Courtney Carver was stopped in her tracks with a scary MS diagnosis after decades of debt, discontent, and trying to do it all. She had to slow down, prioritize her health, and figure out what was really important in her life. She discovered what mattered most by getting rid of everything that didn’t matter at all. In the end it all came down to love and health. She went from a busy, overwhelmed advertising director to spending 2-3 hours every morning taking care of herself, loving her work, and being present and engaged with the people she loves. Her family changed, too. They moved from wanting bigger closets, nicer furniture, and more stuff to downsizing into a 750 sq. ft apartment with no storage. Courtney has written books, courses, and hundreds of articles to help you simplify your life and work so you can focus on what really matters.
Episode 484: How to End the Endless Game of Catching Up by Courtney Carver of Be More With Less (Stress Free Living).
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an endless game of catching up by corny car
be more or less Stockholm, when I say
but the weekends that I use a span of the office or behind the computer catching up. It makes me cringe. I did it to make the fall
week easier. I did it to make more money. I did it to prove what a hard worker I was. I did it because I felt
guilty for falling behind, and I did it because I way too much to do all legit
reasons, but none of my catching up ever got me caught up. There
was always more delusion of catching up goes something like this. If I take a full day or weekend or weak
An abandoned all the things I enjoy doing. I can get everything done that I feel guilty.
By not doing before, then I will feel better
love me and I'll, be right with a world and everything will be complete,
the reality is that catching up never ends there were,
always be more staff. The man ass. It were
all get done or allowed either way. You will be ok,
and start stopping the man s by calling a catch up truce with the following email.
The more you send. The more you receive otherwise known as a vicious circle. Instead of Samia for later
or checking email on your phone ten times a day, but never responding to what
solid email mail. Don't respond at anything that
They require a response, be brief. On research,
into the email that does, if you have trouble with brevity, said a timer and challenge
self to answer any email in five sentences or less sleep stably to catch up on things works against you
you can't sleep. An extra three hours on Saturday two may go for the sleepy lost on Wednesday if you routinely go to
He then wake up at a similar time. You will be more alert, focus and effective,
after week of jet lag. I understand how sleep loss can affect your day to day activities. Sacrificing sleep and compromising other health have is to catch up, we'll, put
further behind. When you don't have the energy you need for your work and life. The news, if you read the paper,
watch the news in days you dont know
CNN binge to catch up. There is rarely
anything new about. The news I can expect is more hype, stress and fear. Breaking news is broken
recycle you're, all newspapers and magazines turn off the tv
no outside you'll learn more
yourself and the world their blogger, you, if your blog readers, four hundred
Thousands thousand suppose waiting for your attention soared over declare blog greening bankruptcy and hit clear all
This may be a good time to assess, what's in your blog reader, to these rather write blue
last year, and now you are more interested in updates from a vague in blogger review,
your blog, that changed, focus and lost her interest, it's ok to remove blows from your feed, there's more goodness to com
make room for what means most to you right now: social media. If having checked twitter,
or Facebook in days you are not
it read everything those posted while you were gone, he didn't miss a thing in China
tsar wherever you missed, will be repeated, entertainment
You don't need the latest tv books movies Games music to be completely fulfilled it will.
I'll be available. If and when you are ready, when you are never ready, that's ok, too, but he ago field
how much better than keeping up with it all three steps to end,
endless game of catching up number one be present. If you're paying attention,
I didn't get done yesterday or what needs to be done tomorrow. Your full attention can't beyond. What's going on right now, how can you be harmed
creative most interested and do your best work. We have anxiety,
The undone choosing to be present.
Sounds easy, but it's not to practice, said a timer for fifteen minutes
reset your worry aside for that short amount of time, while you,
agent, the here and now number to forget about Foma.
The reason I want to keep her hands and everything and be completely up to date. Is farmer F, o m o fear of missing out
you want to read every email, blog posts, weed and Facebook Update, Cinemas, anything, maybe five,
more, is why you wash the news catch up on Gaza and have tv marathons the problem with foam
is that the more you know have do. The more you know have do, then, is not
to see all the tweets and facebook updates? We have to
on all the links and watch all the Youtube videos, and they comment on
answer: everyone knows you all caught up after catching up on Facebook, you might
What is your way behind on everything else? Stop you want me
The thing anyone joy will, what you know have an do, even more number, three less
All of these strategies may help you curb the catching up, but none of it will matter if you don't recognize. Why have to spend so much time catching up and we always feel like
are falling behind. The answer is simple: it's too much the remedy, less own, less! Do less the
from too much too much less is not always easy, but necessary for your health relationships and happiness. If you dont have time keep up, you deafening, don't have time to catch up instead, like oh, instead,
the fresh them I mean declaring a mail or blog reader bankruptcy being while the anew
for a while addressing your fear of missing out
and will most certainly mean letting go above
on by ending the game of catching up. He may discover that you already have everything you need to
your daddy and all his recognising that you already do
you just listen to the post.
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