EP24: Let's Drop Our Boxes

As a high achiever, I have always had this blueprint or set of checkboxes that I needed to hit or “check off” in my life and career. Can you relate Here are some examples of the checkboxes I’m talking about. • Get a degree. • Get my first job. • Advance in my next job. • Advance some more. • Get a management job. • Get a bigger management job. • Get married. • Have children. • Have scheduled birthday parties for my kids every few years. • Schedule play dates for my kids, including swim lessons and sports. • Be the family’s event planner and general touchstone for everything. • And the list goes on.   In this episode, we explore where these checkboxes came from and what we can do about them to allow ourselves some much-needed rest. If we give ourselves a break from checking these boxes, we will be better for it.   Brave Women at Work site: https://www.bravewomenatwork.com/ Join the free, private Brave Women at Work Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bravewomenatwork Get the Freebie: https://www.bravewomenatwork.com/freebie Madeleine Albright quote: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2013/03/madeleine-albright-women-have-it-all.html Arianna Huffington quote: http://www.morefamousquotes.com/topics/quotes-about-stress-and-burnout/ Burnout episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/back-from-burnout/id1547856593?i=1000508580387 Perfectionism episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mindset-matters-overcoming-perfectionism/id1547856593?i=1000524057557