Alicia McKay
What problems are you battling with this week? If it's one of these three things, I have some stuff that might help.
1. Setting boundaries
Boundaries are values on legs - how we actively safeguard what we care for instead of getting swept up in the rhythms and dramas of other people's lives and priorities.
Here are a few things that might help you with your boundaries:
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This podcast episode with Lauren Parsons on ThriveTV discusses how to create personal policies to protect yourself from burnout, depression, and unhappiness without justifying your boundaries as the means to an end. We discuss how to choose guilt over resentment, get real on 'positive thinking,' and tell what your personal signs are that you need a new boundary.
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This article defines a boundary and gives you a five-step process for creating new ones.
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This LinkedIn post, where I talk about being an introvert - and a travelling public speaker! - and how I've learned to protect my energy and bandwidth.
2. Making hard decisions
If you're a person, you've got choices to make. But nobody teaches us how to make good decisions - or even what a good decision looks like.
It's annoying because decision-making isn't some voodoo science - it's a process you can learn and improve at.
Here are a few articles you might find helpful:
- How to make hard decisions more easily (new)
- 3 myths about decision making
- Useful decision frameworks
- Use your values as a hack
You might also like these courses on the AM Academy
Or this book, which has a whole module on decision-making.
Or go the whole hog and sign up for Not An MBA.
3. Struggling to get focused
Focus is HARD. There's far too much information coming at us daily. Filtering it all out, battling our anxiety, and making progress is a daily practice.
Here's a couple of relevant articles:
Or skip the reading and go straight to this kick-ass resource—there's a guide, a video, and a workbook for you to immediately start prioritising your time and energy in a way that makes your life easier.
Stay tuned next week for more helpful problem-solving links, tackling stress, guilt and fear.
PS - Do you have a favourite resource? Let me know!
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