What I Know So Far

The Mindset Managed podcast is coming to an end so I'm discussing success, growth, change, and writing in today's episode. Join me one last time!

Today I am talking about where you draw the line in the sand (aka what you stand for and where your boundaries are). Why? Because it's an important part of being a confident person who knows who you are!

Throughout my time sharing online, I have noticed that certain pieces of advice keep coming up. Here, I am starting the year off by sharing with you general advice that will always be important to me, no matter the situation or year.

Another year has come and gone. This year I wanted to root down and settle into my life. I feel like I didn’t quite achieve this vibe, and that’s okay. There were a lot of external factors influencing this feeling, but I’ve worked on those things and I think settling in will happen more naturally next year anyway. Therefore, with 2022 upon us, I have new intentions and focuses for the New Year. Here is the vibe I’m going for in 2022… What’s your focus for the new year?

I'm sorry that I've been absent so much lately. I did anticipate this, but with work, university, writing projects, and moving house recently, I've been a busy bee. Here is my penultimate podcast episode of the year, rambling about the little things and how we can make life a little more enjoyable and thus better in the long run.

Today’s episode is a pep talk for when you are feeling unsure about what to do or who you are. Keep this for when you need a pick me up.

Our society is completely manmade. It’s all a social construct, built and then upheld by everyday people. There are a lot of people in groups that are suffering in our world, and speaking up can be important. But also toxic. That begs the question, then, when should we speak and when should we stay silent? Click to play!

Who are you? That’s a loaded question, isn’t it?! But it’s an important one. A question that has been rattling me a little lately, so I wanted to explore the importance of knowing who we are, what can happen if you don’t, and soon I will have a questionnaire coming about what to do to get to know yourself more.

Hey guys, today I'm updating you on: What I read this summer and my year's reading goal My summer writing goal, finished stories, etc. My bike riding intentions and fears Going back to work for a new academic year Back to university for Third Year and a new module What I want to do with my content for the rest of the year Check out srcrawford.co.uk for more! 

Today I am talking about what it means to be brave and why we admire it in others, alongside the importance of beauty and the role it plays in our everyday lives.

Being an adult is stressful sometimes, so maybe being a kid again (briefly) can help us when we are in a bad mood. Today I discovered that things that we did or loved as a child can really shift our mood. BONUS TIP: How can you carry out your day with a sense of childlike wonder and imagination?

Today's ramble is about what we are actually here to do and about the radical idea that maybe we're not here to produce and serve and compete...

This August I plan to write a story, which will be a significant amount of words and take a lot of focus! If you, too, are working on a project right now, here are 20 ways to help you consistently show up for this project and get it completed without feeling burnt out or overwhelmed!

Today I am discussing overwhelm, the fear of missing out and the plethora of options available to us in this modern world and how that all feels! Can we commit or are there just too many options out there?

Today I am discussing ways that we might be able to live a life of more peace, contentment and satisfaction without striving for perfection and lasting happiness which isn’t achievable.

Today I’m talking about how things can be true and untrue at the same time and that’s totally confusing and totally normal! So we should embrace the grey areas, speak in fewer extremes and certainty, and free ourselves with questions that have no definite answers! You’re ugly and pretty! You’re dumb and smart! You’re free and not free! You’re right and you’re wrong! It’s all ok…

I very much value simplicity and prioritisation. I like to know I have only a few things to focus on, rather than a scary, hefty list. This is some new advice on ways you might simplify your goals, habits, and to-dos while still getting things done each day.

This week I want you to consider ways in which you may be blocking the very things you have been asking for. How have you been self-sabotaging (knowingly or not) and causing things to be blocked from you in your life?

Are you feeling like you’re not good enough? Like who you are is being examined and questioned? Yeah, same… I think part of the issue (which I didn’t talk about in the episode because I rushed it, to be honest, is this culture of perfectionism and performance. Where we want to be, NEED to be, so great at everything we do because we are not worthy and how dare we exist in this modern world if we are not constantly switched on, doing, doing, doing, and proving ourselves to strangers who don’t care about us anyway because they’re all feeling anxiety about themselves and their own lives that don’t stack up! Wow, yeah, not great. And breathe! That if you say you’re a writer, you better be a perfect writer. If you say you’re a mother, you better be a perfect mother. If you say you’re gay, you better be a perfect gay! It’s madness! It’s imposter syndrome, really. And it has to stop. Let people (and yourselves) be who they are and do what they do without question…

I've been feeling this resistance lately when trying to create and it's been frustrating! So I sat with myself, got quiet, and this is what I realised...