You know that dream of “I take whatever days off I want to with my family, whenever the need arises”?
Well, my client started doing that – automatically – without me even telling her to, before she’d even finished her six months of coaching with me!
Here’s what happened.
She knew the new school season was starting. Kids were shifting to new schools; the family was going to change significantly. So what did she do?
She scheduled days off on purpose to be with her kids during the summer; to process her own emotions as they started new grade levels (and schools!); to set up the new back-to-school routines she’d need; and to give herself the space to *not* hustle for clients every possible second.
That was a huge growth point for her, and I’m celebrating her progress – plus the fact that she thought of all this herself? Took the time she needed not only to be with her rapidly changing family, but also to process things on her own?
That’s huge. That’s living life on purpose. That’s giving yourself what you need.
That’s being unbusy.
And this client was already there after just four and a half months of working with me.
She knew what she needed. She scheduled in that time. She relaxed the pressure. And her back-to-school season was exactly what she needed because of it.
What’s the next big thing coming up in your life? Is it a graduation, new church, move, new baby, something else?
And if you could give yourself the perfect amount of time to adjust, how many days off would you give your family to adjust to these new changes? What about days off just for yourself, or the number of journaling sessions?
Make sure you’re taking care of what *you* need to – because when you process change properly, it doesn’t slow you down. YOU slowed down on purpose to meet it, just like a car over a bump.
And afterwards? It speeds up, back to normal, and everything’s okay.
But if that car hits that bump at full speed, and does it again and again, down the road there’s going to be an expensive trip to the mechanic.
Aka, you’re heading for a mom breakdown on the human side of things (if you haven’t let yourself deal with family change and just charged through, pretending it was normal).
And I don’t want that for you. So take a page from my client, slow down, and know you’ll speed up later.
After you’ve given yourself some time.
Because that’s what being unbusy looks like – flexing your schedule to suit YOU.
Where do you need that in your life today?
