Pruning season is here
You’ve got 63 days left in this year.
Believe it or not, that is enough time to build a plan to optimize, prioritize and monetize 2024 so you can start the new year feeling accomplished and productive.
As high achievers, let’s just say our default is to soldier on and white knuckle through to the next project, ticking off our goals and moving on to new ones.
That’s just how we roll.
We get S#!% done!
And honestly, getting things done feels really good, doesn’t it? I mean, I do love a checked off list!
#dopaminehit #Ilovemylists!
And yet, there's a rub with that approach.
How long do those feelings of accomplishment and satisfaction last for you?
Yeah… that’s what I thought. Not as long as either one of us had hoped.
I want to offer you a counterintuitive approach.
As a driver and go-getter, to get the most out of your year…
Stop pushing.
Prune instead.
Going into the last few months of the year, I encourage you to practice some life pruning.
Remove things in your life that are unnecessary or redundant.
Pause to notice where your energy goes.
Assess all that's on your very full plate, and take some things off.
This is often the first step that I take with my coaching clients because so many of them are fried and frayed beyond their capacity.
And because creating a life you love requires a little bit of effort, my job is to help you refuel and retool, because you just have zero effort left in you.
So, if you’re feeling a bit depleted AND you’re action oriented, I want to give you permission to prune.
Pruning IS the action that will bring the satisfaction and contentment you’ve been craving.
Now is the perfect time to look at your energy; where is your effort being wasted, overused or not appreciated. Where is it not paying off?
Cut off that branch so you bring some of your energy back. Refocus it on efforts that will move the life satisfaction needle.
Because I have a proclivity for burnout, I've gotten myself into the habit of pruning my life every quarter.
AND I also do it when I start to feel like I’m in the weeds and tangled up in all of those long thorny branches of life.
Is this a good time for you to take stock of where YOUR ENERGY is going?
Ask yourself these clarifying questions:
Where do you feel dragged down? (delegate or drop it!)
Where do you feel uplifted and energized? (do more of it!)
It really IS that simple.
But, I sooo know that it’s not easy.
I got you! Here’s an ENERGY AUDIT I created to help you with the pruning process.
So my question is this:
What can you prune from your life, so that you can feel completely content with the rest of your year?
What can you drop, so that on New Year’s Eve, when you toast with champagne, you’ll have a bone-deep satisfaction because you know you spent your time and energy on the people and the things that mattered most to you?
Seriously, reply to this email and I’ll get back to you.
AND, if you’d like to talk to me about optimizing your time and energy, while also creating total contentment, you can get on my schedule here.
Cheers to you and the rest of your year,
Lisa