What’s Your Capacity?

What’s Your Capacity?

I feel it’s safe to say the majority of us have a black hole of a to-do list.

And I’m not sure about you, but the days seem to be going by faster than they used to. It’s like you do a 1 hour call but yet 3 hours have gone by…just me?

I also feel we’re being pulled in more directions than we ever have before. For me, it’s definitely a stage of life because of two kiddos and all the activities.

If you have kids, you have the quality time you want to spend with them, their activities, school, and just simply hanging out with them.

We then have our businesses or work-related things, everything that entails, and depending on the stage you’re in may require more of you than before.

You then have the time for yourself and if you have a partner, your time with them.

So if we’re looking at a pie chart that equals 100% and you break it into your categories…what do your percentages look like?

I was challenged to look at this the other day with my sound healer and to be honest, it was tough to look at. The things I wanted to be a higher percentage just aren’t right now.

The role I’m playing with my family and our home is a very high percentage and while I love that I get to be here for them and choose to - some days it’s more lonely and dare I say boring (laundry, dishes, taxi driver, woohoo!).

I constantly remind myself that it’s a season and a much shorter one than not.

So if that part of the pie is 60% how do I split up the rest between my business, Sean, and myself?

I have to be very intentional with what I/we say yes to, what my business goals are, and what has to be delegated/hired out.

With work - I’d love to take on 23 clients but my capacity says otherwise. That’s probably the hardest one to not max out because it lights me up! But, I know if I max out that category I start to feel overwhelmed and that’s bleeds over into the other 3 categories. Sean would attest to this

So, I want to ask you…have you looked at your capacity buckets? Are they in priority with how you want them to be based on the life you’re working towards? Are they solid? Do they need some adjusting?

Deep questions for you - but that’s where the good stuff is!