BTS Ep 03. What To Do when not all the To-Do’s get Checked Off your List

January 16, 2024

I’m feeling eternally grateful right now. We have two episodes that are out LIVE. We recently launched the third episode Learning About Australian & Canadian Cultures. I’m working on creating the shorts for this week. I’m trying to sit in this feeling of awe, inspiration and motivation. Jay has really been motivating me to keep going and I’m just so happy with how this year has turned out and I’m excited as to where this will all take us.

January 19, 2024

I’ve been thinking about the recent episode we shared last week on how to balance content creation and life, but I feel like we’ve really only scratched the surface in that 30 minute podcast.

Some other thoughts that I’ve had since airing that episode:

• Creating your own side business while working a 9 to 5, keeping up with friends, your health, etc is really hard work. I really need effective time management strategies to organize it all in order to stay sane.
• I still do get overwhelmed by the amount of tasks I want to get done. And it’s really easy to fall into that headspace of feeling overwhelmed then unable to make a move because you don’t know where to start.

With this being said, I’ve been finding myself creating lists on lists of what I need to get done. Not all of the to-do tasks get checked off, but at the end of the day, I’m always asking myself these questions:

I’m okay with letting go of what could not be finished today. But I still get those feelings of discouragement and feelings of falling behind. I’m not producing nearly enough of what I want for my personal instagram and blog, as I had a full plan as to when to post my travel and lifestyle blogs, but I’m just not able to keep up. I know I have to meet myself where I’m at, but at the same time I wish I could do it all and achieve it all.

“Did I do enough”, “Am I doing enough” is a pattern of thought that creeps up for me. But as I catch those thoughts, I’m able to reflect on them and say “yes of course I am”. The fact that I am even showing up each day to do something is a win. And I believe everything will come in due time.

But I get that if I just keep pushing, that time has to come from somewhere. I’m hoping to keep up with my blog and IG soon, but for now, I want to put all my focus into creating the best podcast I can with Jay.

If it wasn’t for me starting and exploring my creativity through photography & my blog; if I never started something in the first place, I would not have met such incredible people along the way. I would not have said yes to starting this podcast.

Thanks to all of you who have been supporting me. I have so much I want to keep sharing so I’m happy you are with me for the ride! ❤️‍🔥