Episode 135: Make It Work

Nature, mindset, kids. It's all covered in this episode. Choosing to make it work is a daily choice. We can choose to make it work five or six times a day. Even with friends, making it work is different now. By using FaceTime and Zoom for face-to-face calls, we can make it work. magazine did an article about why Zoom calls are stressful. It's because these meetings are not really face-to-face. They're pseudo presence as opposed to real presence. We're not sharing space – and it's getting to Diana. On the other hand, COVID has given us the brain space to notice nature more. And those moments give us joy. Leaning in to the necessity of slowing down helps us make it work. Fighting yourself doesn't help. To make it work, we have to rest. We're constantly accommodating new things, and our brains are muscles. They need a break! Making it work can mean being creative by making do with what you have at home. Deciding when to do something on our to-do lists helps get it done! When we add it to our calendars, we're more likely to do it. #gretchenrubin Becky's favorite strategy is to write out the best and worst versions of life during quarantine. Completing this exercise creates a container for our anxiety and worries. Making it work is all about grabbing onto the opportunities that appear in front of us - or, as Becky says, business as usual. When we decide, we start to move forward. When we decide to do something our brains help us find ways to get it done. So whether we think we can or we can't do something, we're right! SMH (smack my head)