Ep. 356: How to Take a Gap Week (and Why You Might Need One!)
Unperform with Tiffany Han (formerly Raise Your Hand Say Yes)
Tiffany Han
4.7 • 525 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Just like a gap year between high school and college, a gap week is an intentional pause where you can explore new experiences or focus on a specific project.
Today, I’m sharing why and how to take a gap time, plus what I’m doing for my business during my gap week. For detailed show notes and more, visit www.tiffanyhan.com/blog/episode356.
Resources & Links:
Ep. 339: How (and Why!) to Take a Break
Ep. 345: The 12 Stages of Burnout and How to Get Out of It
Ep. 324: But What About the Guilt?
Raise Your Hand Say Yes Inner Circle
Tanya Geisler’s Imposter Complex
Timestamps:
[02:14] What is a Gap Week?
[03:13] A Gap Week Is NOT a Break
[18:15] Why You Should Take a Gap Week
[27:26] Making Space
[29:24] Maintaining Space
[30:17] Honoring the Space
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to raise your hands say yes with Tiffany Hahn, a podcast all about helping you have a |
| 0:05.2 | life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside. Find out more and dive deep into |
| 0:10.2 | the archives at Tiffany Hahn.com and make sure you're following me over on Instagram at the Tiffany |
| 0:15.1 | Han. And if you're ready to get started toward that life you're craving, go to Tiffanyhan.com |
| 0:19.9 | slash quiz to take your free agency archetypes quiz. |
| 0:23.8 | You're going to find out why you're getting stuck, where you're giving away your power, and how to move forward without having to rewrite your entire life. |
| 0:32.3 | Now on to the show. |
| 0:34.7 | Hey, everyone, it's Tiffany. Welcome back to raise your hands. Say yes. Really excited about this week. |
| 0:39.8 | This week is a little bit meta for me because I am going to be talking this week about |
| 0:45.2 | how to take a gap week or a gap month or a gap break. I'm also going to be talking about why it matters, why it's important, |
| 0:57.1 | why you might need one, even if you think that everything is fine. And I am actually recording |
| 1:03.1 | this in the middle of taking a gap week for myself and my business. So I'm also, I'm also coming, you're getting it straight |
| 1:12.1 | from the source. And I'm going to be talking about why I'm doing it, a little bit about what I'm |
| 1:17.5 | working on. I can't share too much yet, but I'm cooking some really fun stuff up over here at |
| 1:22.2 | HQ. And also give you some permission, right? We're going to be doing some radical permission over here in case you feel like you need a |
| 1:31.7 | minute, in case you feel like you could use a break, in case you feel like things are |
| 1:37.3 | piling up and you couldn't possibly deal with all of them in the way that in the way that would meet your very high |
| 1:45.9 | standards. And, you know, I think that especially right now, sometimes it just feels like the pace |
| 1:51.9 | of our lives, although it's kind of boring with the quarantine and all of that, it still can |
| 1:57.7 | feel really relentless. And if you feel like you're in that relentless cycle, I want you to |
| 2:03.5 | really pay attention to this week. Even if you don't have your own business, even if you aren't |
| 2:07.9 | working on creative output, this is going to apply to all of us. Now, what do I mean when I talk about |
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