🧳 Hello, Fellow Unpackers! 🧳
This week felt like a real challenge from the get-go, starting my day at 4:00 AM every day. I had mapped out my routine, carefully considering travel time, costs, my personal tasks, and the joys of parenting a teenager.
I’m also juggling studying for a university degree, which includes doing unpaid placements. If you’ve walked this path of self-improvement, you know how draining it can be.
Taking time off from my regular job to invest energy in a future that depends on meeting the requirements of my degree—while also relying on others to determine what I learn during these placements—can be quite overwhelming.
This is the third week of four, and I’m exhausted, to say the least. What I find most challenging is getting enough sleep to stay energized. I often find myself mulling over what’s truly a priority among all my tasks, deciding what’s essential and what can wait.
I’m a big fan of list-making, and I knew this month was going to be huge. So, I wrote out my list and even used post-it notes as a countdown for completing big tasks. During the first weekend, I created countdowns for my work shifts and another set for my placement shifts.
These countdowns help me focus on the positives of completing what I have to do. My lists keep me organized, whether it’s taking my daily medication, doing laundry, or scheduling my shower time to ensure I have some relaxation before bed.
I’ve got a bedtime routine that includes hypnosis and a plan for getting out of bed in the morning. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been a morning person, and at 49, that hasn’t changed! 😂
I always strive to be flexible and pride myself on being adaptable to those my actions affect. I value reliability and make it a point to ensure my actions align with my words.
Learning is all about seeking opportunities, especially when they aren’t presented to you, and it’s essential to take constructive feedback to enhance your knowledge and skills. We all have our own ways of learning. Personally, I enjoy self-guided education, which doesn't always mean formal practices. I love reading books, watching videos on YouTube, and recently, I’ve started getting into audiobooks.
I’ve begun using my commute to and from work—or any trip, really—to educate myself. While I absolutely love music (it’s therapeutic and brings me joy that sometimes life misses), I’ve found that swapping out some of that time for education has been extremely rewarding. Audio and visual materials are helping me learn more quickly than just reading traditional text.
In my quest to understand my learning style better, I discovered there are four basic types: Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, and Kinesthetic. Understanding this has allowed me to focus more on the Auditory and Visual methods, and I’m finding I can retain information much better than I did before.
What about you? What’s your learning style? I’d love to hear your thoughts on learning, time management, and self-care! This journey I’m on to unpack and find the real me is also aimed at helping others who might be feeling lost, struggling or alone.
Let us unpack and improve together, no one should ever feel alone. From the bottom of my heart l Love you!
Tee 🩷 xox
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