It’s been like a month since my last letter. Whoops.
I’m not going to make any excuses.
Truth is, I got into a funk.
You know what I’m talking about, where life just gets ahead of you, you get overwhelmed and stressed, things pile up…
And there are just times when you just don’t feel the desire to produce. To create. To work on your business.
It happens to everyone.
And there’s a lot of people out there screaming to “just get over it” or “just get back to work” or “stop worrying about it”. Not really helpful.
So here’s a few unconventional things I’ve been doing lately to get back into momentum. Hopefully they’ll help you too:
Go back to basics
Whenever I’m struggling or feel like I’m in a rut, step 1 is to go right back to the essentials.
Quality sleep. Exercise. Meditation. Healthy eating.
If you’re in a funk, I can almost guarantee you’re not keeping up on at least one of these things. Maybe all of them.
If you think about it, your body is the literal vehicle you use to operate in this world. If you don’t do the work to keep your body in a peak state, how do you think your life is going to go?
Quality sleep = higher energy.
Higher energy = better decision making, like working harder and eating healthy
Harder work and healthy eating = quality sleep
Keep this cycle consistent and you will see drastic increases in productivity, fulfillment, and momentum.
Allow micro inconsistency
If you’ve been struggling to create content, or send emails, or network with people, and find new prospects… one of the worst things you can do is let the inconsistency persuade you to stop.
You fell off? That’s okay, start again.
Yes, it’s extremely important to be consistent with your content (or anything in your business really).
But think about consistency on a MACRO level, not micro.
Missing one day of content is inconsistent.
But making content 6 days out of 7 is consistent.
Go to therapy
It pains me how much therapy gets a bad rap. I’ll be honest I used to think that it was only for people with serious trauma, abuse, PTSD, etc.
Until I discovered it can be a massively valuable tool as an entrepreneur.
High performing people deal with huge internal roadblocks that get in the way of their success. Most people just avoid these issues (or aren’t aware of them in the first place).
When those roadblocks aren’t dealt with, we sometimes subconsciously self-sabotage to keep ourselves stuck.
Entrepreneurship is largely a mental game. You probably don’t need to learn another tactic or strategy to grow your business. You need to get your brain straight.
Master your energy
I’ve made a major shift lately in my schedule to accommodate for how I work best.
All meetings have been moved to the afternoon, and the first 3 hours of the morning are reserved for deep work.
I found that my energy and focus is highest in the morning after I wake up. So I spend that time working on the most important tasks every day. This might be different for you.
With this schedule, I’m able to get more work done in a few hours sometimes than I used to get done in a week.
Pay attention to the daily cycles of your energy and lean into them.
When your body is naturally at its lowest energy, don’t medicate with caffeine and “power through it”. Go take a break.
When you’re at your highest energy, go build some stuff.
Rest
Likely a major cause of your funk is that you’re overworked or stressed or overwhelmed.
As a society we’ve gotten really bad at listening to these cues, and instead just assume there’s something wrong with us.
(Again because the influencers we’re following are telling us to “just get back to work”)
Did you just finish a crazy launch? (Yep…)
Did you have a new baby in the last 6 months? (Heyo, that’s me…)
Did your in-laws come into town recently and throw you off your routine? (Ummm….)
Did you work for 3 days straight to finish a product and hit a deadline? (Yessir..)
It’s time to take a breather.
Don’t underestimate the value of creative space.
Every day, take a 30–60 min break.
Every week, take a day off.
Every month, take a long weekend.
Every year, get away for 2–4 weeks.
You’ll come back more energized and prepared to make the right decisions that will propel you forward.
Answer me something?
What’s the #1 question you have right now about content creation, personal branding, online business, mindset, building your team, etc?
Hit reply and ask me, and I’ll answer some of them in future letters.
