Preparing for upcoming busy seasons has become like my own personal Olympics. Thrilling hobby, I know. If you’re new to the blog, I recently wrote The Busy Season Survival Guide, which is a cumulation of a decade of lessons I’ve learned about managing busy season burnout while trying to stay…
I haven’t even written about my digital bullet journaling experience yet, but I’m already back to my analog bullet journal. I suppose I never truly left paper journaling. I digitized the bones of my bullet journaling practice a couple of years ago, but I kept my paper notebooks around (mostly…
Do you have a stressful day job? If you feel like you lose yourself when things get busy, read on! Reconnecting with your path and purpose is one of the best ways to prepare for an upcoming busy season. So before things get hectic, pause. Take a breath. Check-in with…
Being cognizant of our unique version of balance is an often overlooked element that’s key to navigating our busiest seasons! In the recent post Breaking Down Burnout, we considered that burnout is caused by a combination of internal and external factors, plus extreme imbalance, drawn out over time without a…
Work-life balance looks different for everyone. We all have different interests, motivations, energy levels, and ambitions, so one formula does not fit all! It happens that my husband and I work in the same profession. Ask either of us if we feel like we have “work-life balance” and we’ll give…
I’ve learned quite a bit from my reign as a self-proclaimed burnout queen. (So much in fact that I’ve written a Busy Season Survival Guide for the blog to share over a decade of those lessons with you!) Those years gave me a lot of time to reflect, to try…
How do you find work-life balance that works for you? In this post, we’re taking a six-step introspective journey to find that balance! But first, if you’ve not already, you might wish to visit this foundational post: How to Find Your Unique Work-Life Balance. It takes a high-level approach to…
Are you burning out frequently at work? Is it making you question your life choices? I say that in jest, but I actually did want to explore this as an adjacent post to the 5-part series called The Busy Season Survival Guide, published recently. I burn out at least twice…
What is work-life balance, exactly? And how do you achieve it? Usually you’ll come up with one of two answers: either a prescriptive map of what work-life balance should look like (complete with pie-charts and activity checklists), or more likely these days… “Work-life balance is a myth.” It doesn’t exist.…
When you’re burnt out at work, conventional wisdom says to pull back so that you can recover. I just wrote a series called The Busy Season Survival Guide that ended with a post about Rest and Recovery for when you’re starting to feel burnt out, but you still have to…