Tarveen Forrester

How do we effectively set boundaries?

Well, it starts with this hard truth.

You can't do everything and avoid burnout.

I'll paint the picture for you.

It's four weeks away from that big deadline.

You have mouths to feed, a home to maintain, workouts to attend, and then boom.

The inconvenient thing happens.

Your child is sick, you're rushing to the vet, or the worst, you receive bad news that rocks you.

You're now sitting there in this predicament of trying to figure out, how am I going to do it all?

Well, guess what?

You're not.

Before you can even begin to tackle your goals, you have to make peace with the reality that you can't do and be everything, especially in these moments of the unknown.

Pushing yourself to the point of unsustainability is an extremely toxic cycle.

And unsustainability and unrealistic expectations are exactly where burnout starts.

So let's talk about how you can create a system to support your ambitions and your boundaries.

First, you have to get crystal clear on your non-negotiables.

It's up to you to decide what tasks and what habits are essential for you when you hit those high-pressure moments.

A non-negotiable could be something like meditating 10 minutes a day, getting to your kids' baseball game or prioritizing that workout.

As it does, life be lifin', and it'll throw you another curveball.

And when it does, I want you to ask yourself, how am I going to prioritize my non-negotiable?