Welcome to the Hustles-Sanley podcast, a show inviting you to live a peacefully productive

life.

I'm your host, Jess Massey, a peaceful productivity coach and planner creator.

My mission is to share mindset shifts and peaceful productivity tips that help people with

really full lives go from running on fumes to living with intention

in every season. You're in the right place if you want to design a life that reflects your

actual priorities so you can stop the constant hustle and pursue your goals while prioritizing

your well-being. Now take a deep breath and let's learn how to hustle

sanely. I want you to raise your hand if your weekly screen time report is low-key or high-key,

the most embarrassing thing about you. We listen and we don't judge around here, okay?

Because my hand would have been the first one

up about four months ago. Back in September, I realized that my screen time was absolutely out of

control. And y'all, it was big time impacting my life in ways that I'm not proud of. My sleep was

absolute trash because I was scrolling before bed. My patience was

thin, which is not ideal when you're a toddler mom. Okay. I had a like lingering hum of anxiety in

my brain from always feeling on. I had a hard time being present because my brain was always

wanting to default to reaching for my phone

to check something real quick. We all know how that turns out. I was struggling to stay focused

on tasks and get things done in a timely manner, aka I was distracted all the time. I felt creatively

drained, which really sucks when a big part of your job requires creativity.

If you're sitting there nodding along because you're tired of your phone feeling like an

extra limb that's constantly hijacking your attention from the things that matter most to you,

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