Episode 143: Your 5 non-negotiables- finding balance during crunch time

Send us Fan MailThis episode is by request from my friend Fallon, who asks, "How do you find the balance between the art consuming you and the other important things/people in your life?  Do you let it overtake you for the month(s) before, and then have a break after?  Are you able to find breaks in between?  If so, how??"What you'll hear:shitty sound quality because I don't have my microphone here in Ireland (blame the snake).  One week down at the IADF, one week to go 2:00Getting into the meat of Fallon's question of how to find balance during crunch time by defining what balance is and understanding that it's a dynamic state, not a static one 4:00Why my initial thought of "yeah let it consume you!" is very biased because of the failsafe's I have built into my life 6:45One approach to finding the elusive, dynamic balance during crunch time:  Find your 5 non-negotiables and protect them with your whole chest 9:00My five, as a starter pack:  sleep, food, water, down time, solitudeEpisode 141:  "Rest" is not enough 16:30Don't go back to sleep.xoRachelSign up here for monthly blasts and functional wooFind me on InstagramSupport this podcast on Patreon