Do you thrive or just survive on routine? Sometimes structure can be exactly what we need to get our goals and lives in check, but it's not always the best way for everyone. This week on the show we discuss the role routine plays in our lives and how to listen to what season you're in.

 

Time Stamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

05:12 Where we stand with routine

10:10 Seasons of hustle and calm

17:56 Is routine being stagnant?

23:05 Valuing our routine and structures

31:45 Springtime vibes

33:10 Goodbye and find us online

 

Show notes

recipe for the best chocolate cake

genius foods - max lugavere

The way we communicate is constantly evolving, with the development of digital quickly overtaking more traditional forms of keeping in touch. We jump in to the broader topic of communication in this weeks episode, reflecting on what kind of systems or apps we use to communicate, what the challenges of digital communication are and where communication may go in the future.

 

"I'm trying to consolidate where I talk to people so I don't have to keep track of conversations on 3 or 4 different apps at once."

 

Time Stamps

00:00 Welcome, weekly win and challenge check in

05:51 The real importance of communication skills

11:30 Our digital systems to keep in touch

14:50 Workplace trends in communications

18:15 Simplifying our systems

28:12 Future predictions and expectations

34:32 Goodbye and find us online

 

Show Notes

Navigating different communication styles at work

Questions to create meaningful conversations

 

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"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Like most things, Ferris Bueller has it totally right. We delve into what happens when you stay moving fast, and reach stages of overwhelm or even burnout. Are there strategies to stop us from ever burning out and is there anything good about the experience after all?

Time Stamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

06:10 The tipping point

09:33 Learning about yourself

14:39 How do we get to burnout

21:20 Some strategies for avoiding burnout

26:15 Recovery from overwhelm and burnout

31:30 Goodbye and find us online

Show Notes

Yoga with Adrienne

The Life Plan by Shannah Kennedy

Do you share your goals with people you trust or perhaps your whole Facebook friends list? As general advocates of finding accountability with friends to achieve your goals, we explore the opposite school of thought this week. We grapple with our own convictions on sharing versus not, and whether there's a 'type' of goal you share and one you don't. Join us for chats on identity, choosing and planning goals, as well as the theories behind sharing them with anyone at all.

 

"Sometimes your goals shift and change, and what you thought was a great plan doesn't always happen."

 

Time Stamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

02:45 Do we share our goals?

6:52 Identity goals

11:25 The evolution of goals

17:57 Alternatives to sharing

23:40 Finding competition

28:10 Goodbye and find us online

 

Show Notes

Reference Medium Article

Bronte’s Twitter

Ngaire’s Twitter

Follow us on Instagram to join the challenge!

 

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This week on the Pursuit Project we explore the concept of change and why people both love and fear it. What are your feelings about change? Do you seek it out or try to avoid it? Share your thoughts with us on Instagram!

 

 

"Without change we can get complacent and start going backwards"

 

 

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

02:40 Our experiences with change

06:48 'Choosing' change or not

11:45 Change as a vehicle for growth

16:16 Stress less (change is good)

20:10 Goodbye and find us online

Do you have role models in your life that help guide you to the right decisions? Or do you have mentoring relationships you turn to for advice? This week we discuss the nature of role models and the like, who is in our lives and how the internet comes into play. We share some of our struggles in not finding the right people and why it's important to encourage each other in the same stage as you.

 

Time Stamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

02:40 Our role models / inspirations

05:10 Looking to people online

11:52 Role models, mentors or sponsors?

17:14 The importance of peer-to-peer

26:10 Goodbye and find us online

 

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Where does the desire to be creative and make stuff come from? Is it inside everyone or are some people just not about making things? We explore what it means to 'make things' for us and how we discovered our side hustle passions. We hit on the importance of following your curiosity and being okay with being in the deep end and trying things. If you're looking for an ep that really brings our tagline into reality then this is the ep for you! We'd love to see what you're working on - tag us in what you're making on Instagram!

 

Time Stamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

06:43 Why do we make things?

11:12 Finding connection elsewhere

14:44 Not being there yet

17:15 The time you get to control

20:42 Finding your 'hustle'

30:12 Advice for making things

35:10 Goodbye and find us online

 

Show Notes

Just Make The Thing - Podcast

Design Life - Podcast

Ngaire's Website

 

 

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This week we witness the chaos that is Bronte's thought process as she realises what she has been saying is not, in fact, what how she actually thinks, other than that this is a great episode. We discuss the nature of resilience and what it takes to develop it, as well as why it's important to force ourselves to gain resilience. Share your experience in gaining resilience with us on Instagram!

 

One emotion, one experience can be a cataclysm for the rest of our lives

 

 

Time Stamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

04:34 Dealing with being let down

13:45 Emotional power

15:44 Reacting to hardship

26:53 Building resilience

34:30 Stunting growth through complaints

38:09 Goodbye and find us online

 

 

Show Notes

The Upgrade Podcast

100 days of rejection

 

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"There's a fear or guilt in making a choice, that you'll choose something others won't like"

How do you choose what you buy at the supermarket or what job you should take? Do you write a list, have a system or just wing it as you go? We explore choice in this weeks discussion; how we make choices and perhaps why we find it so difficult. Take a photo of your podcast player while you're listening and share it on Instagram! This helps us find out who our listeners are and connect with you so we can journey to be our better selves together.

Time Stamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

07:40 How do we feel about choices

09:56 The hard choice to make a choice

15:30 Less is actually more

18:50 Systems to help you make a choice

22:21 Making choices as a part of a couple

28:10 Career and choosing the right path

36:04 Goodbye and find us online

 

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"For me it's not forgetting to rather it's reprioritising when it needs to be done."

This week we demonstrate how little we have our lives together by talking daily responsibilities and organisation. We have real chats about getting the washing done, how good our memory is and how to work around seasons and work schedules. Want to feel like you're a better person? Tune in for the mess that is our lives.

Time Stamps

00:00 Welcome and weekly win

04:30 How we organise daily tasks and responsible

08:25 Relying on memory or not

14:50 Digital clutter versus physical clutter

18:33 Scheduling with the seasons

21:13 The need for life admin days

24:35 Weaving a routine

29:05 Goodbye and find us online

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