181. You Can Do Both: Sidestep the Summer Slump and Burnout

We're halfway through the year! Do you remember what your goals are? Summer is upon us, and it's the perfect time to knock yourself right off track. Summer is important because when September hits, it's madness. It's when people realize they don't know where their revenue will come through. Will they hit through Black Friday?  But it doesn't start in September; it starts now! That being said, I want you to have your summer. Let's stay on track this summer and bake in lots of time for fun. I want this to be the summer where you lay the foundation for a successful fall and holiday season. (FYI, you will find a link to my new summer sprint below! It's four weeks long, and how we will track and set the goal is different.) Step 1: Get clear on your goals The most significant mistake people make in the summertime is they aren't clear on how it to go. What do you want in every area of your life? We are talking about what you're learning. We are talking about your finances. We are talking about your work and purpose – things that make your socks roll up and down. We are talking about your relationships with other humans. How do you want to feel? How are you reacting when you're happy? Are you giving yourself time to celebrate everything you are accomplishing?  And the other thing that falls off the rails in the summer is your physical health. How are you taking care of your body?  I would love to support you this summer in getting crystal clear in these areas and what you really want. This helps us avoid the hustle. You know what I'm talking about - the grind. Especially if you're watching other people have a great time, or you're seeing the thousands of posts and pictures of people you know with their feet by the pool.  I want you to get intentional this summer, this year. Let's make this summer different.  I know I'm a business coach, but it's not just about business.  How can you run your business if you're unhappy? How can you run your business if you're sick? How can you run your business if you're overreacting to everything because you're exhausted? How can you run your business if you hate time? We can only run a business well if we know what we want those experiences to be. One of the biggest keys to motivation that people miss is reflecting and rewarding.  Do you know how far you've come this year? What's the difference between this year and last year? Do you know what you've learned already in these first six months? What are you proud of? What's gone differently than what you thought? Where have you pivoted where you didn't think you could? A great way to destroy motivation is to sit in your stuff and work work work work work! This is a time for you to change how you look at business, how you look at your life, how you deal with time, and how you look at what you're actually going for. Please take a second and congratulate yourself for everything you're doing. Step 2: Use the best tools The next reason we can knock ourselves right off course in the summer is that we don't use the best tools out there.  What is the best way to get from point to point this summer? Is it reading? Is it getting new systems? Is it a new higher? Do I need to delegate more? Is it about tracking the books I've read and implementing some of the things I've read? Is it about understanding the power of rest? That's a tool. Suppose you are working on a gentler project over the summer, which I highly recommend. Do you know how other people who've done something similar and succeeded? That's a mistake people make in going towards progress; they don't look at the people who've already succeeded, and please don't mistake that to mean you steal all their stuff. What were their daily habits? What did they do first thing in the morning? One of my favorite questions is how I want to feel when my head hits the pillow tonight. You start a day with that question, and it will absolutely redirect your actions. You can do that on vacation; you can do that on the beach. You can do all those things from anywhere, and it will redirect how you treat people that day, how you treat yourself that day, what you choose to get done, and where you choose to drop the hustle. Step 3: Surround yourself with conversations that keep you aligned If you hang out with people doing a whole bunch of gossiping, you feel very different than if you're hanging out with a whole bunch of people talking about their goals. It's not like I sit around people and go, "So, what are you accomplishing this week?" But you can tell when someone sits down and says, "You know what? I wanted to do this thing this month, and I've been working really hard, and this part of it's just not working. Do you have a second?" The power of that is almost impossible to describe because, as you know, I believe our day-to-day conversations create our lives. They shape how you view things. They shape the actions you take every day, and we all know actions are what give us our results. You need to know what conversations you need to have and with whom you'd like to have them. You can have these conversations from the pool. You can have them from a plane if you're super fancy; you can do this anywhere. This isn't about locking yourself in your office and missing summer; this is about incorporating summer into your momentum, your movement forward, and your confidence.  Motivation comes from forward momentum. If you can take gentle, easy, tangible steps towards the things that you truly want all summer long, you will be so far ahead of the game, you will separate yourself from the pack and you will love your summer. You get to have both. Let's get to it!   Join me in a Sprint this summer: https://www.sarahwalton.com/sprint  Other Game On Girlfriend podcast episodes you might want to check out:  Why Your Day-To-Day Conversations Matter: https://sarahwalton.com/conversations-matter/  How to Pick Your Next Big Project: https://sarahwalton.com/choose-your-next-project/  What to Do When Your Goals Feel “Meh”: https://sarahwalton.com/alex/  5 Tips to Create an Environment for Abundance: https://sarahwalton.com/abundant-environment/  You can check out our podcast interviews on YouTube, too! http://bit.ly/YouTubeSWalton   Thank you so much for listening. I’m honored that you’re here and would be so grateful if you could leave a quick review on Apple Podcasts by clicking here, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking “Write a review.” Then we’ll get to inspire even more people! 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