last time I checked, overthinking about all the things that bring us joy and happiness doesn’t cause stress and overwhelm. Nope, our stress and overwhelm come from overthinking our future, past, and all the things we think could go wrong. All the junk that we have little to no control over.

Made Up Disaster

It’s funny our minds are always on red alert, looking for all the things that could go wrong. You may have guessed, our minds are continuously searching for different ways to keep us safe from the made-up disaster that we create in our own heads.

I think you’ll agree with me when I say we overthink because we are spending time thinking about the past or the future and not this present moment.

Tell me, Friend, is this very moment scary? Nope, let me guess you’re not overwhelmed at this very second either. Funny how that works.

When you find yourself overthinking

2 AM Thinking

I wonder if you can relate to my favorite overthinking that happens in my mind. All those past conversations that I need to rehash in my brain. Why did I say that I should have said this, or I forgot to mention that.

Talk about a big waste of time.

Let me walk you through how I handle it; this just happened to me the other night at 2 AM!

My mind started repeating a conversation I had the day before. Once I noticed what was happening, I told my brain to hold up, Michele; you are in the past, nothing you can do about it now, just let it go. When it resurfaced a bit later, I simply said Michele, let it go.

How about you?

 

Really, here’s the thing what are the chances of the exact conversation coming up again? Well, unless you’re chatting with a two-year-old, then the possibility of repeat conversations doesn’t come up.

How to overcome your overthinking

Here are suggestions on how to overcome your overthinking.

Find a go-to mantra or prayer when you notice you are beginning to overthink a situation.
An example could be: I’m not sure what will happen next, and that’s okay. I’ll find a solution when the time is right.

Pull out your journal and break down what is causing you to spin into overthinking. Our overthinking is just thoughts. Our thoughts create our action or, worst, our inaction. Put all that overthinking on paper and keep writing until you are off the spinning wheel of overthinking.

What if you’re not able to journal? No problem, simply pause and kindly tell your brain, thank you for keeping me safe, but that’s just a thought. I need not worry or overthink.

Laugh about it! Let out a laugh when you notice that your thoughts are running away from you.

Flip the script; what are you grateful for? Tell your mind that you are so thankful for preparing for disaster. But right now, we will focus on the good in our lives. We will be grateful for all we have and not worry about the rest.

Try these out, and let me know if they work for you!

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Little Side Note

The problem is, all our overthinking causes overwhelm and dissatisfaction in our lives. Honestly, can you think of a time when overthinking filled you with joy and happiness?

I didn’t think so.

✁ Just a Snippet

Here is just a snippet of the important points you know for the skimmer in you. 🤪

The last time I checked, overthinking about all the things that bring us joy and happiness doesn’t cause stress and overwhelm.

You may have guessed, our minds are continuously searching for different ways to keep us safe from the made-up disaster that we create in our own heads.

Once I noticed what was happening, I told my brain to hold up, Michele; you are in the past, nothing you can do about it now, just let it go.

The problem is, all our overthinking causes overwhelm and dissatisfaction in our lives.

No problem, simply pause and kindly tell your brain, thank you for keeping me safe, but that’s just a thought. I need not worry or overthink.

Private Coaching

Why do I believe in the power of private coaching?

Because it is truly life-changing. When your coach asks you that mind-blowing question that suddenly allows you to see what you've been missing all along that was literally right in front of your face.

You just need someone with a different perspective to help you see it.

Are you ready to experience life from a different perspective?