Time Management Part 2: 4 FoolProof Ways to Banish Burnout and Prevent Ball-Dropping
My mission is to change the money conversation for women entrepreneurs, so that we can make decisions based on what our hearts want and not just what our bank accounts say.
To do that we are going to need to shift our time management — so we can generate more revenue and do more in our lives. To help you do just that, today I am going to write about 4 FoolProof Ways to Banish Burnout and Prevent Ball-Dropping.
For you visual learners out there — there’s a video that has even more details on this topic — it’s posted in my FB Group. To watch this video (and other amazing weekly videos) — go here.
Also, just in case you missed Part 1 of this series: The 3 Ways You Are Managing Your Time Wrong (and how to fix it) – it gives you an overall picture of Time Management – don’t miss it!
Just two weeks ago I was on the phone with a client and she was so excited because she had delivered two speaking events, one was on Tuesday night and the other was on Wednesday night. The events had gone really well, so it was a huge success.
Then, on Thursday afternoon, she forgot to pick her kids up from school. She got a call from her neighbor saying, “Hey I have your kids here.” My client was totally devastated. That was one of her worst fears come true! The fear that when you start to get more money, or when you experience more success in your business, you are going to start dropping balls (very important balls!).
You start to think, “Things are going to break and I am not going to be able to handle it,” and it makes you afraid to go for that success.
The truth is we need to prepare for when things get busier in our business. We need to add more rest and recovery. And we need to get savvier with time management.
Here is Time Management part 2: 4 Foolproof Ways to Banish Burnout and Prevent Ball-Dropping — so that you can feel safe growing your business.
I’m going to show you a core component of time management — how to recover and rest after a busy period or event in your business so that you don’t end up robbing yourself of joy or letting crucial balls drop.
R—Remember
Remember that after a high there will be a low. The high could be anything in your business that is exciting or causes stress; a live event or a speaking engagement, a video you are shooting, or completing a few chapters in your book.
After that high passes there will be a low period — a lot of times it happens the day afterwards. This low could look like self-criticism — thinking over the event and thinking you could have done it better. This could look like sadness or depression or feeling confused and not knowing what to do next. It could feel like your inner fire has gone out. It could also feel like absolute exhaustion.
What I want you to know is that this is normal. It happens to everyone. If you don’t know that this low is normal, you could perceive it as the start of a downward spiral. It might feel like something is wrong. Remember, nothing is wrong. This happens all the time and you can plan for it.
E—Emotions
Understand that you are going to have a lot of emotions. For me, after I do an event I need to have an outlet for my emotions. Sometimes, I like to get together with a friend or a colleague and do a play-by-play of the event to release these emotions.
For other people they need a distraction after an event. You might like to do a spa day, go to a museum, or see a movie. What is important is that you do something that distracts you and helps you deal with the emotions and the low.
Know that when you are feeling these emotions — when you are on the high and when you are on the low — you might forget some of your responsibilities, just like my client did. Delegating some of these responsibilities to others ahead of time can give you some space to deal with your emotions after the event.
S—Stopping
We have to plan to stop. Sometimes we don’t even realize how important it is to stop. For example, one of my clients reported in to me, “Monica, I never get anything done on Wednesdays and it is ruining my whole week.” I replied, “What do you think is causing that?”
It turned out that on Tuesdays she would work all day and then run a network meeting on Tuesday night. Then she expected herself to wake up on Wednesday and just start work like nothing had happened. I told her that she needed to plan to not start work on Wednesday until 11am or later. She needed to give herself some time to recover — go to breakfast, sleep in, go for a run, stare at the ceiling, do whatever she wanted to do for a few hours on Wednesday morning so that she could recover.
Figure out what works for you when you are thinking about time management and fitting in rest — meditation, going for coffee with a friend, sleeping in, whatever. The best way to get through a busy period is by having some intentional stopping time.
T—Touch
We hold a lot of emotion in our bodies. Whether it is a happy emotion like excitement, or a heavier emotion like disappointment — our bodies bear the brunt of it.
If you let your body release the emotion on its own it could take weeks for you to get back to feeling like yourself. What I love about touch — getting body care of any sort — is that it allows emotions to be released so much more quickly. I plan in a massage before all of my major events and after.
You might be thinking, “Monica I can’t afford that, I am just starting out in my business.” But it doesn’t have to be fancy. It could be a $20 foot massage. Or you could look up healing or massage schools in your area — they do lower cost treatments to allow students to learn.
I hope that these 4 foolproof ways to banish burnout and prevent ball-dropping will help you improve your time management, grow your business, and enjoy your success!
As always, my wish for you is to go out, make tons of money, and make this world a better place!
