1101: Enter: gentle beast mode!

We’ve discussed before here on The Daily Pep! the idea of fluffy days, maintenance mode, and beast mode. But what if there was an extra, more compassionate option?

Episode transcript:

Good morning, Daily Peppers and a very happy Tuesday to you. So quite a while ago on the daily pep, I was talking all about this idea of beast mode. Now, beast modes are those times where, for sometimes, no rhyme or reason, you have a day or you have a period of time where you are just getting so much shit done. What would usually take you so much longer is done with so much more ease, and you are just flying through your to do list. Now these beast mode days are tricky little fuckers because, a, they are fabulous. We feel like we are on fire. But the problem is it can lure us into this whole sense of believing that every single day could be like that. And while I would love that to be the case, beast modes just aren't sustainable.

So rather than enjoying them for what they are in the moment, we tend to wake up the next day expecting to get the same amount of shit done, and then we feel really shitty when we can't. We then tend to need a bit more of a fluffy day, which is kind of a day of recovery or a period of recovery where we give ourselves permission for not feeling like doing much, and we try to take the pressure off. Now for me, the most frustrating thing can be, going back to what we were talking about earlier, the fact that there is often no rhyme or reason as to why beast mode is activated. Sometimes we just wake up and we have a beast mode day, and it comes out of nowhere. But, also, I'm also very aware that sometimes life situations mean that we have to be in beast mode even when our tanks are empty, and that's what I really wanna dive into today. So if that is you right now, I really invite you to think about what I'm gonna call gentle beast mode. And it is getting shit done, but it is also with the awareness that there is too much on your plate and that unless you bring some gentleness into it, it's just gonna be cruel on yourself, and, also, you're more likely to reach burnout. I like to think of gentle beast mode as rather than pushing through no matter what the cost is, being more aware of what you're able to do, and working in fits and starts.

It's not just diving headfirst into your to do list, but rather it's working out what absolutely essentially has to get done and what would be the most efficient way of doing it. Essentially, it's the pause before the doing. It's knowing that as much as you'd like it to be otherwise, you do not have unlimited time and energy. And that when shit hits the fan, choices have to be made. It's also about putting some fluffy things in during that time to get you through. And knowing that if there is an option for you not just to have to push through, to take that one instead. So if you've got a shitload of things on your plate today, I really recommend taking the gentle beast mode approach. You will still get more done.

Chances are you might get even more done, but you're also honoring yourself at the same time. So take this one for a spin, see how it feels for you, and honor where you are energy wise right now. I'll see you tomorrow.

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