Episode 49: SUMMER REWIND - Ever feel like you’re playing catch up?

00:43 Welcome to Unfrazzle, the podcast to help you ditch overwhelm and find focus and flow. I'm your host Louise Miller, productivity mentor and founder of Make It Happen Club, and one of the ways in which iIm creating space to enjoy my summer is by having a break from recording new episodes for a while instead iIm doing an Unfrazzle Summer Rewind sharing some of my favorite episodes from the last nine months So I've selected episodes that feel relevant for this time of year. If you're hearing them for the first time, i hope you find them helpful and if you've heard them before perhaps you'll take something different from them the second time around! Have an amazing summer and I'll be back in your ears with new episodes soon What do you when something takes longer than you thought? Or when life throws a curveball meaning you have to change your plans

01:30 So this has come up in conversation quite a few times recently where stuff has happened in people's personal lives that kind of put the brakes on their plans for their business or at least slowed them down a bit. So one person found themselves unexpectedly taking care of their mother-in-law who'd become unwell and someone else had a situation come up with one of their kids that needed some of their time and energy And then there was a client I was working with who'd just been feeling really tired and so, a piece of work ended up taking her way longer than she expected. And all those people were in situations that had left them feeling a bit tender... ...and they were all talking to me about needing to catch-up! Now, I don't know about you but to me the phrase catching-up carries a lot of weight

02:16 It can make us feel like we've failed in some way. It feels frantic, right? Immediately putting us onto the back foot. Pushing to catch up feels like punishment for giving ourselves what we need when something happens that we weren't expecting you know giving ourselves rest and gentleness and a bit of self-compassion And each of the people I'd spoken to had chosen to shift their focus so that they could better deal with what was in their reality in the moment, but they didn't shift their expectations of what they could achieve to match what was actually going on in their lives. What if in those tender moments instead of trying to catch up you allow yourself to reflect review and recalibrate? What if you could accept what happened and let go of where you thought you would be

03:02 What if you could adjust and just begin from where you are? Doesn't that feel better. So I hope that helps, particularly if things go a bit wonky for you this week and I'm looking forward to seeing you again soon! Thank you for listening to Unfrazzle. Sharing is caring, so if you loved this episode please share it on your socials or head over to Spotify iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts and leave me a review not only will I be hugely grateful Your ratings and reviews will help others to find this podcast So that even more people can make their ideas happen Thanks so much and see you next time