“I can’t wait to have a day off so I can get some work done.”
I get it.
There is so much to do. So many decisions to make, fires to fight.
And when your people have a day off it means you might finally have some space to make some decisions.
Don’t do it.
The Day Off Trap
You are believing an illusion—the idea that there is a finite amount of work and that if you only had enough time you could do it all.
That if you just use this day off you can “get ahead of things.”
That at some point, things will be less busy.
When was the last time this happened? Between companies? (Maybe?)
Every choice you make creates at least one more choice.
If you want space you have to make space.
If you want things to be less crazy, YOU have to be less crazy.
What Busy Actually Means
Life is just a series of choices arriving in the present moment.
We CREATE it, though, as a master plan that we can (in the words of one of my founder clients) “game theory” through several steps in advance.
But if you really watch, this is what is happening.
A choice appears. You make it. Time passes. Another choice appears. You make it.
All the time in between, processing or figuring things out or planning or strategizing?
Wasted time and energy.
Time and energy that you could be using to step back. To recover. To see the next choice that presents itself.
A Real Day Off!
That is what a REAL day off looks like. A break from all the ruminating (or at least some of it).
Time connecting with family and friends (and not sneaking looks at your phone).
Laughing. Feeling just a little bit less stress for a little bit of time.
You might even find you like it.
Enjoy this holiday weekend. As much as you are able to let yourself. And I promise your world will look different next week.
If you’d like more of that, reach out. I have some ideas for you.