WEBVTT - Giving yourself permission to do nothing ✨ 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:04.600 When did I lose this permission to do nothing and 0:00:04.720 --> 0:00:22.920 really have these moments to myself of joy. Finally, welcome 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:25.840 back to the Rise and Conquer podcast. The podcast for 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:28.520 my girl going who want to take control of their lives, 0:00:28.880 --> 0:00:33.040 gained the confidence to live unapologetically, and for those who 0:00:33.080 --> 0:00:36.159 are ready for more. If you're ready to rise up 0:00:36.200 --> 0:00:42.000 and conquer your dream, career, most aligned health, a positive mindset, 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:46.000 and basically everything in between, then you're in. 0:00:46.040 --> 0:00:48.560 The right place. In today's solo. 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:55.240 Pep talk, I am chatting about giving yourself permission to 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:59.840 do nothing, my experience with this, I've got a bit 0:00:59.880 --> 0:01:03.200 of a story for you, and then also what I've 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:09.120 kind of found that has been I guess, the consequence 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:14.559 or you know, the thing that's come out of creating stillness. 0:01:15.000 --> 0:01:16.800 So let's back it. 0:01:16.880 --> 0:01:19.759 Up a little bit and explain a little bit of 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:21.679 why I'm you even talking about this. 0:01:22.120 --> 0:01:22.880 So in a. 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:28.039 Couple of episodes ago, I spoke to you about my 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:35.640 recent diagnosis with Hashi motos, which is a autoimmune thyroid condition. 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:41.880 The condition basically means I have a whole host of 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:47.840 symptoms and they can sort of be triggered by another 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:52.280 whole host of things. It's it was super confusing for 0:01:52.360 --> 0:01:56.720 me to find out what this condition was because they're 0:01:56.840 --> 0:02:03.040 symptoms like you know, hormonea balance, fatigue, irregular period, acne, 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:04.840 and these are all things I've been getting for a 0:02:04.920 --> 0:02:08.239 very long time. And then I finally got the right 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:11.120 test done and I've found this out. 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:15.560 So I have been I'm on thyroid medication. 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:20.400 And also I go way into I go into what 0:02:20.639 --> 0:02:23.320 I'm doing with this condition in my other episode, so 0:02:23.520 --> 0:02:25.880 I will link that in the show notes if you're interested, 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:29.760 I won't, you know, repeat the whole thing. But basically, 0:02:29.919 --> 0:02:32.920 I did get recommended or I am. I am taking 0:02:33.200 --> 0:02:36.760 medication from my GP. And then I've also been seeing 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:40.200 my natural path who has got me on you know, 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:44.560 some different herbs and supplements, and she recommended me to 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:52.000 see an acupunturist. Wow. And if you guys are kind 0:02:52.040 --> 0:02:55.280 of been here from the start, you would know I'm 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:59.079 a big fan of acupuncture. I used to get it 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:02.480 religious a couple of years ago when I lived in Brisbane. 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:07.799 I had an amazing accupuncturist. I'll shout her out. It's 0:03:07.840 --> 0:03:13.040 called Greenstone Acupuncture and Brisbane and I saw Anna and 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:16.240 she was the first time I ever did acupuncture, and 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:18.720 it's when I was dealing with hormone issues and in 0:03:18.760 --> 0:03:23.400 regular periods in adult acne, and she completely. 0:03:24.200 --> 0:03:24.600 Helped me. 0:03:24.760 --> 0:03:29.080 So basically, if you guys don't know what acupunctuated acupuncture is, sorry, 0:03:29.560 --> 0:03:34.200 it is where you get those little tiny needles put 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:34.680 into you. 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.880 It is a Chinese traditional. 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:44.120 Practice and basically it's all about mine body connection. So 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:49.320 basically it's this medicine of fine needles and they insert 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:54.280 it in the skin at specific points which are considered 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:58.840 to be lines of energy, so you can use it 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:04.720 for a whole range of physical and mental conditions. And 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:08.640 what it does is it improves the body's functions and 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:14.880 promotes the natural self healing process by stimulating you know, 0:04:14.960 --> 0:04:18.680 these energies and points. And so, like I said, I've 0:04:18.720 --> 0:04:22.640 seen an acupuncturist previously for my skin and hormones and 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:25.719 I found it really helped. And so myntch path is like, 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:27.840 I know a really good one at the Gold Coast, 0:04:28.600 --> 0:04:31.240 Go see her, and I had my first session a 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:34.560 couple of weeks ago, and so I will be doing that, 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:37.120 which is really great. But I was chatting to her 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:39.120 about you know, my Hashimotos and my. 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:40.560 Condition, and. 0:04:42.040 --> 0:04:44.320 I'm told, like I've told you guys this and I 0:04:44.400 --> 0:04:47.120 kind of know this, but she's like, I think you know, 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:52.599 the Hoshimoto's flare up is a huge sign of how 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:55.920 stressed you are and how exhausted, Like you know your 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:58.680 dreamals are because you know, you clearly have a stressful 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:03.240 job and you're constantly on and that is so like 0:05:03.320 --> 0:05:06.400 you guys know this about me. I love my work. 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:10.280 I love to work. I love to put one hundred 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:14.000 percent of effort into things, and I also like doing 0:05:14.120 --> 0:05:16.240 a lot of things at once. So as you guys know, 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:20.039 I'm so multi passionate. I have this podcast where it's 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:23.560 all about interviewing, you know, people I find interesting and 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:25.680 who I think I might be helpful for you guys, 0:05:25.720 --> 0:05:30.120 and then chatting about really these bits of health, then 0:05:30.320 --> 0:05:34.920 finance and feeling empowered to go after what you want 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:38.400 and not keeping yourself small. And obviously you could tell 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:42.200 by these podcasts I'm just so passionate about that. And 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:45.000 then I also, you know, have my other business, Naked 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:48.920 Harvest Supplements, which I'm so passionate about in regards to 0:05:49.360 --> 0:05:53.000 being in the fitness and health industry and producing natural 0:05:53.040 --> 0:05:57.640 supplements that actually taste good. And I have a wide 0:05:57.760 --> 0:06:00.760 variety of things I like to do, and I'm wearing 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:03.880 lots of hats and all that sort of thing, and 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:07.960 so of course I know this I and even though 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:10.560 I love what I do and I love to work, 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:15.000 I am definitely realizing that it's a lot for my 0:06:15.120 --> 0:06:17.760 body and it's a lot to like, you know, go 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:21.320 and go and go. And I will often find myself 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:24.799 if I have the option of having the day off 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:28.480 and you know, having some time to myself or working 0:06:28.520 --> 0:06:31.680 more on a project I enjoy, I always. 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:32.920 Pick the working more. 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:38.600 Anyway, Long story short, My acupunctress was like, you need 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:43.640 to be inserting more nothingness time and more you time. 0:06:44.240 --> 0:06:46.159 And I'm like, yeah, I do that, you know, I 0:06:46.240 --> 0:06:48.080 do that every Sunday, me and Tim go for a 0:06:48.120 --> 0:06:52.520 beach coffee and blah blah blah. And she's like, look, 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:56.920 that's great, but you need to be inserting an hour 0:06:57.520 --> 0:07:01.359 every single day because you're like it's not enough and 0:07:01.400 --> 0:07:04.120 your body is just not really coping with it. And 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.640 so she kind of explained it in the way of like, 0:07:07.120 --> 0:07:10.640 you know, imagine if you didn't exercise all week and 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.640 then on a Sunday, you did like a four hour 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:16.240 workout and you're like, you know, that's that's all I'm 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:18.640 doing this week. And she said the exact same with 0:07:19.440 --> 0:07:23.760 including stillness and nothingness is it's going to be a 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.080 lot more better for me and my nervous system and 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:29.600 my body if I include one hour per day. And 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:32.080 she's like, you know, I can tell you someone who 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:36.440 likes you know, structure and routines and you know, homework, 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:39.520 so this is homework. You have to be doing nothing 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:41.560 for one hour per day. And she explained to me, 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:46.480 like this is stuff like you can't have your phone, 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:51.000 you can't be with someone unless it's like really. 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:52.160 Sort of filling your cup up. 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:55.920 It's got to be like you know, meditation, eating lunch outside. 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:58.560 She even said stuff like watching a TV show as 0:07:58.600 --> 0:08:01.000 long as you're not on your phone and you're being 0:08:01.080 --> 0:08:04.720 completely present. But like doing hobby stuff like she was 0:08:04.800 --> 0:08:08.920 explaining she loves to do pottery, and it's an hour 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:12.160 of time where you know, her team can't contact her 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:15.520 and she can't you know, use her phone because it's. 0:08:15.520 --> 0:08:16.320 Full of clay. 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:20.120 And she said, it's just so important for us to 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:24.840 take this time for ourselves and really be present and 0:08:24.960 --> 0:08:28.040 you know, be still. And you know, as she's saying it, 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:30.960 I'm like, yeah, yeah, okay, you know, thinking, I'm like 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:32.960 I kind of do this, you know, I meditate and 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:35.959 I journal. But she really kind of pressed the point 0:08:36.040 --> 0:08:40.080 of it being not productive in the way of you know, 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:44.680 like about business or you know, bettering yourself, but really 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:47.000 just like a time for stillness and nothing. And she 0:08:47.120 --> 0:08:51.640 explained it in the way of when we're working and 0:08:51.679 --> 0:08:54.559 when we're doing a hard gym session, and when we're 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:58.640 you know, going, going, going and doing and doing doing, 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:01.839 we're in this state of fight or flight, which I'm 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:05.400 sure you guys know about this concept. So you're telling 0:09:05.440 --> 0:09:09.200 your body you're stimulated, you're going, you've got you know, 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:12.800 quartersol going. And so she said, what you need is 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:15.120 at least an hour. She said, I could split it 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:16.760 up like half an hour in the morning, half an 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.320 hour in the afternoon if it was too hard to 0:09:19.320 --> 0:09:24.320 do a whole hour where I'm really getting into you 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:27.280 know this, I think it's called rest and digest. 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.840 So it's the opposite switching. 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:33.720 From the flight flight or flight and getting into this 0:09:33.880 --> 0:09:37.559 rest and digest and you know, telling my nervous system, 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:40.800 it's okay, we can relax and doing. 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:41.720 This every single day. 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:45.640 And I was like, okay, yup, easy. And it's funny 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:49.880 because like the first couple of days after that appointment, 0:09:50.400 --> 0:09:55.440 I really struggled. I like, I even like, you know, 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:57.959 one afternoon, I had a plan to you know, I 0:09:58.040 --> 0:09:59.760 left it. In the afternoon. I had planned to go 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.959 a beach walk by myself with my air pods and 0:10:03.000 --> 0:10:05.400 I was gonna turn my phone on silent and you know, 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:06.000 just listen to. 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:09.680 A podcast or music. And then something happened. 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:12.200 With work and I couldn't do it, and I was 0:10:12.240 --> 0:10:16.040 like to Tim, I was like, wow, I didn't realize 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:21.120 how much time I don't put aside for myself and 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:23.800 how much time I don't have for myself. And so 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:26.360 after the first couple of days of kind of missing 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:29.840 this and not really getting to it, I was like, no, 0:10:30.120 --> 0:10:31.800 I need to take this seriously and I need to 0:10:31.840 --> 0:10:34.360 actually like you know, inject this time and see it 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:37.000 as you know, a business meeting the same sort of 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:39.320 value as a business meeting i'd have with you know, 0:10:39.440 --> 0:10:42.040 Cooper or mel or someone like that. And so I 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:45.080 started injecting this time, I'm not gonna lie. I started 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:47.720 with just half an hour, but I have been like 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:50.520 sort of revving it up to the hour point. And 0:10:50.679 --> 0:10:53.600 I've been doing stuff like going for a beach walk 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:54.720 with flight mode on. 0:10:55.480 --> 0:10:57.439 I have been eating. 0:10:57.240 --> 0:11:00.200 Lunch outside with the dogs with my phone inside and 0:11:00.280 --> 0:11:04.559 flight mode. I've been doing yoga, like going to a 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:09.200 yoga class. I've been going for a walk with a girlfriend. 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:12.280 She said, just be careful when you do stuff with 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:17.079 other people, because sometimes even though you know you're sitting 0:11:17.120 --> 0:11:19.560 there and walking, if the person is putting like a 0:11:19.559 --> 0:11:23.080 lot of not so much like bad energy, but let's 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:25.640 just say you know your friend has an issue and 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.600 she's putting a lot of kind of like she's knitting 0:11:29.080 --> 0:11:31.800 energy from you, and you're having to give her time 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:34.360 and energy to sort out this problem or something like that. 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:37.880 So she said, just be very careful anything when you're 0:11:38.040 --> 0:11:41.000 giving out energy and you're not just kind of like 0:11:41.600 --> 0:11:44.400 sitting still and letting it come to you, you don't 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:45.079 want to be doing. 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:46.920 So I've been doing that. 0:11:47.360 --> 0:11:49.640 And it's funny because the other day I watched the 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:55.200 movie Eat, Pray, Love, and in the movie, she's it's 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:58.239 in her first place where she's in Italy and she's 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:04.960 getting the lecture from a local Italian person who they 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:07.559 call it and I'm gonna butcher this, but it's la 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:14.960 dolchea nitcha. Yeah, I can't say, but basically, it's this 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:20.720 word in Italian that means the sweetness of doing nothing. 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:28.000 And so, you know, this Italian man was explaining, you know, Americans, 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:31.360 they work their arses off during the week, and then 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:34.520 because they're so exhausted from the week, they spend their 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:38.719 weekends in their pjs, you know, watching TV. And he 0:12:38.800 --> 0:12:42.200 really was pushing this fact of you know, you need 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:44.480 to be able to do nothing, can be in the 0:12:44.520 --> 0:12:47.800 moment and be present. And I was like thinking of 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:52.160 my life, and I was like, oh, this may hit 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:55.040 home a little a little bit, because I do do that, 0:12:55.160 --> 0:12:57.880 Like I fit so much my week and I get 0:12:58.000 --> 0:13:00.880 so much done with work, and then when it comes 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:04.560 to like meantime, I often just want to do nothing 0:13:04.840 --> 0:13:07.360 and like veg out on the couch. And of course, 0:13:07.440 --> 0:13:09.680 you know, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying there's 0:13:09.679 --> 0:13:13.600 anything wrong with that, but I was like, when did 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:17.760 I lose this thing? When did I lose this permission 0:13:18.400 --> 0:13:22.600 to do nothing and really have these moments to myself 0:13:22.800 --> 0:13:26.240 of joy. And so, like I said, I have been 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:30.040 really putting this in place. I've been being serious about this, 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.800 Like I have calendar time locked out. 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:35.000 I tell people not to contact me. 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:37.240 I need an hour, and I've been doing it for 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:42.320 an hour each day, and this crazy, amazing thing has happened. 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.000 And this is what you know, this whole podcast is about, 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:48.960 is I've realized by taking this time out for myself, 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:51.920 it's obviously going to be amazing for my health and 0:13:51.960 --> 0:13:56.600 my hashimotos. But also what I've realized is, for example, 0:13:56.640 --> 0:14:00.280 if I take an hour out at lunchtime, I ually 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:03.040 have this period in the afternoon where I have complete 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:06.920 brain fog and I get like a little bit unproductive 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:09.200 just because I've been going hard all day. 0:14:09.400 --> 0:14:11.360 But what I've been finding is, you know, I take. 0:14:11.200 --> 0:14:13.640 This hour out and I'm away from my phone and 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:17.640 I'm away from the hustle and bustle and whatnot, and 0:14:18.280 --> 0:14:24.000 it's like making me super creative. And I'm finding I'm 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:27.440 having some really good ideas. I'm having some really good 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:31.000 like light bulb moments. I've just got like a download. 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:33.400 Literally this morning, when I went from my beach walk 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:36.640 for a really good business idea within my business that 0:14:36.800 --> 0:14:38.880 just sounds amazing to do, and I think that will 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:43.160 be so helpful for you guys. And I'm also just 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:48.080 feeling the sense of like peace and happiness. And I 0:14:48.120 --> 0:14:51.640 know that probably sounds like so like oh typical, but 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:55.120 it just it really feels good. And it's like when 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:58.160 did I forget to take you know, us, Like if 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:01.480 you guys think about an hour per day, that it's 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:04.920 not a huge amount of time, and at the start, 0:15:05.000 --> 0:15:06.960 I couldn't even do that amount of time. 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:09.320 And so it's kind of like remember back in the. 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:12.480 Day when they're like, you know, half an hour, an 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:16.240 hour per day is only percentage amount of time, you know, 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:18.880 just do your workout, and it was all kind of 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:21.280 you know, pushing you to work out. And it's kind 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:24.600 of like the same concept of just having time for yourself. 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:34.120 And I couldn't agree more. 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If 0:17:40.640 --> 0:17:44.520 you're currently in a state where you're not feeling yourself, 0:17:44.720 --> 0:17:49.320 maybe your health isn't one hundred percent, you're feeling super anxious, 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:52.399 or even if you're feeling if you're someone like me, 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:55.480 where you're just feeling like you don't have enough time 0:17:55.960 --> 0:17:58.159 for these things, like you don't have enough energy or 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:03.600 time for anything, start injecting these periods of time, like 0:18:03.640 --> 0:18:07.119 literally start with thirty minutes when you're not on your phone, 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:11.400 when you're not serving other people, when you're not being productive. 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:13.879 And you know, like I said, it could be as 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:17.040 simple as like playing with your dogs or getting outside 0:18:17.040 --> 0:18:20.040 putting your feet in the earth, And it's so simple, 0:18:20.080 --> 0:18:23.719 but it's like completely blowing my mind right now, I 0:18:23.720 --> 0:18:26.480 can't actually wait to see I have my next like 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:29.679 acupunture appointment and tell her because it just has it 0:18:29.840 --> 0:18:32.200 just it feels so good and I'm feeling so much 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:36.159 more creative. And I guess it's also really helping me 0:18:36.280 --> 0:18:40.159 because I was actually my structured brain was like, what 0:18:40.400 --> 0:18:43.000 is happening? And I was I was researching kind of 0:18:43.040 --> 0:18:47.640 the scientific way, the scientific background of it. 0:18:47.800 --> 0:18:50.119 And what happens when you have. 0:18:50.680 --> 0:18:56.639 This space and stillness is you're going from the right 0:18:56.720 --> 0:19:00.480 side of your brain, which is actually let me check 0:19:00.560 --> 0:19:05.879 if it's the right or left before I tell you guys, Okay, yeap, no, 0:19:06.000 --> 0:19:08.920 I've got it right. So the left side of your 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:18.640 brain is very analytical and like structural, it loves routines, 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:23.080 and it's very masculine energy. And I am definitely someone 0:19:23.560 --> 0:19:30.280 who is dominated with my left brain one hundred and 0:19:30.359 --> 0:19:33.359 ten percent. We all know this. And so what I'm 0:19:33.520 --> 0:19:37.959 finding is what actually happens is when you are in 0:19:38.160 --> 0:19:42.600 stillness and you have this space and time to yourself, 0:19:42.800 --> 0:19:47.720 you actually start activating your right side of your brain. 0:19:47.800 --> 0:19:51.919 And your right side of your brain is creative and 0:19:52.240 --> 0:19:57.520 artistic and flowy, and it's definitely more your fem energy. 0:19:58.040 --> 0:20:02.159 And so I'm finding this really sort of amazing transition 0:20:03.040 --> 0:20:06.000 of going from you know, my left brain to my 0:20:06.119 --> 0:20:09.800 right brain. And it has been so helpful from getting 0:20:09.800 --> 0:20:13.919 out into this like masculine doing feeling like I have 0:20:14.040 --> 0:20:16.760 no time. And it's the funniest thing happens is when 0:20:16.800 --> 0:20:19.840 I actually take an hour out of my day and 0:20:20.080 --> 0:20:22.159 to get into the right side of my brain and 0:20:22.200 --> 0:20:27.080 this stillness and this fem feeling, I'm actually realizing that 0:20:27.200 --> 0:20:30.800 I do have enough time, and I'm realizing my priorities 0:20:30.840 --> 0:20:34.000 and I'm realizing what's important. And I've got like these 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:38.639 really good examples of just what has happened recently. And 0:20:38.720 --> 0:20:43.760 for instance, the other Friday I was seeing I had 0:20:43.760 --> 0:20:47.040 planned to see my best friend who recently had her baby, 0:20:47.720 --> 0:20:52.320 and her baby's so cute guys, and I had seen 0:20:52.320 --> 0:20:54.040 her before and she was like, Oh, I'm going to 0:20:54.119 --> 0:20:55.920 come to the coast and see you and we can 0:20:55.960 --> 0:20:56.679 have lunch. 0:20:56.400 --> 0:20:57.159 And go to the beach. 0:20:57.560 --> 0:21:00.160 And I was like, cool, come Friday, you know, I'll 0:21:00.240 --> 0:21:03.840 have everything done. And I kind of forgot about telling 0:21:03.880 --> 0:21:07.240 her this, and then it came to Friday and I 0:21:07.280 --> 0:21:09.080 had some stuff to get done and I was feeling 0:21:09.119 --> 0:21:13.920 really stressed, and so I got like all my major 0:21:14.000 --> 0:21:16.880 priorities done in the morning, but I still had some 0:21:17.000 --> 0:21:19.040 kind of just like more ad mini stuff to do. 0:21:19.119 --> 0:21:20.760 But I really wanted to get it done before the 0:21:20.800 --> 0:21:22.760 weekend because I wouldn't have time to catch. 0:21:22.640 --> 0:21:24.360 Up on the weekend. Anyway. 0:21:24.480 --> 0:21:27.080 I was going to bail and just go, oh, look, 0:21:27.160 --> 0:21:30.399 you know, I don't have enough time, blah blah blah. 0:21:30.440 --> 0:21:34.080 But then I just thought, Georgia, like your emails are 0:21:34.119 --> 0:21:36.720 going to be there when you, you know, get back to 0:21:36.760 --> 0:21:39.480 your computer on Monday or whatever. Like you've done the 0:21:39.520 --> 0:21:42.880 most important things. You don't need to be like on 0:21:42.960 --> 0:21:46.320 top of things all the time because these tasks like 0:21:46.760 --> 0:21:50.159 they just keep coming back, there's more of them. Like, 0:21:50.560 --> 0:21:54.040 just take some time to yourself, It's okay. And so 0:21:54.520 --> 0:21:56.800 I didn't bail. I had this time with my best 0:21:56.840 --> 0:22:00.359 friend and it completely filled up my car and just 0:22:00.400 --> 0:22:02.760 made me feel so good. And it was only about, 0:22:02.760 --> 0:22:06.480 you know, three hours, but I thought, you know, I'm 0:22:06.520 --> 0:22:09.959 someone who can create my own schedule, like what am 0:22:10.000 --> 0:22:11.320 I doing with my priorities? 0:22:11.359 --> 0:22:14.320 And it was like I needed to do that, and. 0:22:16.320 --> 0:22:20.560 Also like I have a great example this this weekend 0:22:20.600 --> 0:22:25.440 that just has gone On Sunday, I did beach coffee 0:22:25.560 --> 0:22:27.479 was Tim, which was great, and then I saw some 0:22:27.560 --> 0:22:30.159 girlfriends and we just went to the beach and we 0:22:30.280 --> 0:22:33.680 turned and we had a laugh and had some assiables 0:22:33.720 --> 0:22:37.120 and that was amazing. But I still kind of felt 0:22:37.160 --> 0:22:39.480 like I hadn't had my mean time because I'm a 0:22:39.480 --> 0:22:41.520 bit of an introvert and I was giving out a 0:22:41.560 --> 0:22:44.800 lot of energy and so I, you know, like they 0:22:44.800 --> 0:22:47.680 were all going to have some ava drinks and watch 0:22:47.760 --> 0:22:49.520 the UFC fight and that sort of thing. 0:22:49.880 --> 0:22:52.879 And so I decided to go home and Tim still. 0:22:52.640 --> 0:22:56.879 Wasn't home, and I had a shower, I cleaned up 0:22:56.880 --> 0:22:58.240 the house, I got a bit sort of for the 0:22:58.280 --> 0:23:01.440 next day, and then I just there and I read 0:23:01.440 --> 0:23:03.480 my book and I looked out the window. 0:23:03.800 --> 0:23:05.520 And I know you're probably thinking this is like the 0:23:05.520 --> 0:23:07.280 most boring thing, but it. 0:23:07.320 --> 0:23:11.080 Felt so good, and I hadn't done anything like that 0:23:11.240 --> 0:23:14.159 because usually, if you know, I've got home on a 0:23:14.200 --> 0:23:17.160 Sunday and I've got a spare hour or two, I'm 0:23:17.240 --> 0:23:19.679 like prepping for the next week and I'm doing some 0:23:19.760 --> 0:23:22.840 meal prep, I'm writing my to do lists, and to 0:23:23.000 --> 0:23:25.959 just have that time where you know, I still saw friends, 0:23:26.000 --> 0:23:29.080 I still did, you know, get ready. I didn't really 0:23:29.080 --> 0:23:30.439 get ready for the week, but I kind of just 0:23:30.480 --> 0:23:33.560 like cleaned up my room and made myself a bit sortid. 0:23:34.040 --> 0:23:37.479 But then still having that hour where I just did nothing, 0:23:38.040 --> 0:23:39.880 and you know, previous to me would have been like, oh, 0:23:39.880 --> 0:23:43.560 that's so unproductive, like i'd I'll just get some stuff done, 0:23:44.080 --> 0:23:49.320