You're at the table, listening to your teenager chat away about her day, news about friends and her plans for the weekend. You nod along like you're listening, but you're distracted by the work email waiting for you. When did work take over every moment of your life?

What You'll Take Away

• The myth of work-life balance
• 2 questions you should consider
• The intentional step to move you forward

Go Deeper

In this week's article, "What if Success Costs Too Much?", we'll look at what gets sacrificed for success, consider if it's worth it and how to decide your own cost success threshold.

Read here: https://suzannemharvey.com/beauty-blog/what-if-success-costs-too-much/

The Next Shift

Take a few minutes this week and consider this question:

Where have you noticed work seeping in and taking over?Don't rush this. The answer may take time to come to you. Journal your response if that feels helpful.

Connect with Me

I'd love to hear what resonated with you. Leave a comment wherever you're listening or send me an email. I read each message.

Email: suzanne@suzannemharvey.com

Resources

Are you busy or living in survival mode?

If you've been extra busy for too long and feeling the pressure, this quick assessment can help you identify where the pressure is coming from right now and give you simple resets to start creating some breathing room. Plus, you'll receive my step-by-step audio to personalize your first reset.

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My favorite things (mentioned in the episode)

For my favorite candles to help get into work mode, check out The Marigold Season.

https://www.themarigoldseason.com/collections/the-candle-counter

She seems to have it all together. Work, motherhood,relationships, even a faith-filled morning routine. You admire her. But somewhere along the way, admiration quietly became a checklist you'll never finish. What happens when the women who inspire us become the standard we can nevermeet?

What You'll Take Away

• How admiration turns into pressure to perform
• Why we blame ourselves (not the standard) when we can't measure up
• Permission to become who you were created to be

Go Deeper

Want to go deeper? If this idea resonates with you, I'vegone deeper in this article. It's a closer look at what happens when we start questioning the version of success we've been taught to chase.

→ Read "Success Isn't Supposed to Feel Like Survival"

https://suzannemharvey.com/beauty-blog/success-isnt-supposed-to-feel-like-survival/

Your Next Shift

Take a few quiet minutes with these three questions, andjournal your answers if it helps:

• Where do I feel like I'm failing?
• Whose expectations am I chasing?
• How would I feel if I was growing toward who I'm meant to be?

Don't rush this. Sit with these for a while. The answers may take time to show up.

Connect With Me

I'd love to hear what resonated with you. Leave a commentwherever you're listening or send me an email.

I read every message.

Email: suzanne @suzannemharvey.com

Resources

Are you just busy — or living in survival mode?

If you're carrying more pressure than you realized fromstandards that were never yours to meet, this quick assessment can help you identify what's creating the most pressure right now and give you simple resetsto start creating some breathing room. Plus my step-by-step audio to build your first reset.

→ Get your assessmenthttps://suzannemharvey.com/busy-assessment/

You get a new project at work and suddenly the way you always do things isn’t working anymore. Your life changed but your routine didn’t. So, what do you do? Often, we continue to try to make the new thing fit in the old way. It’s like pushing a square peg into a round hole. It just won’t fit. It might be time to adjust and adapt.

What You'll Take Away

Go Deeper

Want to go deeper? If this idea resonates with you, I go deeper in my latest article on the problem with routines and what works better for your real life. And what happens when life changes, but our routines don’t.

→ Read “It’s Not Your Routine. Your Life Just Changed”.

https://suzannemharvey.com/beauty-blog/its-not-your-routine-your-life-just-changed/

→ Listen to Episode #34 “Why Your Routine is StressingYou Out”.

https://pod.link/1882024593/

Your Next Shift

Pause and reflect on your life recently. What changed? Do you need a new rhythm in this new season? Look for one way to subtract or delegate right now.

This week, give it a try and see the difference it can make.

Connect With Me

I'd love to hear what you’re choosing to subtract or delegate in this season. Leave a comment wherever you're listening or send me an email. I read every message.

suzanne@suzannemharvey.com

Helpful Resources

Are you just busy or living in survival mode?

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