Make the most of hectic weeks 😵‍💫 📆

Hi ,

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Last week I had a WEEK. 🫠

It wasn’t intentional.

Tuesday I had the Ross Greene - CPS training. I had bought the tickets months ago & was so excited to attend. I have been using the model for 2 years now so attending the advanced training day was a no-brainer. 🧑‍🏫 🤩

Then late August, I was invited to attend a Women in business networking breakfast. It wasn’t at a horrendously early time slot and I only needed to reschedule one client. Win-win. 🥳

Yes - it fell on the same week as the PD, but I was so excited to attend and I’m so glad I went as I got so much out of it. 👩‍💼 🌈✨

My fabulous beautician is no longer working Saturdays. 💅 I love this for her as she needs the weekends off and I’ve been encouraging her to do this for 18months - so another win. Except it meant I had my appointment on Friday morning - which is a busy mentoring day for me.

So along with all the usual client sessions, mentoring, admin and tech issues - it ended up being a week!

Each of these ‘extra’ events on their own would have been absolutely fine - but all together in the same week, not ideal. 🙃

I’m hoping you can relate.

Sometimes, even with the best of planning, busy weeks happen. & you don’t want to keep saying NO to opportunities that will have a huge impact or fill your cup just to keep the week calm. 🧘🏼‍♀️

So I did 2 things that really helped me get through the week.

First:

✨I made sure I only focused on the things happening on that day. This allowed me to be fully present and get the most from what I was doing that day (without the overwhelm!).

Second:

✨I gave myself time on the weekend to reflect on what worked and why. What didn’t work and why. This helps us to know what to keep and what to change the next time this happens (because it WILL happen).

So as we start creeping into the final 3 months of the year. The busiest months of the year for work, study and social life - know that busy weeks will happen. 🤷‍♀️

They just can’t happen every week.

But when they do, focus on the day, not the week and reflect back on what worked and what you were glad you did.

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