In this video, I'm going to share with you a few tips on how to make room for self care. This is a big one, most people say I don't have time for self care. And that's so easy to say. But it's like saying, I'm driving on a journey of 1000 kilometers, but I don't have time to put gas in the car. So what did what do you think is going to happen? Most likely, you're going to be on the side of the road.

And then instead of taking five to 10 minutes to stop putting gas and then keep going, you're going to wait probably four hours for the tow truck and then it can be a horrible experience. Self Care is kind of similar. If you are not feeling well. The body is your vehicle. And if you are getting somewhere you need to do a task you need to do a project. If you are not feeling well, you are not going to be productive.

It's not going to be an effective journey. And it's not going to be fun either. So you need to stop and put gas and for us gas means self care. And again, self care means something completely different. Every person, and that's why you need to find what is your self care. So in this case, when we are talking about not having the time is like, when was the last time that you said no to things, sometimes people come and they request things.

And a lot of times, a lot of people come to request things. But the thing is that you don't have to say yes to everything. You need to respect your time, the same way that you respect someone else's time. So sometimes by saying no, by questioning yourself, is this important? Is this the right thing for me to do? You can just say, Oh, I'm sorry, I don't have time right now.

But will you mind coming later? Or do you have time tomorrow at 5pm? Or just find the spot in the calendar that fits you well, or simply say, No, if that's something that you don't feel empowered to do? Of course, sometimes we have to say yes to things that we don't like, but you will know those things, what they are and why. I know that really important. Thing is, do you block time in your calendar for self care?

So are you actually actively putting it in your calendar to say, okay, on Wednesday night, these two hours are going to be for me to go with my friends, or it's going to mean for me to do this course that I wanted to do, or these five minutes at lunchtime every day are going to be for me to go for a walk. Whatever that means for you. There is always something that you can integrate in your day. There is always something that will require less than 10 minutes. So make sure you put that in your calendar. The other great resource that you can do activities, do you audit where you spend your time.

Sometimes with our clients, we need to do an activity checklist first, and basically we have them write down on a piece of paper, everything that they are doing that day, and maybe that week, and then we'll reflect on that and then if they know what they have done, they can go back and reflect and say okay, on Monday The these, these this and that, and then they can see where the time went. And they can then reflect and realize, okay, is this the best use of my time, or maybe they have done a few tasks that didn't belong together, or maybe they have done have gone grocery shopping three times that week because they didn't have a proper shopping list. So there are there is always a lot of things that we can do to make your time more effectively. So there is always there is always a way to find time, time that you can use them for self care.

And that's when organization comes in. That's when studies like the ones that we are sharing with you in this video and in the other videos that we have, are going to help you gain time and then you can use that some of that time for self care. And then your productivity is going to go to the roof because you are going to be feeling great and you're going to have time to do what you feel inspired to do. Another thing that we need to take care of time wasters to avoid. Some of them are not having a plan. Sometimes you have a great idea.

But if you don't build a plan to get it done is not going to happen. A lot of times we fail on setting priorities so we can decide what is the most important thing to do. And then we don't do anything. Being able to say no, as I was talking with you before, you have to learn how to say no, when, when you don't want to do something, or when you don't really have the time to do it. attempting to do too much. Well, that's a big one for me.

I'm a perfectionist, and every time I want to do something, I always aim for perfection. And of course, perfection doesn't exist. And what does that does to me is that it paralyzes me, and then I just can't get started because I know it won't be perfect. That's a huge one for me, and for a lot of people. So just get started. Take it easy step by step.

And you will realize that it will take less time than you expected and you are going to feel great and learn along the journey. Failing to delegate if you try to do everything yourself, and you don't ask for help ever, you are going to be always busy and you won't have time to do anything. So if you have the chance if you have a family member, a good friend, a workmate that you can delegate tasks to, sometimes people want to help, but if you don't let them know how they won't be able to and then you are going to feel bad and they are going to feel bad seeing you feeling bad. Procrastination is a huge one. Sometimes we just don't want to do something. So we just leave it and we just leave it and leave it and leave it and we never get to it.

Busy being busy again. Sometimes people say oh, I'm too busy to do stuff, but then Okay, what are you busy? What are you doing? Is that really important or are you just distracted? So you have to understand what is the main goal? What are they mangoes for you, and how are you making them happen.

And sometimes we have a lot of distractions coming our way. And you just have to learn how to stop being busy and start reflecting and seeing the big the bigger picture. Not being able to find things. Of course organization comes in place here. If you can't find the things that you need to do what you need to do, that's a huge time waster. Being a butterfly, again, sometimes you feel overwhelmed.

Sometimes you need to get done a few things all at once, and then you don't start to finish anything. It's important to try and understand unfinished tasks. And if they are very big ones, splice them, slice them in small slots that you can accomplish, and then over time, you will get it done. starting a project with not enough information. Sometimes we want to do something and we don't have the skills or we don't have all the information, all the thesis to get it done. And then that's a time waster too.

Being always available. That's like not saying no, you are always available and then someone else is dictating your schedule, not you. And at the end, you won't get done what you want it to get done. And being interrupted, that's a huge one interruptions. You are on this phone, it takes a long time to get on the zone. People say that it takes up to 20 to 30 minutes to get your focus into a task.

If you are building up to there and all the sudden you get this interrupted, like interruption could be someone knocking on your door could be someone just asked him for something could be your phone with notifications, please turn them off. Don't let notifications the sound Come on all the time because that's so distracting and you want to be on that soul is so difficult to get there. And you have to respect that. Some people use a timer and they set a timer for 20 or 30 or 40 minutes. It's up to you in the On how much focus you can get, but I set a timer for normally 30 to 40 minutes, and I focus on one task. And then everybody else knows that I'm doing that.

And they try their best not to interrupt me, my phone is in silence. And then I will take my phone after. If you are waiting for a really important code, you can always say that sound differently from the rest. And then if that sound comes up, you can know that you have to take that but all the rest like notifications, social media, emails, all that stuff. It can't wait. It won't be an emergency.

So please don't let that be interrupted. So see you in the next video. And hopefully you can identify those time wasters and start working towards eliminating them as much as possible.