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Hi, and welcome to the Scary Goals Club podcast. I am your host, Hazel Robertson. And I like, there's so many [00:01:00] things that are so fun right now. Do you know, like I I, I wish this is more, I'm gonna do more like behind the scenes how things are going today in my last like official day working before maternity leave, which.
Totally mad. Totally, totally mad. And I just, this morning was feeling like super heavy. I didn't even think to hop on here and record. And I was doing stuff for Playtime, the 21 day audio adventure to, oh wait, I do have a tag. I do have a tagline. I'll update you with it in a sec. Uh, and 21 day audio adventure.
I think it's like. Where time feels flowy and fun or something like that. It's something fun. And I was doing some work in it this morning and was feeling good and then just, just like was like, oh, couldn't, everything was just feeling heavy. Everything was feeling forced. It would've been fun if I'd actually hopped on and recorded that, so you could've seen my energy.
And I was like, okay, I'll just go for a walk. [00:02:00] And literally I feel like a different person now. My hair's still all windswept. It's so windy out there. And even like one of the. The normal like loop that I do like through the woods, a massive trees come down. I can't even think the last time I did it, maybe, maybe a week ago, couple weeks ago, I dunno.
Anyway, there's a massive tree downstairs, like clambering over that on the path. But just all the sunlight like coming through the trees and just hanging out with maple and going for just such a nice walk and. I was, I'm trying to even think what I was like, I want to give some tips of like what I did to shift my energetic state.
I mean, I know that walking and being in nature, it's also sunny today, which helps a lot. And I think I was just thinking like, ah, look. Yeah, I guess it was maybe celebrating like how far I'd come. Whereas this morning I was like, I thought I would have playtime live and in the world for you guys to listen to.
By the end of today, that has not happened. That has so not [00:03:00] happened. I mean, when I set off on this scary goal adventure, I definitely did not give myself enough space to create it. I knew that there was the deadline of going on maternity leave and having a baby. I mean, I'm on maternity leave now, but the baby's not due for another few weeks, so who knows?
My first baby son was two weeks late, so that could also happen here as well. So I might end up having a bit more space, but I just know. Like these are the windows of time where I'm probably gonna have a bit more energy. Like it's probably gonna get less. Although saying that like, like one of the reasons this morning my brain was just going to, oh, I haven't done this.
I thought I would do this. I haven't done this. Oh, just is it this is it. It was just like going around. It was just muddled and going around loops was, life has been life-ing. It seems like even the last few. Like when I did the other behind the scenes where it was like, okay, I've got these two like fieldwork days and here we go and like in between calls I've got like this space to create and this space to [00:04:00] create and like dah, dah, dah.
And literally like has not happened again. My son's been ill and so there's just, just like broken sleep. 'cause he's been up in the night and. Also making sure we don't catch it. So I've been brainwashing myself being like, I feel amazing. Even if he's like, mommy, are you not feeling that well? I'm like, mommy feels great right now.
I feel so good. It's like, ah, my body is this vessel of wellness. I feel amazing. Like not the words I don't feel well are like. They're just not gonna like utter out of my mouth, like I'm not doing it at all. I'm not even like letting my mind go there. I'm like, no, I feel amazing. I feel great. And so far I haven't caught anything that he's got and he's been like pretty poorly.
And I've been doing lots of nose snuggles and been coughed on and sneezed on. I'm like, Nope. My body is amazing. I have the most amazing immune system. Like it just bounces off me. So. Visualization and what [00:05:00] we tell ourselves and speaking into existence and speaking into truth. Like this stuff works as I know from so many parts of my life.
But even in how we feel, it's like what we tell ourselves. If I was like, I don't feel that. Well, I feel tired, I feel this. It's like, that just becomes a reality. So I'm like, Nope, not even buying into that. So trying to even think where I've gone.
Anyway, so the story, the point of that is. Life has continued to life as it does. And I guess I just wanna share like I had in my head and, and it feels hard because I've said it like publicly as well.
I'm like, yes, this is when you'll be able to get access to playtime and it'll all be there and it'll be all be out in the world. And it's not gonna be out in the world on Friday, the 19th of December. Absolutely not. I mean, it's like in progress. I've made amazing progress with it, but it's not there yet.
And I just wanna offer that, although my brain went to the usual narrative that it can of you failed, you've let people down and you've [00:06:00] blah, blah. You said you do this and you haven't and, and yet, when I can catch it and pull myself back, I know that timelines actually don't matter at all. Like they are made up.
Timelines can be faster than we think. Timelines can be slower than we think. And actually, if you think about it, if you imagine like whatever goal you're working towards, whatever vision you have for next year, whatever you're creating, if it doesn't happen in the timeframe you thought, but you keep going and you keep holding it as the goal, and you imagine you got the goal.
Two months after you thought, or six months or a year. I'm trying to even think like a goal like that for me would've been getting pregnant or like having a healthy baby. So that would've been like my son. Like that took, I can't even think a year and a half or certainly like a few years after [00:07:00] I had thought, 'cause I had got pregnant and was like, okay, this will be it.
And then had miscarried. So, but it wasn't like, okay, this then that means give up. Like it's never gonna happen. It just means. The timeline is not what I originally thought and what I'd originally planned for, and there can be so many reasons for that. There can be life things happen that we don't account for.
There can be. Things that change or like the way that we actually end up creating the goal is maybe different than we initially thought, and actually it's gonna be better. Or there's, there's some setback that like at some point in the future we're gonna look at and be like, oh, I'm so glad it didn't happen when I thought it had to happen.
I'm so glad it happened in this way because whatever. Like, I think that with my son, I'm like. I'm so glad that this all worked out exactly as it did, because I get to know hi. Like I can't imagine life without knowing him and like his little personality and who he is and how he has completely changed my life.
And like, I wouldn't, if everything had worked, you know, I [00:08:00] wouldn't have known any differently, of course, but like if everything had worked out as I had initially thought, I would never get to know him. Like I'd never have him in my life. So in that sense. I'm so grateful that things worked out that way, even though at the time it felt really hard.
And so I know with creating this scary goal, the playtime, the 21 day audio adventure, I know that okay, yes, it's not done today. It's not gonna be completed and out in the world today, as I had initially thought. But I know that I'm gonna look back and be like, I am so glad it wasn't. Who knows, there'll be something maybe over the next week, next weeks, next few days, another idea will come or drop in.
I'll be like, oh yes, this is gonna make it so much better, or this is gonna change everything. And rather than like rushing and forcing something that just to make a certain timeline or deadline, that was. [00:09:00] Quite literally made up anyway. And think about this, with any plan, any project, anything like the timeline is made up and rather than like forcing and rushing and pushing, it's like, okay, well what if the timeline can evolve and that's okay and you're still gonna get the goal, you're still gonna create what it is that you want.
Maybe it took a little bit longer, but when we can let go of the timeline. A little bit. Obviously timelines can help, like having deadlines, especially someone with a DHD, like having mini deadlines, having like, okay, I'm gonna get this thing done by this time. Like that really helps me focus, like breaking stuff down into chunks, having many deadlines really helps me.
It like focuses my attention rather than this like big, vague thing that could just take ages. But then there gets to a point where actually it's releasing the timeline and going, okay, this is okay, I, this is a different timeline than I thought it would be. And that's okay. I'm just like letting go of that.
So I think that's something that I've got to after my walk. It's like it's all good. It's [00:10:00] not happening in the timeline. Timeframe, I thought. And it doesn't mean it's not gonna happen because I think that's what we can sometimes do is like say to ourselves, oh, it didn't happen in this way, therefore it's just not gonna happen.
Or I failed. Or it's, what's the point? It's like, no, we just, we just add a few months on. We just add a little bit of time on and we keep going. And then there's always something we learn, like maybe the thing. I will learn from this is give yourself six months to build me something. If you're gonna talk about it publicly and do behind the scenes, like don't give yourself, I dunno how long I must have given myself six weeks or something, whatever.
Or give yourself twice, three times as much time as you think it will take. Start earlier. If you're having a baby and you wanna get something done before you get mat leap, whatever it is, there's gonna be something that I've learned from it and I will figure out what that is and it will still be created and it will still be in the world.
So. That feels exciting. The other thing that's exciting is I am drinking some, it's some apple juice and sparkling water in [00:11:00] like a fizz glass. It's so nice. So cheers. This is my last like, official day of mat leave. We'll see how we go. Before mat leave I might do a few little bits. Baby hasn't like arrived, but this is um, this is my last like, kind of full on working day.
Hmm. I am kinda drinking and celebrating cheers. Uh, fizzy bot and apple juice, which is delightful. And it's just so nice, like adding these little bits of magic and joy. I had like a candle earlier, before night for a walk. I like again, but just like having little ways to celebrate these moments. 'cause even this morning I was like, oh, it's my last day of work before mat leave.
And I'm not even, I'm like. Celebrating it in any way. Like there's no, I was just like, Ugh, I'm just banging my head against the wall with this scary goal, with play time and just like, ugh. Is this how I imagined my last day might leave to be, and literally since I've [00:12:00] been out for a walk, had some fizzy water and I've set up.
So if you're watching this on video, it, I'm just holding it in my hand at the moment because I haven't ordered a stand for it yet. I've got like a proper podcast, mic. It's so fun, it's so dreamy. I've been, you've been listening to audio and you haven't watched this on YouTube at all. Then you may not have seen, but over.
Since I started the podcast. What's that? How many episodes? 78 or 9 79 episodes or something. Now, since I started last February, I have just been using like my coaching headset mark, which has been great. Like is really amazing quality mic. Like it's been, it's been amazing. Hang on, this is banging. Hang on, do six.
Okay. Hopefully that's better. Um, I've, yeah, I've just been using my coaching headset, mic, which. Has been great. It's literally falling apart a little bit. Now cables are all like fraying away. I had to get my brother, he works, he works in like sound, lighting, tech, big [00:13:00] events, like all that kinda stuff I had to get him to sold or a bit of a bag together, like the connection into the wireless transceiver thing.
What was that? Maybe like a year ago. He like soldered a bit that had like come out. So I mean it has, it has done me very well. It has had a lot of use and it is very much on its last legs. And it's so funny, I had on my vision board on my like digital vision board that I have on like the background screensaver of my phone, of my phone.
So like every day, every time I look at my phone or like pick up my phone, like I see it and it's so fun. Even just, I've got that and I've got a physical dig, uh, physical vision board as well. And just seeing what's come to life this year when I was adding those things on, it was like, oh, that would be so cool.
One of them, there was a picture of a podcast, mic, and I mean, I've toyed with buying one for ages. And I think, I think part of me has been like, I don't need one. Like I can still create amazing podcasts without like an actual podcast mic. I [00:14:00] can use my headset mic. Like it's all good. I mean, I mean it is a high quality mic that won.
The sound quality is really good, but Luke bought me it for my birthday and it's so nice. Like I think I, it is one of those things I maybe. I wouldn't have, I mean at some point I would've bought for myself, but it was almost in that bit of like, I don't need one, like it's all good, but for him to buy it for me.
And I don't know, just like, it's like believe in me, see how much I love podcasting and I love just like sharing these tools and what works for me and I dunno, it just feels really special. So. I was like, oh, I'm gonna get it on and like do my first, first podcast, last podcast for mat leave with the new mic.
So that feels really good. So I'll cheers to that as well with my apple and fizzy water. So good. So hopefully the sound will be okay. I tested it but haven't like fully edited it, so we'll see how it actually goes. So hopefully. If you do notice a [00:15:00] difference in the audio, hopefully it's a good dis, a good good difference and not a not so good difference.
And next time you see me, I will have, will, will have a stand. I've narrowed it down so I know kind of what I'm looking for and yeah, it feels really cool. So good. Maybe I'll get a little bit that says Scary Goals Club and like put that on it or something. But for now, I'm like, oh my gosh, like a proper podcaster.
Now I've got like a microphone and everything like, oh, and immediately my brain's like, do I have to up my game? Would I have to talk? Do I have to talk about like better things now? Like what? Like, oh, maybe that was it. Maybe it's like an identity shift. Maybe before I was like, well, if I just have my headset, mic, I'm just chatting about whatever comes into my head, which I'm still doing, but.
It's like, oh, do I have to, maybe I should plan a bit more. I'm like prep a little bit more. Anyway, there are just some things going on in my head, so I'm trying to even think if there's gonna [00:16:00] be another behind the scenes. Maybe I'll check back in a little bit.
But it is funny, even today I was like, oh, there is a podcast to go out.
Like I could be. I was like, no, play time like that needs to be done. And it's like, actually now I can see. Get the other podcast out. That's important and I know how much, and like part of what's in playtime is helping you understand the things that energize you, that light you up and actually leaning into some of those things.
And how when we build in more of the things that light us up and we focus on that, like so much of the other stuff that we're doing, just that, that maybe I. Requires a bit more focus or a bit more attention and it still energizes us, but it maybe takes a little bit more effort. How those things are just easier when we are adding in the stuff that's gonna bring us energy.
And today has been a perfect example of the, of like, go for a walk, have some nice, a nice like drink and a nice [00:17:00] glass. Get the new podcast mic on, get up, like record a podcast. Like I know this always energizes me. It's like, okay, cool. Now I feel like. I'm like, oh, I'm creating stuff's like pouring out of me.
It's like right now I can go and create some more of the audios for playtime. Got some of them already. Oh, it's so fun. You guys are gonna absolutely love it. Like, I'm so excited for you to hear it. Um, so now I'm kinda like, okay, cool, we're good. Let's go. Let's keep creating, and that's where I'm at for now.
So maybe this'll be a two-parter. Maybe I'll check back in at the end of today and we'll see how we get on and, okay. See. Oh my goodness. So I just went, went to go and edit, quickly edit the clip that you just heard or the, like the update that you just heard. 'cause I was like, I just wanna check before I record more, although I haven't fully checked the, the audio. Anyway, I went to go loaded it in to go and edit it and I just realized this.
So this episode that you're listening to [00:18:00] right now. This is episode 80. How amazing is that? Like 80 episodes? That is wild. Mostly weekly. I have taken a few pauses, but 80 episodes. What? I mean, wow. My mind is like totally, totally blown by that 80 episodes. Well,I just wanna say like, thank you for being here on this journey and.
Listening to the evolution and the growth, and hopefully learning a few things along the way and hopefully taking some of the things I've learned and been figuring out for my own life and been able to apply them to your own life to help you figure out things and do things in a different way and live in a way that feels a bit more joyous and a bit more fun and a bit more fluidy and just.
Enjoying and making the most of this life. 80 episodes. What? [00:19:00] So cool. And I think that also just like links back to the point I was just making about like timelines and stuff is also I. Just keeping going. And I'm like, it doesn't have to be super, you know, there's so much, I've done a whole episode on this of like, you have to be consistent.
You have to do this. And that can just feel, it can almost, like for me, if someone's like, be consistent, my brain shuts down. I'm like, no, I don't want to be, or That doesn't work for me. But just persevering and just keeping going and just. Taking breaks if you need taking pauses, stepping away. Like if, if you need a break, do that.
But if there's something that's fun and something that lights you up, like allowing yourself to just continue to do it, even if you don't know where it's going or why it's going, but it just fills you with so much joy and energy, like podcasting. That for me, like I don't have any grand plan for. I mean, I've got like a bit of an idea of things that I think would be really fun for next year, but it's [00:20:00] not.
Maybe, I mean, maybe I could play with actually creating a vision for it. But for me, I just love showing up here, figuring out what I have learned and what works for me and for my clients, and then sharing it with you like that literally I find so fun.
And so thanks for being on this journey for me, with me as I, yeah, just, it just feels like the biggest privilege, having a space to. Share things that light me up, share things that I find interesting, share things that I feel are helpful for me and for my clients, and hopefully are helpful for you as well.
So, yeah, it never, like it never gets old. I never, ever take for granted that you are giving your time and your energy and your attention, which I know is so valuable and is so important. To listening to me chatting away about stuff that hopefully some of it is helpful for you,
yeah, I don't take it for granted is what I wanna say. And [00:21:00] thank you for being here. 80 episodes. What? Just amazing. So good. Right. I'm gonna go and actually edit and just check that the sound levels are okay on this different microphone that I've been holding in my hand instead of actually having gonna stand.
But hopefully it's gonna have worked okay. And if not, I can do some magic and make it sound okay. Alright, see you in a bit.
Hello. I am back. I thought I would give you a little update. Um, I am in the midst of recording some more files and also noticing my brain being like, ah, you don't need to do this goal. It's not, maybe it's not gonna be that good. Maybe like all of that stuff coming up that I've just pushed to the side and reminded myself.
Why I wanna do this, how powerful these tools are, how much they've changed my life, how much they've changed the lives of my [00:22:00] clients, and just that bigger mission and just connecting with that bigger mission of like, I so want that. I want these tools to be in the hands of so many more people that. Have maybe had a challenging relationship with time or everything has just felt like heavy and forced.
Or they're working in a way that just feels a bit like, not like them and they know there's another way, but it's, they're not quite sure how to do it. And this collection of collection of tools and this journey, the 21 Audio Journey, audio adventure they go journey, I just know is just such a fun way. To get these tools out without me having to be there.
That's the key thing, like I think the timing of all of this, of like keep coming back to I'm like, this is my chance to have something when I'm offline for a bit and hanging out with my baby and figuring out how to be a mom of two and all of [00:23:00] that stuff, and just enjoying those moments that I don't have to be online at a certain time to be able to coach someone through this specific thing or.
Teach them this tool, it's all gonna be there and whoever's going through this course, it's not really course, but like this audio journey, audio adventure has it there and they can listen to it at any time of the day or the night, or if they need something or they wanna dip into something. Like it's there on demand whenever they want it.
And just that like focusing on that bigger thing has just made it so much easier. To be like, okay, all of the self-doubt and the like, oh, what if this, what if this? And oh, it's taken longer than I thought. Like all of that. It doesn't matter. It is like I will get there. The journey to getting there has been different than I maybe had thought, and that's okay.
And it's not even thinking about [00:24:00] like the end goal. It's what's really helping me at the moment is. Why, like why am I even doing this at all? Why even put this together and create this when I could just not Like, I think that's the key thing. It's just reminding myself it's the same with anything. Like for your goals as well.
You could just not, you could just not do it at all. So why do you want to at all, why bother to get up, get showered, get dressed, continue to show up, continue to. Create and overcome and figure out things even when there's resistance, even when all the old stories are coming up, why bother? Why do it at all?
And I think having that bigger why really helps. Having a reason why you wanna do something. And I, I talk, I think I've talked about this in a previous episode of like your reasons why. It might have been early on in the podcast, um, episodes, but it's certainly something with like that I do with my [00:25:00] clients, which is.
Coming up with the reasons why you wanna do something, and there will be different reasons that resonate more at different parts of the journey of creating whatever the goal is. The scary goal, the vision. So on other days, that bigger piece of why I wanna do it might not resonate at all. Like it might be some other reason that I want to do it.
I, I dunno what that is, but different reasons why I will. Come and we'll help you on different days when it's like all of the questioning, all of the, is this worth it? Is this really what I want? I thought it was, but now that I'm in the thick of it, like, you know, goals can feel very exciting. Like when we create a vision and we create a goal, we feel elevated and everything feels really exciting and it's like, this is gonna be amazing.
We sell it to ourselves and we talk ourselves into it and it feels amazing. And then when we're doing it. It can sometimes feel amazing and sometimes it can feel boring. Sometimes [00:26:00] it can feel repetitive and sometimes we can question why we're doing it at all and is it even worth it and is this actually what we wanna do?
Is it something else? Maybe it's something different. And all of that stuff can come up and having the different reasons why, obviously checking in like goals can change. You don't have to do just 'cause you decided you wanted to do a goal. Like you can change that your mind on that. But really checking in with your intuition.
I know for me. I want to create this. It's just sometimes in the moment there's the all of the doubt, all of the, you should do this other thing. You should do this. You should just not do at all. Why don't you just like wrap up now? Like it's all good. You don't need to be doing this, and yet I know I want to.
So having and like connecting with the reasons why is really, really helpful to just help overcome all the brain stuff that comes up, the inevitable brain stuff. So it's been bits of that brain stuff, but we're getting there and getting there. And. Even just in the last, like not that long. [00:27:00] I'm trying to even think when I lost record.
Yeah. Like I in a bit, like I'm really getting there and I'm getting through stuff and I was even questioning some of the different tools I was putting in. It's like, oh, is it this, is it this? Just like, I've made the decision already on it. It's good, it's going in, like they're going in. I can always change it.
In a few months time or if there's some that are not resonating, like that can all be changed and just trusting that I know what is helpful. I know the order. That's helpful. It doesn't have to look like anything else I've seen before. It can be a bit different. It can be a bit quirky. It can be fun and playful and like that's okay.
So, yeah. Anyway, I'm trying to even think what the point of the update was. I'm just giving a bit of an update that things are moving and connecting to a bigger why is so, so powerful and so, so [00:28:00] helpful in the middle ups and downs and like the messy middle, the bit of the goal where you're on your way, you haven't created yet.
It's still in progress and all the self-doubt in the question comes up. I think had I seen somewhere, or maybe I did a drawing of it, I can't remember, but it's like basically where, how your goal goes. If you imagine almost like peaks and troughs and it starts with this peak of like, this is gonna be amazing.
This is so exciting. And then there can be a setback or a something or whatever, and like all the questioning comes up and it's like. Is this really worth it? And then we get back on track again. And then it's like the questioning and the self doubt comes in. And it's just a process of reminding ourselves what it is that we actually want, why we actually want it.
And then just keeping focusing on that and shifting our energy back to be like, no, this is what I want. Like let's keep going. This is why it's important, this is why it matters. And knowing that at any [00:29:00] point, I think that's also, it's like at any point, I don't have to do this. And I think there's no forcing, there's no like.
I should, I said I would like. I don't feel that at all. At one point I think I would've in my life, I'm like, but I said I would, so then I have to do the thing. No, because that almost then puts on extra pressure and the whole thing is just like, for me, this whole creating playtime, the 21 day audio adventure is supposed to be fun.
And it like, if I'm not having fun, I'm not doing it. So it has to be fun. And it has been fun. And I actually put on some music, had a little dance. And maybe I'll go over a little dance again. That often helps, like putting on some tunes, dancing about it. Then I'm like, okay, let's go connecting with like why I wanna do it.
All of that stuff helps so much. So it's just about reconnecting with why, not forcing, but actually doing it from a place of like, okay, let's go. Let's keep going. Celebrating the [00:30:00] progress that we've made. All of the progress that we've made, right. Catches it.
Okay, I am back for the final check-in behind the scenes for today anyway of my last day before mat leave, which probably won't be the last day, but a last official day. The last day. There may be still some more days, um, and. One thing that I have just done, which is one of the tools, one of the daily fun practices from Playtime 21 Day Audio journey or adventure, whatever I've called it, um, which is a done list, which is, and, and you can do this at any point throughout your day.
Or towards the end of the day is really helpful as well. Is just like my brain has kept going to, but you said you'd be here, you said you'd do these things and I know I just talked about like timelines shifting and like letting go of that and I have been able to let go of that for sure. But it [00:31:00] still will be like you said, you would do all these things that you thought you'd be here and blah, blah, blah.
And so I have, so one of the practices, it's like, again, because this is all about like shifting your, the whole. Playtime the 21 Day Audio adventure is all about shifting your relationship with time and doing things and how you think about yourself and feel when you're actually creating and like creating things in the world.
And one thing our brain can do is it like we are wired, we have this negativity bias, like it's wired to go and look for the thing that we didn't get done. So it's like, you know, you might have 10 things on your to-do list or whatever you thought you would get done in a day, things in your calendar. And if it's less than that.
Your brain will focus on, okay, what is that one thing I didn't get done? Even though there might be nine things that you did get done out of 10, that's how it can focus on default, unless we retrain our brain to focus on the progress, on the results, on the wins, on how far we've come, and we just [00:32:00] keep focusing it on that.
And all my brain was doing it today, and I've literally just done the practice, which is a done list. One of the tools for one of the days, and I've written down, like everything I've done, everything I've created today, and it doesn't have to just be things that you've done. It's like I put on here, like connected, you know, I had like Bre with my son, like connected with him and made sure he was okay.
He's not been feeling that well and like. It's like doing things, but it's kind of how I'm being and how I'm showing up. And it's like being present, making time for that, like making sure that that's important. And literally I'm like, I have done so much today. Like, so much when I see everything written down and even I wrote on here, like I kept going when I was just like, oh.
And it's like, no, I kept going and I kept it fun. Like every time that it's not been fun, I've stepped away and done something else and. I've kept it fun and I'm looking at this, I'm like, I've truly done so [00:33:00] much today, and yet all my brain was focusing on was maybe you didn't do this, you didn't do this, you haven't done that, you haven't done this.
All these things still to do, which brains can do. So I just wanna offer that as a really fun practice is if you find that you're doing that, it can be really helpful. Especially like at the end of the week it's really helpful, but at the end of each day, just writing down like. What is everything that you have created, everything that you've accomplished, everything you've done, how you've shown up, write it all down and you'd be like, oh, it's actually quite a lot.
And I guarantee you'll be way more than you're giving yourself credit for and way more than your brain thinks you have actually done. So don't let your brain get away with it. Sneaky brain. Be onto it. Pause right now if you're listening to this and write down. Everything that you've created, everything that you've got done today, how you showed up.
Like all of it. Just write it all down. I even put showered on there. Okay. Like at the moment for me showering and like drying my hair and like washing my hair and dry my hair, [00:34:00] it's going on a list of things I've done Like it. It goes on a to-do list, like get up breakfast and shower. Those are going todo list.
'cause then I get to take them off. Showered is definitely going on. Showered Bre, making sure like my son's okay at like, connecting with him. Those are going on done list. Like those are big chunks of my day and take a lot of energy at the moment. So, um, yeah, just thinking about that for you. So I'm gonna say over and out, this will not be the last podcast.
Um, I think where I've left it in terms of like what I wanna do on mat leave is I wanna be. Documenting like what's going on or any interesting insights or just how the whole experience is going, but it's probably not gonna be weekly or as regular. And there might be like a bit of a gap when the baby arrives and just adjusting to that.
Who knows? Or it might be like literally months, it's like, hello, are you there? Is everything okay? I just, [00:35:00] I don't know. I'm, I'm keeping it open, I'm keeping it flexible. I'm not, definitely not doing it because I get so much out of it. And. I'm not, also not committing to, yes, there would be a podcast every week or like having to batch them all now so that they go out, which I've done before and it just ends up for me with my like reduced working hours and things.
It's just like, if it's, when it stops being fun, I'm like not doing it. That's, that's like my root for so many things. I'm like, if it's fun and I wanna record three podcasts in a day, a hundred percent, I will do that and then I will put them out, like stagger them out. If it's not fun, I'm not doing it. So if it feels really fun and I'm like, oh, I've got all these things to say and I wanna batch them out, maybe you will get a podcast every week.
Who knows what the next like few weeks will be like, waiting for the baby to arrive. But also, I might not want to do that, and that's what do, so I'm giving myself permission to keep it fun, keep it light, keep it feeling like something that's really nourishing and something that's for me [00:36:00] and and for you guys, and feels really good.
Is feeling forced or heavy, like I'm just not doing it. Like that's my, that is my real, it's not happening. So I predicting there will be some podcast episodes. I think there will be, and I'm just not sure what format they'll be, how they will be. Maybe you'll get a 3:00 AM. Podcast. Who knows? Maybe I'll be in my dress and my hair everywhere, like, hi, maybe you'll get some audio only ones where I'm like, I'm not going on video.
I've not washed my hair in a week. I'm not sure how it will be. So I'm just giving myself a bit of space and we'll see how that all goes.
Well, I hope you had an amazing Christmas. If you celebrate or like holidays or whatever it is that you are up to or doing, I hope it was amazing and that it was everything that you wanted it to be. And we are hosting this year, so I'm gonna take last week's episode, which went out actually today.
Um. Not today when you're listening to this. When on the [00:37:00] 19th of December, today when I'm recording, it was a four part planning process that I used to plan my 40th birthday, and it's like super fun, super flowy and that is what I haven't fully, fully done yet, but like we're hosting Christmas and just, I'm gonna take myself through that same process for Christmas of just being really intentional with.
How I wanna be, how I wanna be showing up, how I want everything to flow. So nothing's a surprise. Nothing feels rushed. Nothing feels like, oh, we didn't think about this thing. It's like everything's accounted for. Everything's been visualized and imagined before. So it's so easy to just be present as well.
And actually for, I've started doing, using that same process for like baby planning and, and thinking like, huh, okay, what kinda things do I want in the hospital bag? What will I wanna eat? What will I wanna wear? What kind of things might I need or not need? And. Thinking about it, I've even started using it for like thinking about, okay, what do I want, like the cupboards in the fridge to look like when I'm really hungry and breastfeeding all the time when the baby's here [00:38:00] and tired and just being able to go and like grab stuff out the fridge and grab stuff out the cupboards.
So it's a really fun and easy process to use and just, yeah, fun to be able to do that as well. So I'm gonna take that this weekend and apply it to Christmas and then do some more thinking around baby stuff as well. As well as. The Playtime tool, which is in progress, making even more progress on it.
But anyway, hope you had an amazing break and you continue to have an amazing break, and I'll see you soon. Bye.
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