Here are some ways that I believe you can protect your energy and feel a sense of peace in your life – hard part is, they’re not easy to do! However, I think they work because they strip things back to the basics and honour the truth under all the chaos…
- Make sure your basic needs are met: sleep, water, nutritious foods, shelter
- Don’t take things personally – it’s not about you, it’s about them
- Own less stuff
- Be okay with people not liking you (this is very hard for me, but it’s a freeing idea)
- Have a shorter to do list
- Say no when you mean no and learn not to feel bad or have to explain yourself
- Remove the pressure of needing to get everything right and perfect all the time
- Organise your space so it encourages the right behaviours and feels inspiring
- Don’t buy foods that aren’t good for you (that way you can’t reach for them when you’re not feeling good within)
- Curate your social media accounts to show only people and things that inspire and educate
- Set aside dedicated time for relaxation and boredom
- Create systems so you have to make less decisions each day, like planning outfits, planning workouts, prepping to do lists etc
- Have dedicated no-phone time and spaces
- Set boundaries and honour them, eg I am not okay with being called at 9pm, hearing my family offload their emotions onto me
- Meditate (or do something gentle and quiet)
- Ask for help and delegate tasks
- Focus, prioritise and plan realistically – you can’t do everything at once!
- If something is playing on your mind, take action towards it
- When nothing else is going right, just read or go for a walk (reading is gentle exercise for the mind and walking is gentle exercise for the body, so both work!)
- Use your voice and speak your truth
Sincerely,
S. xx
S. R. Crawford 