Sorry guys… I had to let it all out.
You should try shouting sometimes. It helps.
In September, I noticed I was spiraling back into the cycle of laziness that has been my way of life this year.
I needed to do more, be more and push myself, so I did a lot of things that led to this day where all I want to do is shout.
Hear my story…
I woke up most times wondering what the day held for me, what task I should do and what would get me out of bed.
That is because I found a way to automate most of my tasks, so I had just a few things to do.
Charming right?
But taking work out of your life creates times for crime against yourself and humanity.
Overfeeding, moving less, less brain exercise, and more. You should check your IQ. It might have reduced.
Oh… Did I mention your inability to take on new challenges because you don’t want anything to mess with your peace?
Time away from work should be a time of learning, but most times it never works.
You notice you learned more when you were actively working and just had to squeeze learning into your daily activities.
This has been me for the majority of 2023.
An intense week or two, and two months of chilling.
I wanted that to stop, so I took steps to effect the change I want. Here’s what I did:
1. I volunteered.
I volunteered to be a graphic designer for an amazing email copywriter.
It took a lot of fight to convince myself to do that, but I did it anyway.
They wanted me to start almost immediately. I almost quit on the first day, but it’s been easier.
2. I took back some of my roles.
Management has to be the most tedious job in the internet space. However, it’s one that pushes me, and one I love.
During the past Triple C Cohort, I became more of the doer instead of the manager. This cohort, I took back my role, delegated tasks, and I’ll be doing the tedious job of following up and pushing humans.
3. Strict Accountability.
I’m not taking the credit for this one. It was all Munachi, my co-founder at Miunify.
After my 2 months break from the brand, I came back to meet a lot of restructuring. Apparently, my co-founder had decided to adopt task transparency as one of his 7-point agenda.
I’m being kept accountable for doing my tasks for the brand, as well as managing other people's tasks.
He created a system to manage the manager, and I’m not one to fail, so I’ll do my best to be found worthy.
4. I openly acknowledge the difficulty.
I know… I know…
I preach “what you say is what you attract”.
I’m still following that.
The difference is that I acknowledge the difficulty but I also acknowledge my ability to handle it.
October will be tough. I’ll probably wake up every day scared to my teeth, but I’ll get the job done.
I’ll do it afraid, and you should too, not because I want more people skrimmming with me (that’s part of it), but…
I believe you can handle more. You should want more out of life. You should want more from yourself.
The only way this happens is if you take up more responsibilities and do it afraid.
I’m always rooting for you.
SHINE!
I’m Bridget
True happiness is deeply rooted in work,
I love the fact that this was highlighted.
I can so relate to this, especially the scrimming part, and that is because I do it everytime I am overwhelmed.
I'd love to scrimmmmmmm with you because it hasn't been easy.😭
Like you said,I was more productive when I was working but I took a break and became less productive. I thought I would be able to do more but instead I did less and less as the days were going.
I'm scrimmming and getting back to work. Thank you Bridget 🤗