What up party people! How you doing? It's Marie here with another Q & A Tuesday!
Q: Alright so, today's question comes from Kate and Kate writes:
"What do you do when you get burned out and start to question everything you're creating?
Everything you've worked on, everything you're working towards and all you want to do is
stay in bed all day." I thought this was a very juicy question, Kate.
A: Burnout is huge these days especially for those of us who running our businesses from
home. If you've got an online business, like I do. You can work 24/7. You're always on
the computer. You got a smart phone. You're on email. It just never ends. And so, if you've
been burning the candle at both ends to the point where you want to stay in bed all day.
Guess what? Do it! In fact if I were you, I would take two full days and completely
just veg out in bed.
Do not try and figure out the meaning of life. Do not go on email, completely disconnect.
And if you do have the energy to do anything, maybe work out, take a walk in nature. Just
do really fun stuff so you can get yourself recharged. Now here is the really important
part, once you get back to a baseline you need to put some practices in place that will
prevent you from going down that burnout zone ever again. The best strategy I've found is
to get down with what I call N.N.T.
"You down wit N.N.T? Yeah, you know me. You down wit N.N.T? Yeah, you know me. Who's down
wit N.N.T?" How's that go? That last? (Laughter) Every last homie or something. Okay, we'll
figure it out.
N.N.T stands for non negotiable time. So it's daily, weekly, monthly or even yearly time
that is non negotiable set aside for you. So non negotiable time are just things that
you do every day that are non negotiable. Just like eating, brushing your teeth, and
going to the bathroom. You don't have to think about it, it just happens.
The key here is to choose simple activities. That if you do them every day, you're going
to keep yourself in tip-top shape; physically, spiritually and emotionally. This is the way
that you automate yourself care. You may have heard me say this before but I have three
N.N.T activities and that's daily mediation, little daily green juice that I absolutely
love, and as often as I can fit it in exercise. And I'll tell you even if I can't get to the
gym for a full-on workout, I will do some crazy shit you know.
Like doing squats while I'm blow drying my hair or doing like calf raises while I'm on
the phone. I will fit exercise in at any junctures so you can do that, too. When I do those things,
I'm on track; mentally, emotionally, and physically. And when I don't do those things, that's when
the wheels start to come off for little Ms. Marie. Of course, you've got to make a conscious
effort to form this new habit but it is not rocket science.
Here's a little fun factoid for you, old school used to say that it takes 21 days to form
a habit but I did a little research on your behalf and the newest research suggests that
it takes two months. Sixty-six days to be exact to form a new habit so you definitely
have to get yourself in the motion but you can do it!
Bonus points time! What I want you to do is in the comments below this video, tell me
your three N.N.T activities. Do it now! That's what we've got for you today. If you like
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and I'll catch you next time!