The Daily 15: Creating Margin for What Matters Most.

You’ve been hesitating about saying yes to a new opportunity.Maybe if you knew what would happen after you say yes, you’d say it faster. We never know what our yes could mean or the impact it could have on us and others. Today I’m sharing a yes that brought some unexpected surprises and unbelievable impact. You never know how your one yes could become so much more!

What You'll Take Away

• What happens when you say yes
• What might be holding you back
• How your yes changes you and others

Go Deeper

Want to go deeper? We all know that reaching goals andbuilding a meaningful life will require sacrifice and trade-offs, but we don’t always know the full cost at the beginning. In the latest article, I go deeper on understanding the costs and making sure they’re worth it. Not all costs are bad. Some are well worth it.

→ Read “When Success Costs Too Much”.

https://suzannemharvey.com/beauty-blog/what-if-success-costs-too-much/

Your Next Shift

Pause and reflect on your life recently and answer these questions...

• What’s the opportunity you’ve been hesitant to say yes to?
• Would you be more willing to say yes if you could know the outcome or impact?

Take 15 minutes and sit with these questions. The answersmight surprise you. It might be time for you to say yes.

Connect With Me

I'd love to hear what you’re saying yes to in this season ormaybe it’s a surprising impact from a previous yes. You never know who you might be encouraging by sharing.

Leave a comment wherever you're listening or send me an email. I read every message.

[email protected]

Helpful Resources

Are you just busy or living in survival mode?

Sometimes it's hard to tell if the pressure you're feelingis busy-with-a-payoff or something closer to survival mode. This free assessment helps you find the pressure point, get some breathing room in your busiest week, and discover your next shift.

→ Download your assessment today

https://suzannemharvey.com/busy-assessment/

You're at the table, listening to your teenager chat away about her day, news about friends and her plans for the weekend. You nod along like you're listening, but you're distracted by the work email waiting for you. When did work take over every moment of your life?

What You'll Take Away

• The myth of work-life balance
• 2 questions you should consider
• The intentional step to move you forward

Go Deeper

In this week's article, "What if Success Costs Too Much?", we'll look at what gets sacrificed for success, consider if it's worth it and how to decide your own cost success threshold.

Read here: https://suzannemharvey.com/beauty-blog/what-if-success-costs-too-much/

The Next Shift

Take a few minutes this week and consider this question:

Where have you noticed work seeping in and taking over?Don't rush this. The answer may take time to come to you. Journal your response if that feels helpful.

Connect with Me

I'd love to hear what resonated with you. Leave a comment wherever you're listening or send me an email. I read each message.

Email: [email protected]

Resources

Are you busy or living in survival mode?

If you've been extra busy for too long and feeling the pressure, this quick assessment can help you identify where the pressure is coming from right now and give you simple resets to start creating some breathing room. Plus, you'll receive my step-by-step audio to personalize your first reset.

Get Your Assessment: https://suzannemharvey.com/busy-assessment/⁠

My favorite things (mentioned in the episode)

For my favorite candles to help get into work mode, check out The Marigold Season.

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She seems to have it all together. Work, motherhood, relationships, even a faith-filled morning routine. You admire her. But somewhere along the way, admiration quietly became a checklist you'll never finish. What happens when the women who inspire us become the standard we can never meet?

What You'll Take Away

• How admiration turns into pressure to perform
• Why we blame ourselves (not the standard) when we can't measure up
• Permission to become who you were created to be

Go Deeper

Want to go deeper? If this idea resonates with you, I've gone deeper in this article. It's a closer look at what happens when we start questioning the version of success we've been taught to chase.

→ Read "Success Isn't Supposed to Feel Like Survival"

https://suzannemharvey.com/beauty-blog/success-isnt-supposed-to-feel-like-survival/

Your Next Shift

Take a few quiet minutes with these three questions, and journal your answers if it helps:

• Where do I feel like I'm failing?
• Whose expectations am I chasing?
• How would I feel if I was growing toward who I'm meant to be?

Don't rush this. Sit with these for a while. The answers may take time to show up.

Connect With Me

I'd love to hear what resonated with you. Leave a comment wherever you're listening or send me an email.

I read every message.

Email: [email protected]

Resources

Are you just busy — or living in survival mode?

If you're carrying more pressure than you realized from standards that were never yours to meet, this quick assessment can help you identify what's creating the most pressure right now and give you simple resets to start creating some breathing room. Plus, my step-by-step audio to build your first reset.

→ Get your assessment https://suzannemharvey.com/busy-assessment/

You get a new project at work and suddenly the way you always do things isn’t working anymore. Your life changed but your routine didn’t. So, what do you do? Often, we continue to try to make the new thing fit in the old way. It’s like pushing a square peg into a round hole. It just won’t fit. It might be time to adjust and adapt.

What You'll Take Away

Go Deeper

Want to go deeper? If this idea resonates with you, I go deeper in my latest article on the problem with routines and what works better for your real life. And what happens when life changes, but our routines don’t.

→ Read “It’s Not Your Routine. Your Life Just Changed”.

https://suzannemharvey.com/beauty-blog/its-not-your-routine-your-life-just-changed/

→ Listen to Episode #34 “Why Your Routine is StressingYou Out”.

https://pod.link/1882024593/

Your Next Shift

Pause and reflect on your life recently. What changed? Do you need a new rhythm in this new season? Look for one way to subtract or delegate right now.

This week, give it a try and see the difference it can make. 

Connect With Me

I'd love to hear what you’re choosing to subtract or delegate in this season. Leave a comment wherever you're listening or send me an email. I read every message.

[email protected]

Helpful Resources

Are you just busy or living in survival mode?

Sometimes it's hard to tell if the pressure you're feeling is busy-with-a-payoff or something closer to survival mode. This assessment helps you find the pressure point, get some breathing room in your busiest week and discover your next shift.

→ Download your assessment today

https://suzannemharvey.com/busy-assessment/

Today’s episode is a little different. It is a true BTSwhere I pull the curtain back. You’ll hear about my oops with last week’s podcast (a special thank you to my early listeners… you got the real BTS), days of work lost due to sickness, and an unplanned trip to school when the bus got canceled. My week didn’t go as planned. You’ll get a real look at what happensin my life when plans go sideways and how a more sustainable rhythm helped me adapt.

What You'll Take Away

• Why my rhythms made a difference this week
• How building your own rhythms will help you survive when it goes sideways
• How margin saved my week (and it can save yours too)

Your Next Shift

Sometimes you just need to make the next small shift to getyou moving in the right direction. When life goes sideways, you don’t have to dump it all and start over.

This week, notice one way your life didn’t go as planned.Don’t panic or push through. Take a breath and ask yourself, “How do I react when my week doesn’t go as planned?”. If you want to live differently, consider trying one of the ways I shared in the episode (time blocking, leaving white space or a morning rhythm) to begin to approach your week in a new way.  

Connect With Me

What resonated with you? Was there an idea that sparked asyou listened? Leave a comment wherever you’re listening or send me an email. I love hearing what’s helping you right now.

Email: [email protected]

Resources to Help

Are you just busy or living in survival mode?

If a sideways week leaves you feeling like you're barelyholding on, this assessment guide helps you find where the pressure is coming from and quick resets to get you some relief right away.

→ Get your assessment now

https://suzannemharvey.com/busy-assessment/

You see your friend and she seems to be crushing life rightnow. You desperately want to know her secret. When you ask, she smiles and says, “It’s my new morning routine. It’s amazing!”. Well, whatever it is, you want it. You get all the details and vow to start first thing tomorrow. But aftera few days, you’re miserable and just want to give up. Why isn’t her routine working for you?

What You'll Take Away

• Why her routine doesn't work for you
• How to stop the failure cycle
• A simple reframe to get you started

Go Deeper

Want to go deeper? If this idea resonates with you, I godeeper in my latest article on the problem with routines and what works better for your real life. And what happens when life changes, but our routines don’t.

→ Read “It’s Not Your Routine. Your Life Just Changed”.

https://suzannemharvey.com/beauty-blog/its-not-your-routine-your-life-just-changed/

Your Next Shift

Pause and reflect on your morning. Is it working for you oragainst you? Is it someone else’s perfect morning or yours? Maybe it’s time to create the one that fits your one beautiful life and finally love it.

This week, sit with these reflections for your daily 15; nothours, just 15 focused minutes a day toward creating the morning that fits your life.

Not a complete life overhaul, just one simple shift.

Connect With Me

I'd love to hear about the one part of your morning you’reloving in this season. Leave a comment wherever you're listening or send me an email. I read every message.

[email protected]

Helpful Resources

Are you just busy or living in survival mode?

Sometimes it's hard to tell if the pressure you're feelingis busy-with-a-payoff or something closer to survival mode. This quick assessment helps you find the pressure point, get some breathing room in your busiest week, and discover your next shift.

→ Download your assessment today

https://suzannemharvey.com/overwhelm-assessment/

It’s been a great day! You drop on the couch for a littlescrolling to relax then you see a reel that stops you in your tracks. Suddenly you’re asking yourself, “Shouldn’t I be farther along by now?”. What if you’re not behind at all and what if you’re just comparing your current chapter tosomeone that’s four books ahead?

What You'll Take Away

• Why behind is just a feeling not facts
• The real questions to ask instead
• The simple mental shift to get you back on track

Go Deeper

Curious and want to go deeper? If the feeling of behindresonates with you, I’ve taken a deeper look in this week’s article. Take a look at what happens when we start asking the right questions and review what’s different.

→ Read It's Not Your Routine, Your Life Just Changed

https://suzannemharvey.com/beauty-blog/its-not-your-routine-your-life-just-changed/

Your Next Shift

When you feel the wave of “behind” crashing in, ask yourself…

What's ended or changed, and what's something that'sready to begin?

Don’t rush this. Sit with it for a while. The answers maynot come right away, and that's OK. You're not fixing the feeling overnight; you're simply noticing it and making the next small shift. Take your daily 15 and consider this question this week.

Connect With Me

I love connecting with you and I'd love to hear one wayyou've noticed this feeling of "behind” and how simply noticing it changed how it made you feel. Leave a comment wherever you're listening or send me an email. I read every message.

[email protected]

Free Assessment

Are you just busy or living in survival mode?

If comparison and the feeling of falling behind, maybe thepressure of the pace has become more than just a busy season. This freeassessment helps you find where the pressure is coming from and how to get somerelief.

→ Get the free assessment

https://suzannemharvey.com/busy-assessment/

It's easy to get caught up in trying to manage your time better so you can be busy checking everything off the list. But what if it's not a time management problem? What if we're spending our best time and energy on the loud & urgent things and missing the activities and people that matter most?

What You'll Take Away:

• How the 'squeaky wheel' effect is driving your busyness
• The REAL cost of chasing busy
• Why margin matters
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Go Deeper

Does your busy schedule make you feel productive? Maybe you've absorbed the idea that busy = productive and the thought of changing just leaves you feeling guilty and lazy, take a few minutes to read my latest article, "Busy Isn't a Badge of Honor".https://suzannemharvey.com/beauty-blog/busy-isnt-a-badge-of-honor/

Your Next Shift

Think of one quiet, important thing that keeps losing outto the louder things in your day; the delayed dream, the relationship that needs more of you, the goal you haven't gotten around to.

This week, give it your daily 15, not hours, just 15intentional minutes a day toward the thing that actually matters.

Connect With Me

I'd love to hear about one important thing in your lifethat keeps losing out to the squeaky wheel. Leave a comment wherever you're listening or send me an email. I read every message.

[email protected]

Free Assessment

Are you just busy or living in survival mode?

Sometimes it's hard to tell if the pressure you'refeeling is busy-with-a-payoff or something closer to survival mode. This free assessment guide helps you find the pressure point, get some breathing room even in your busiest week, and discover your next small shift.

Get your free assessment:

https://suzannemharvey.com/overwhelm-assessment/

You’ve been busy for a while, and all the busyness got youreal results. But lately it seems harder to clearly see the pay-off for the long hours and crazy schedule. And yet your pace hasn’t let up. This isn’t a conversation about if you’re too busy. It’s about what happens when busy stops serving you.

What You'll Take Away

• The quiet signs busy stopped working
• Why we keep going, even when it's not working
• The one idea that changes everything

Go Deeper

Want to go deeper into our discussion about busy? If this episode resonates with you, I've gone deeper in this week's article.

→ Read “Busy Isn’t a Badge of Honor”

https://suzannemharvey.com/beauty-blog/busy-isnt-a-badge-of-honor/

Your Next Shift

Consider one thing that feels extra busy in your life right now;a work project, a volunteer commitment, a habitual yes.

Then ask yourself this...

What is this busyness providing me right now?

Take your daily 15 and sit with your answer. You might besurprised and that’s OK. Whether you find busy is still doing its job or not, reflecting will help guide you to the next shift you might need.

Connect With Me

As we continue this conversation, I’d love to hear what activityin your life used to feel productive and now feels like another habit. Leave a comment wherever you’re listening or send me an email. I read each one.

[email protected]

Free Assessment

Are you just busy — or living in survival mode?

Sometimes it's hard to spot when the line gets crossed. Thisquick, free assessment helps you find where the pressure is coming from and gives you a bit of breathing room until you figure out your next shift.

→ Get the free assessment

https://suzannemharvey.com/overwhelm-assessment/

The night I finally hit my sales goal, I couldn't sleep. There was a bit of excitement, but mostly I was already planning how to hit the next one. That's when the real question surfaced: it's not "am I doing enough?" but "what does enough actually look like?" That's what we're sitting with today.

What You'll Learn

• Why "enough" keeps moving out of reach
• A reframe that changes everything
• The uncomfortable (but freeing) question to ask yourself

Your Next Shift

Pick just one area of your life; work, money, family, health, or a business you're building. Then ask yourself this question.

What would enough look like here, in this season of my life?

Feeling brave? Go one layer deeper. As yourself,

What would change if I actually allowed that to be enough?

Sit with your answers before moving on with your day. If it's helpful for you, journaling them can help the reflection go further.

Let's Connect

I'd love to hear how you're answering, "What does enough look like for me right now?" Leave a comment wherever you're listening or send me an email. I read every message and would love to hear what you're discovering.

Contact Me: [email protected]

Free Resource

Are you just busy — or living in survival mode?

If today's conversation has you wondering whether the busyness of your life has quietly become survival mode, this quick assessment can help. A few simple questions will show you where the pressure is building and how to find some relief as you figure out your next shift.

→ Get the free assessmenthttps://suzannemharvey.com/overwhelm-assessment/