20. On Creating Space & What will Sustain You with Kathy Oneto (A Solo Episode)
Overview
In this solo episode, I talk about creating space and what will sustain you. The topic of sustainability, creating space, and sustaining myself has been present for me of late, so I thought I’d do a short episode on what I’ve been experiencing in the hopes that it will help you, too.
And with the official start of summer right around the corner, I think it’s a perfect time for the topic. Summer offers us a time when we typically slow down, so despite the world picking up coming out of the pandemic, I encourage you to do the opposite—create space, slow down, and invest in those activities that will sustain you and keep you at your best.
If you’re feeling like you could use a deceleration for the summer, too, just like me, and want time to further recuperate and restore, listen in and consider the questions I offer as prompts to reset your world for summer.
Topics Covered
Prompts to create space and reset and refocus on what can sustain you now and through the summer:
What’s unsustainable for me right now?
What really demands my attention right now? And, what can I put down?
For those tasks that remain on your to do list ask: What if it could be easy?
What will sustain me — daily, weekly, monthly, yearly?
What does it look like to build in time for rest, relaxation, and renewal?
Resources Mentioned
Adam Grant’s article on languishing: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html
The Atlantic’s article, “What happens when Americans can finally exhale: the pandemic’s wounds are still wide open:” https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/05/pandemic-trauma-summer/618934/
Read more about the 7 P’s of Right Effort: https://sustainableambition.com/sustainableambition
Paul Arden’s book, “It's Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be:” https://bookshop.org/books/it-s-not-how-good-you-are-it-s-how-good-you-want-to-be/9780714843377
Leslie Forde in Episode #19: https://sustainableambition.com/sapodcast/19
Wade Brill in Episode #5: https://sustainableambition.com/sapodcast/5
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