369: Lessons Learned While Embracing Adventure Over Chaos

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Education, Management, How To, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

I took a serious vow 10 weeks ago. I vowed to embrace adventure over chaos for the summer. I embraced this mission with all my heart. I had a strategic plan. I had a support crew. I had hope. And even with all that, this mission was HARD. There is no denying that there were moments of magic this summer. There were plenty of those. And for that, I’m beyond grateful. But I’m ending this season exhausted and in need of rest and reflection to figure out how I can do better next year. Even in the face of fatigue, there were some valuable takeaways from my “adventure over chaos” mission. I learned: I can be wildly productive in short stints of time if that’s all I have I can keep my business growing outside of the structure and routine I typically thrive in I can ask for help and everyone will immediately lean in to help me I can compartmentalize work and play more than I thought I could (barely, lol) My simple routines keep me grounded, even in chaos (morning practice and workouts, mainly) In the absence of full days to myself, small blocks of restorative time make a big difference I’m not as immune to mom guilt as I thought I was Listen in to this full episode if you’re also recovering from a season of overwhelm OR approaching a season of overwhelm. There are some powerful lessons shared that will help you through the hustle! Links mentioned: Shameless Mom Con 2020 tickets are available!! Early Bird tickets are on super sale here: Shameless Mom Thank you to our sponsors: Fabfitfun: To get $10 off your first subscription box (making it only $39.99 for $200 worth of products) go to Fabfitfun and use the code SHAMELESS at checkout. care of: For 25% off your first month of personalized care/of vitamins, visit Take Care Of and enter the code SHAMELESS at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 369. Show notes for this episode, including any links
0:06.0	mentioned in the episode, as well as any discount codes from our sponsors, can be found by going
0:09.8	to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 369. Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean.
0:22.3	I'm here to give you and other passionate, driven, unapologetic moms, tools, resources,
0:28.2	and a little bit of humor to help you lead more positive, powerful, and purposeful lives every damn day.
0:34.3	One of the best things about the Shameless Mom Academy is our community.
0:37.3	So be sure to join us in our
0:38.6	free private Facebook group to connect with other shameless moms just like you. You can find us over
0:43.9	at shamelessom.com forward slash Facebook. All right. Let's dive into today's episode.
1:01.5	Hello, shameless moms. Happy Monday. Okay, so I think no matter where you are now, we're all back in school, right?
1:06.0	I know for some of you, this started like a month ago. And for others, it just started a few days ago.
1:16.9	I'm in the latter where it just started a few days ago. So it's still very new and exciting. And what I wanted to do with this episode in particular is do a little bit of a recap of lessons I learned from my summer goal. So my summer goal was to embrace adventure over chaos,
1:25.7	because I knew going into the summer, it was our first summer
1:28.8	without full-time child care. And I knew going into the summer that it was going to be a
1:33.8	struggle for me because I don't do well with unpredictability. I am not a super adaptable person
1:39.4	as much as I want to be and as much as I try to be. So I struggle when things are constantly
1:43.9	changing. And I also struggle with having to be and as much as I try to be. So I struggle when things are constantly changing.
1:45.2	And I also struggle with having to be like live in reactive mode long term. And so I will tell
1:53.2	you, I went into the summer really conscientious of my mindset around this. And I want to share
1:59.9	with you how I started the summer off,
2:02.8	how things actually went and lessons learned. Because I think all of it is important.
2:06.3	And I think this is all stuff that will be lessons and words of wisdom. I think that will be
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