Episode 135: Make It Work

Feb 2, 2021

• 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)