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Giving Yourself a Break Doesn't Mean This

2/3/2022

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Giving yourself a break doesn't mean you're letting yourself off the hook.

Let that sink in.

Do you really need to work until ‘til 6:30 again (or later) in order to show boss person you’re reliable and worthy of recognition and promotion?

Or to fulfill some unspoken need to feel like you’re doing enough?

Yeah, these late nights are fucking with your quality of life -  eating dinner later, throwing off your meal schedule, increasing your cravings, having less time to unwind before you go to bed to start all this over again tomorrow. 

You’re not slacking on the job if you leave work at 4 or 5, or take off early some days at 3. This 40-hour work week is questionable anyway. 

All that giving yourself a break means is you’re choosing to be kind to yourself, to take care of yourself, and respect yourself. 

I thought if boss-person saw me leave AFTER 5, then that meant I was serious about the job.

Yeah, I don’t believe that anymore. 

How ‘bout we do stellar work with plenty of time to also enjoy the other aspects of our lives?

Because life isn’t just all about work. 

And productivity isn’t actually measured by how many hours you log in.

Productivity is more personal. 

It’s optimized when you recognize your own rhythms and which tasks are better to do at a particular time.

Pay attention to the time of day when you feel most energized.

Do your most challenging tasks requiring prime brain function then.

When you feel more sluggish, do the more mundane work. 

When you listen to, and work WITH, your body’s needs and structure your work around that, not only will it take you LESS time to do certain projects, but you’ll have MORE energy to focus on what you really want to do outside the office.

Listen, you don’t have to figure all this out on your own. Not if you don’t want to.

We can create your Personalized Productivity Regimen (PPR) during weekly coaching. Imagine the energy and time you'll get back to focus your attention on the things that matter, on and off the job. 

Just drop me a message on the Contact page with your questions about this process, or about anything else in this post.



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    My name's Valerie and I'm a Certified Life Coach with a background in teaching dance as well as facilitating diversity, equity, and inclusion professional development conversations and workshops.

    If you're a woman of color (especially a Black woman!) then I'm here to support and guide you in feeling good about yourself and speaking up often in order to create a  career and LIFE you'll love.

    I work with private clients weekly for 45-60 minutes over 12 months.

    Contact me to schedule your private coaching consultation.

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