Catt Small

And that part I don't like, like,

I really am not interested in that kind of drama.

But if it's just, oh, this person's scared, so they're lizard-braining, then we can work with the lizard brain and figure out how to turn that off and get to a place where they're seeing clarity again.

Absolutely.

Yeah.

As people, we have a certain amount of time in the day and we also have waves of energy that ebb and flow.

And so it is really important as part of this work when you're operating at this level that you recognize when you tend to be at your best or what kind of environment you need to be in to be at your best.

And a big part of that is looking at your calendar, for example, and understanding, okay, I tend to, you know, be the most clear headed at 3pm.

So I'm going to try to have my meetings, you know, either after three or before three, depending on your logic there.

Maybe you want to have more focus time, so you can actually

you know, like deliver work.

So you want to be the most clear headed, uh, for that kind of effort, or maybe you want to be your most present self in crits.

So you want to, you know, have credit three or something like that.

Those are some of the things that I kind of think through, um, and recommend that people consider.

I also recommend, um, this practice shadows to Laura Hogan for this one, um, color coding your meetings and, um, understanding, um,

how combinations of meetings can result in how you feel and how well you can function as a designer.

That's also really valuable for, again, being able to recognize shifts you need to make potentially.

So one thing I realized, for example, was that if I had a 30 minute meeting and then a 30 minute break and then another 30 minute meeting,

and then another 30 minute break.

If you just do that the whole day, for me, I'm exhausted and I don't ever have enough time to actually progress.