unspoken health flex: being discerning af with your time
an anti self-sabotaging time mgmt guide, slam dunk high protein chicken recipes from my rotation and nice mothers day-ish stuff i want and you might too
here’s what i’m covering in today’s letter in case you’re short on time :)
- the anti self-sabotaging system that has me actually getting sh*t done and keeps my week on track
- my og poached chicken recipe i make weekly & how to build 3 high-protein slam dunk recipes from it
- the electric kettle that (all drama aside) changed my life
- a teeny tiny mother’s day-ish haul that i just want and maybe you do to
mindset reset: an unspoken health flex is being discerning af with your time
my alarm just went off, but not to wake me up. it’s actually the evening, and the alarm was set as a gentle reminder - like a loving hand on my head - to myself that it was time to write. at the end of the day (literally and figuratively) we all have stuff we gotta do and want to accomplish, and have to make time and space for, and it’s easy for those things to slip through the cracks without some checks and balances (myself especially included).
i plan 30 min of vegetative phone time after putting my son oliver to sleep - time to truly space the f out and melt into the abyss of my phone. sure, i could say that i do breathing exercises or something more analog to down regulate during those 30 min post-bedtime (that would be truly wonderful) but this time is especially limited rn and i love getting out of my wellness world for a bit to be an internet rat. i give myself complete permission to do a freaky internet lurk before i dig into work. it’s my time to laugh really hard or listen to a song that rips my heart apart in a good way. i also have a sick obsession with the tiktok remixes of unrequited love in tv and film to charli xcx party 4 you (that reference will only land for a handful of people but it’s worth it bc feeling deeply seen is wellness too). in my private practice i hold space for a lot of big feelings (and i’m fortunate and honored to do it!!), but do find myself needing a cathartic release at the end of the day.
i’ve had the practice for 14 years, and the longer i do this, the more i’m reminded that beyond the actual nutrition, another chunk of the work is about energy and time management. that’s how we actually put our intentions into action because we can’t just talk the talk, we have to find the time and energy and motivation to do the thing.
it can be really challenging, and i get that completely, because it’s easy to fall into a pattern where the days are just happening to us without much intentionality. most everyone i speak to is innnn it to the max and without a clear plan of action it’s hard to make thoughtful choices.
like most practitioners, my best ideas are often are born out of needing solutions to my own problems, and nobody needed time and energy management more than me, so i came up with a practical way to truly take ownership….and that’s because being honest about our schedules and fairly cutthroat when it comes to blocking time (for things we have to do and things we want to do) is really freaking central in order to put intention into action consistently.
my anti self-sabotaging system in no particular order:
don’t rely on your “later” self: