129. Do you have too much on your plate?

How to do more by doing less

Sammie and I ran through an exercise this week to see how we could balance out our schedules and do more by doing less.

We started by listing out all the projects we wanted to accomplish. We used Charlie Gilkey’s method from Start Finishing. He describes a project as anything that takes time, energy and money.

This was a huge breakthrough for me because when I took time off work, I had a hard time thinking anything I was doing was important if it wasn’t attached to a dollar value. However, I had gone through a lot of major transitions as once. I moved across the country, left my job and moved in with my parents. None of those things were easy tasks and all took tons of time, energy and attention. I realized I wasn’t giving myself credit for these big tasks. So I was active and busy, but not focused on the things I wanted to focus on, which was OK.

This episode, Sammie and I discuss the idea of viewing your time and goals as “projects” and take a look at all the unfinished projects that are currently living in our head. Sammie has been dreaming of learning how to rollerskate and become one of those cool women who dance skates to Abba.

What projects are you tackling right now? Is there anything you’re thinking about taking off your plate? Let us know in the comments!

Show Notes:

• How to Surf Seasonal Slumps with Ease on the Sparked Podcast

• Start Finishing by Charlie Gilkey

• "The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything." by Warren Buffet

• “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire” - Not Smokey The Bear

Check out the podcast Paid in Full hosted by Devin Faddoul. I was interview on his podcast last week and we had a great conversation about my journey from corporate, to sabbatical to becoming a creator.

Community Shout Outs:

• Thank you to our Mom and Nicki for letting us know you enjoyed the last episode. Our mom thought it was one of our best, thanks mom!

• C.A. Green and Zamir Chowdhury resonated with the ideas from the episode, Get the Benefits of Financial Freedom Without Quitting Your Day Job and commented on my post on Twitter. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

• Aloni sent a screenshot on Twitter and let us know we are ranking second on his list of Spotify. Thank you for listening Aloni! We are coming for first place.

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