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How I F-ed Up Last Week

A few years ago, I had a major epiphany that has slowly but powerfully been changing the way I work. I learned to say no to busy and yes to a very purposefully selected amount of work — an amount I could do well and in a timely fashion. It’s made me a happier and thus a better person — less stressed, proud of my work, and more patient with the world around me.

Last week, as I got pissy about guests inviting extra attendees to my partner Jim’s birthday winery tour, it hit me. I have relapsed. I am overcommitted and becoming THAT person. The one who can’t roll with the punches. The one who thinks more friends is a problem (technically during these COVID times, more than 10 friends in a public space is a problem…but you get what I mean).

I was in the last week of running GoGoSprint, an intense productivity mastermind, I was racing to develop and launch a premium community, and I was preparing for a six-hour workshop I agreed to run 18 months ago to benefit a company that laid me off six months ago. All this on top of the regular running of GoGoDone (thank goodness for my amazing Hosts).