The Real Reason You’re Exhausted: How To Gain Control of Your Time & Your Life
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Why do we feel so busy during the holidays?
Hey, it's your friend Mel, and welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast. Is it just me, or is there something about this time of year that suddenly makes you feel like life is on overdrive? You know, I've thought about this a lot because I feel like I'm already a very busy person, but I feel like I'm hyperventilating and sprinting through the day, and I think I nailed what it is. It's that phenomenon. That right as this time of year hits, all of a sudden, it's Christmas decorations, it's Thanksgiving stuff, like everything's everywhere. And I'm like, oh my God, I'm behind. I'm not even ready yet. I haven't even thought about this stuff. Holy cow. And here's what I want to do today. I want to take a deep breath with you.
Because if I'm being honest with you, I don't just feel this crazy busyness this time of year. I struggle with being too busy all year long. And so I would love to calm down. I would love to get control of this. I would love to slow down. And I've called in a heavy today to give me a coaching session that you need too about everybody's addiction to being busy, to looking at their phone, to running to this thing, to doing that thing, to shopping for this thing, to running there, to doing there, get to Christmas tree, go over here, blah, blah, blah. And what you're going to learn is this is way bigger than what's on your holiday list, what you need to do this weekend. It's way busier than things going at work. This actually has to do with your body. And so today you're going to learn not only how to understand busyness and this addiction to busyness, more importantly, you and I are going to learn how to heal it.
Hey, it's your friend Mel Robbins, and I am so glad that you're here with me. I always love spending time with you. If you're brand new, welcome to the Mel Robbins Podcast family. If you're listening to this episode because somebody that you love sent this to you, do not be offended, okay? You're not the only one that struggles with busyness and feeling overwhelmed and feeling exhausted all the time. And around this time of year, my busyness goes into overdrive. I just suddenly feel like I'm behind. I haven't bought gifts for people. I don't even know what I'm cooking for dinner tonight. So how on earth could I possibly know what I should be doing for the holidays? The work starts to pile up because we're getting into the end of the year and Q4. And so it's just like, you're on the treadmill of life. Everybody's doing the best they can. And this time of year, it's as if somebody walks over and is like, let's move you from a nice fast walk to about a speed of 11 miles per hour, right? And you're like, Oh my gosh. I hate it.
Don't you hate the fact that everybody around you is busy? Like just stop and think about how hard it is to make plans with your friends. Have you been on a text chain recently where you're like, oh my gosh, I miss you. I love you. You know, I'm gonna give a huge shout out to my friend Maxine because my friend Maxine, she is so good about pinging me and staying in touch and she will throw out a date. And I'm like, oh man, I'm down in Boston taping. And then I'll throw out a date. And she's like, oh boy. I'm doing this thing for work and I'm going to be gone too. And then next, you know, it's four months from now. And then we nail a date and then four months from now comes and something else has happened. And now both of us have something else going on and we can't take time for a walk. Aren't you sick of this? like really sick of this. And the reason why I wanted to talk to you about this is because busyness is one of those things that sneaks up on you. It's like Lyme disease.
You didn't even know the tick bit you. And next thing you know, you can't get out of bed. And you're like, what the hell just happened? How is it that I go through life hyperventilating and my to-do list never ends and I'm not really sleeping well because I'm thinking about all the things that I didn't do. And you want to know else this shows up?
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