Overworked

Our last episode for Season One!! After a successful and very exciting launch of Overworked, both Amy and Gabbi are going on adventures around the world, so we're taking a break for a while. But don't stress! We'll be back VERY soon with some more Overworked for your listening pleasure

So, Amy has just jumped into the world of freelancing, and while the flexibility of it is exciting, there are plenty of challenges that come along with it! We sit down this week and talk about all our tips and tricks for killing it in the freelance world, from our preferences on where we work the best, to apps we use to stay focused. Tune in and let us know what tips you have for freelancing over on our Facebook or Instagram page! 

02:19 - We welcome Amy to freelancing ! 

04:40 - Freelancing sucks sometimes! Separating work and life, and setting schedules

05:50 - Multitasking is actually really hard

07:25 - Finding your best times for your work

07:55 - Working in blocks of time

09:05 - Working in cafes

10:27 - Working in co-working spaces

14:30 - Working in libraries

15:10 - Learning in different ways

17:01 - Breaking down the idea of batching

21:01 - Apps we use to stay focused 

22:35 - Keeping track of the time you work 

24:10 - Project management apps

If you want to use some of the apps we talk about, you can use the app Forest or FocusMe (if you're on a desktop) to stay focused and motivated when you're blocking time out to work. And we also talked about project management apps, so check out Trello and Asana if you're interested in that! 

This week we're talking about how subscriptions are taking over our lives - don't act like they don't take over yours too! We compare lists, and think about why they're so long... Which leads into our talk about introverts and how staying in on a Friday night to watch Netflix is suddenly the new cool, but does that mean introversion is now cool too? What's the difference, and why do people keep getting confused between introversion and just needing some time to recharge by yourself? 

Side note: We're so sorry about the quality of this week's podcast - we have been trialling a new program and it didn't turn out as great as we were hoping. We hope you'll bear with us, and we promise we'll be back to our normal, high quality content next week!

01:20 - Gabbi has 12 subscriptions!

03:30 - Amy breaks down her subscriptions

06:48 - The dreaded "What did you do this weekend?" question

08:15 - Does introversion = stay at home/social anxiety?

13:55 - Do your research before making statements!

16:50 - Being a solo traveller and an introvert

19:08 - Quality v quantity in regards to introversion and extroversion and friendships

19:35 - 16 Personalities + Myer Briggs

21:30 - Adapting the way you work based on who you are

23:50 - Don't let labels restrict you, but use it as a starting point to guide you

Follow us at @Overworkedpodcast on Facebook and Instagram to keep up to date with our day to day antics! This podcast was produced by Amy, with royalty free music provided by Audio Library and Ikson

This week we're talking feedback - how to give it, how to receive it, and how to improve on both!

Gabbi's not good at taking feedback, which became obvious a couple of days ago when she asked Amy for feedback. Gabbi spiralled, Amy laughed, and so we decided to do a podcast about it! If you aren't good at taking or giving feedback, or just want to come and hang out for 20-something minutes, come join in on our chat! 

01:40 - The story where it all started. Gabbi wanted feedback and Amy delivered.

02:40 - What has feedback got to do with associating our value with our intelligence?

05:05 - Gabbi reflects again!

07:15 - How to write feedback: Include reasoning

08:25 - Feedback is good to get from people with different perspectives

09:22 - The 'Sh!t Sandwich' method

14:02 - Back yo' self

16:25 - How to give good feedback

20:30 - Driven by positive feedback v negative feedback

22:30 - Top tips: Be honest, work on giving positive feedback, change the perception of negative feedback, and different people take feedback differently

Easter = chocolate, easter eggs, hot cross buns, chocolate bunnies. Easter is the time when diets are put aside, exercise regimes are excused, and easter egg hunts are the extent of our activity for the weekend. But the media makes us feel bad about when we indulge, and guilts us into 'working off' the calories we consume over the weekend, and all the time. So, how do you deal with making exercise something you enjoy, rather than attaching it to/associating it with the idea of it being a punishment for the food you've eaten? This week we talk about how both of us have struggled with this, and what we do to try to avoid falling into the negative mindset of working off 'bad' foods. 

02:52 - Should you be trying to balance the easter eggs you eat with exercise? 

05:18 - Viewing exercise as a punishment

05:48 - Gabbi's experience with an unhealthy relationship with food and exercise

07:24 - Bad food v good food

10:09 - Counteracting the thoughts of an eating disorder

12:03 - Tumblr: bad influence, or community facilitator? 

14:06 - Amy's experience with her relationship with food

16:24 - How has Amy dealt with the pressures of being different, and dealing with depression

18:46 - High school is brutal

19:42 - There is so much more to life than how much you eat and how much you exercise

20:49 - Talking about diets

24:28 - Being appreciative of what your body can do

Have a great and safe Easter! x

Follow us at @Overworkedpodcast on Facebook and Instagram to keep up to date with our day to day antics! This podcast was produced by Amy, with royalty free music provided by Audio Library and Ikson

Hustle, Hustle, Hustle... We hear it so much, as entrepreneurs, and boss ladies, and around the echo chamber of business people, but what does it ACTUALLY mean? We dive into how we thought it meant working hard, and how that lead us to experience burn-out. Burn-out is something that we all deal with at some point or another, but we've realised that some people experience it a little more than others, and in different ways. We then flip the conversation around, and find out the TRUTH! ie. what the dictionary describes as 'hustle', and plot twist, it's not what you thought...

00:45 - What does 'hustle' mean to us? 

02:42 - The toxic culture of ALWAYS working

03:19 - Stress v burn-out 

06:55 - The factors that contribute to burn-out

08:01 - If you find yourself crying in the bathroom, you probably should be in that environment

10:15 - Remembering your core values in the midst of burn-out

12:03 - The importance of mental health days

13:03 - How society pressures everyone to know exactly what they want to be when they grow up

15:23 - The importance of failing, and Gabbi recommends reflection!

16:23 - Hustle: verb, noun, illegal

18:04 - Hustling in Fyre Festival

22:07 - Being transparent about what you're selling

25:01 - How. Good. Was. Fyre Festival's. Social. Media?!

This week, Gabbi sprained her ankle, we chat about Married At First Sight, and identifying 'your five'. Toxic relationships are a real thing , but has MAFS normalised them, when it's actually something we really should be talking about? We talk about our experiences in toxic relationships, and watching our friends fall into toxic relationships, as well as identifying the triggers and red flags, and finding ways to phase them out. We also talk about matching up values, and how your friendships and relationships should compliment you really well, rather than change or smother you. 

00:10 - Gabbi tries to fly

02:40 - Petrol light? What petrol light? 

03:38 - What does 'being more human' mean? 

04:18 - Let's talk MAFS?

07:00 - Toxic relationships

09:08 - How your friends could help you identify if you're in a toxic relationship

11:38 - When your values are compromised in your toxic relationship

12:50 - Toxic friendships v toxic relationships 

15:59 - You are a combination of the 5 people you spend the most time with

18:30 - Know who you are and what you deserve; does Amy have high expectations? 

19:06 - Relationships should compliment you and your values

20:42 - How to get out of toxic relationships

23:50 - We are actually grandmas... 

24:37 - Key takeaways

This week we're talking about that person who just ALWAYS seems busy, how to manage your time if that person is you, and how to reflect on your busy-ness. Dr Amy Chow is sharing her expertise when we also talking about workplace friendships, and how they can benefit your work and your life.  

01:10 - I. Hate. It. When. People. Always. Talk. About. How. Busy. They. Are. 

03:07 - Does busy-ness = important? 

05:10 - How do the people around you make you realise that you're worth more than your 'busy-ness'? 

07:20 - Attaching your value to your intelligence 

12:06 - Let's talk about time management

15:06 - The importance of reflection

17:57 - How do you seperate reflection from overthinking? 

20:57 - The main steps of reflection

24:45 - Let's talk workplace friendship, and how that impacts job engagement 

25:30 - Amy's first job!

27:30 - Gabbi's first job!

31:00 - Recap, and would firemen calendars help with time management ?

31:56 - How do you pronounce 'public sector'? 

Today we chat about what the aftermath of the Christchurch Massacre looked like over the weekend, how racial bias is still a real thing, and our biggest tips and advice for social media. We're getting real and raw, and we'd love for you to join the conversation over at OverworkedPodcast on both Instagram and Facebook. 

01:25 - How has social media played a role in the aftermath of the shooting in Christchurch last Friday

04:00 - Does the news use fear as a way to increase ratings?

06:15 - How the media portrays particularly communities, and how different they are in reality

08:34 - Racial bias, and how people view different groups of people

11:09 - Should the kid who egged Fraser Anning be glorified or condemned?

14:44 - We both have concerns about how our kids are going to be brought up in the world

16:32 - What should you be posting on social media? 

22:02 - Help Amy with her drinking problem!

Follow us at @Overworkedpodcast on Facebook and Instagram to keep up to date with our day to day antics! This podcast was produced by Amy, with royalty free music provided by Audio Library and Ikson

This week we wanted to introduce ourselves a little more, to give you all a bit more of an idea about who we are, what we do, and why we started this show! That's right, we're touching all the subjects you're not supposed to talk about at the dinner table... Religion, relationships, age... But we're all friends here, right? 

02:06 - Work/life integration v work/life balance. How achieving work/life balance is unattainable

03:53 - Why is asking a woman her age is inappropriate?

06:07 - How being a part of a close-knit family unit shapes who we are

08:15 - Being the centre of a mindmap of friendships, and having separate friendships for different purposes

10:50 - Religion, cultural traditions, and how that shapes our values

17:31 - Is Kylie Jenner REALLY the world's youngest self-made billionaire?

Follow us at @Overworkedpodcast on Facebook and Instagram to keep up to date with our day to day antics! This podcast was produced by Gabbi, with royalty free music provided by Audio Library and Ikson

Being International Women's Day, we're launching with a good ol' chat about life as a women, including lycra dresses with pockets, racial biases, and advice we'd give our 15 year old selves. 

00:45 - A little about us. Who we are, what we do, and what 'work/life balance' means to us

06:37 - Breaking the habit of using social media while spending time with friends, and staying present while we're with loved ones

09:15 - Taking baths, and what ACTUALLY happens when your fingers go wrinkly

10:30 - The conversation about why International Women's Day exists

13:25 - Advice we'd give to our 15 year old selves

15:46 - Trying to define what Amy's business (Ace & Aura) actually does, and how to find it in Google

Follow us at @Overworkedpodcast on Facebook and Instagram to keep up to date with our day to day antics! This podcast was produced by Amy, with royalty free music provided by Audio Library and Ikson