{"id":121500,"date":"2022-04-05T17:17:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T23:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bemorewithless.com\/?p=121500"},"modified":"2023-04-04T17:10:03","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T23:10:03","slug":"do-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bemorewithless.com\/do-less\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Less: 8 Little Notes To Help You Pull Back And Reset"},"content":{"rendered":"

If it feels like life’s demands are coming from every direction, it’s time to do less, pull back and reset. It may feel easier to keep going but at some point, too much is simply too much. It will stop you in your tracks.<\/p>\n

Instead of waiting for everything to completely deplete you, shift your schedule, undo your to-dos, slow down, say no and whatever else you need to do to come back to you.<\/p>\n

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Do Less: 8 Little Notes To Help You Pull Back and Reset<\/h2>\n

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Productivity culture will call you to do more. It will make you believe that if you could do a little more, finish one more thing and just ignore what you know about yourself for a little longer, you\u2019ll be happy, loved, successful, rich, and (insert other lies here).<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, burnout and illness is the common response to productivity and hustle culture. Doing more things doesn\u2019t make you a better person. It makes you a tired person. It\u2019s time to rest, recover, renew and come back to you.<\/p>\n

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So often we spend our time on things that have nothing to do with us. If you can relate, memorize these words … This does not belong to me. I will let it go now.<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n

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Allow margin in your life. Even if it\u2019s only five minutes at first. It matters.<\/span><\/div>\n

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From tasks at work to everyday things like laundry and cleaning, we could dedicate every waking moment to work. It never stops. It’s too much. That’s why we play games like “catching up” and “getting ahead” to be more efficient and get more done but we know that we will never win that game. We would have won by now.<\/div>\n
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Instead …<\/div>\n