MY LIFE Day 12
I need a lot of sleep.
Ideally, I would go to sleep around 10 and get up at 6. I use the word ideally because I live with other humans and 2 pets.
I used to try and get by with less sleep and it never ended well. I would be over caffeinated, be eating tons of sugar and be tired and not very productive the next day.
I tried this for years, until I realized why am I going against myself own best interests?
I shouldn’t need caffeine and sugar to wake up and it isn’t cool to be chronically tired.
What was so important that I was screwing up my body and productivity for?
It is a badge of honor with some of us to be super tired and busy because that means we are important and wanted.
Our work is valued and then we are. I had to toss this belief out and replace it with one that worked for me
I now schedule my week based on when I am the most productive and know I am usually toast by Friday mid day.
I do my most important tasks in the beginning of the week or the day. I stop working at 6pm at night and not on the weekends.
I think of what I accomplished during a period of time or how much value I created or clients I helped versus how many hours I worked
These shifts have led me to have a higher level of satisfaction with my job, I am able to find more time to be with my family and I am well rested!
Who knew such a simple mindset shift could be so impactful??
How much sleep do you like to get?
Erin Wathen
As a Holistic Health Coach, it is Erin’s big hairy audacious goal is to change the dialogue around how we look at weight loss. It is not a matter of being it Ketosis or Food Swaps but the feelings we have that we are avoiding by overeating. Why are so many of us not tackling the real issues we have? It is easier and safer to obsess over the latest diet fad. Whether it be with our job, or our Mom, boyfriend, politics… until we address how we manage our feelings in the world, we are not going to.
