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WELLNESS
HOW TO STAY PRODUCTIVE WHEN OVERWHELMED
By Angela Sanchez
Your productivity has evaporated in the furnace of the fire. Your burning the candle at both ends, being fully booked in salon, keeping your teams culture alive, making sure you are financially fit incase covid shuts you down again, on top of that you feel you need to keep up with every social media platform so you stay in touch with your clients . Being your own boss can be amazing But with that comes responsibility. And with responsibility comes those day when you want to curl up in the corner and let someone else take care of everything because there’s just so much, and you’re only one person. Along the way I’ve had to pick myself up and deal with the overwhelm to keep moving the business forward. It isn’t easy — but it is a learning opportunity. A midst the murk of stress and worry there is the space to find your inner strength. Your inner #BeautyBoss. Here are 5 strategies that can help you make a mental shift and start to get back in flow.
PINPOINT YOUR PURPOSE.
If your passion and purpose is stronger than the discomfort of overwhelm, it shouldn’t affect your productivity. WHO ARE YOU? WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR? WHAT DROVE YOU TO GET INTO THIS INDUSTRY IN THE FIRST PLACE?
PRIORITIZE YOUR PRIORITIES.
Begin by doing a brain dump, and list every single thing you should be doing, work out what doesn’t light you up and delegate it! Try and stick to 3 core focuses of your week, hold yourself accountable to them or find a Beauty Boss Bestie to team up with. We put so much pressure on ourselves to get a million things done at once, but if we do this we end up getting very little done.
HAVE A DREAMING DAY.
Give yourself an open day to rite down everything you have going on. What are all the tasks and projects that you have to do on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. Get it out on paper and have a birds eye view of what level of priority you are going to give to each project, and get everything organised so you start to gain clarity. So go on.... get your calendar out, which day are you going to schedule in for your dreaming day? If its not scheduled it doesn’t get done!!
EMBRACE IMPERFECTION AND BE AUTHENTIC.
You don’t have to be bright and bubbly all the time. That’s why your most authentic, non polished Instagram stories receive all the engagement. I say this on one hand, but on the other, if you are due for a digital detox, let your clients know that you will be offline and give yourself permission to switch off. Its important and use that time to get outside, connect with nature and be present with your emotions.
MEDITATE.
Find a quiet space, pop on a guided meditation – there are so many that you can google with the key world “overwhelm”
FOCUS ON YOUR DEEP BREATHING. Sometimes we have so much going on in our minds that it blocks the creativity, or you end up scrolling endlessly on social media because you are procrastinating . Meditating can help cancel out the noise and you will be able to come centered.
Remember, Success is an inside job, sometimes you need to take a step back, write it all out, reflect and plan it out so you have a clear direction. You can achieve anything if you set your mind to it. You’ve got this #BeautyBoss 30
Beauty Biz Year 13 Issue 3
