Reclaiming Your Balance in a World of Overwhelm
Feeling overwhelmed by the constant barrage of news and societal uncertainty? I understand. Many of us are grappling with exhaustion and burnout. Drawing on my own experience with burnout and my unique background as a former Hindu monk and Co-Active coach, I offer a holistic approach to finding balance. This post explores how doomscrolling and current events contribute to this, but emphasizes our personal responsibility to focus on positive local impact. I offer an opportunity to help you manage negativity, reconnect with your values, and cultivate a more grounded and meaningful life by investing your energy in what truly matters.
How to Focus on What Matters
The world is consumed by conflict and chaos right now, and it’s easy to get swept up in it. Working with my clients lately on how to focus on and accomplish the things that matter most to them has naturally had me doing the same with myself. To draw from a story about Mahatma Gandhi that I have always held close, I will not ask a child to give up sugar without first giving up sugar myself. So, I’ve made some key changes in perspective and how I relate to the news, social media, and my phone, and the results have been phenomenal and sustainable.
Four Thousand Weeks
After a year of recovering from burnout, my husband referred me to an episode of The Ezra Klein Show in which Oliver Burkeman discusses his book, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals. Embracing and trying out its perspectives and strategies, I’m clearer about what truly matters to me, more focused than ever on actually doing it, and perhaps most importantly, free from anxiety about the vast list of things I’m not getting done. This revelation—that we are limited and will never have the capacity and time to do all the things we and our modern social pressures want for us—is incredibly freeing.