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Kat Cuthbert – Planning & Wellbeing

Planning and wellbeing without the pressure for curious, imperfect humans.

The world has plenty of ideas for how your life should look.

But I suspect you, like me, don’t really fit all that well into any of them.

Maybe you’ve tried hard to keep up but you’re struggling and you find yourself wondering if there might be another way.

Perhaps your life path so far is quite a squiggly line with plenty of twists and turns and you want to learn how to take the helm and direct your life away from rough waters and onto fair seas.

Or maybe, like me, you spent a long time chasing what you’d been taught ‘success’ looked like, only to discover that it was a world away from the things you actually need and want.

Let’s figure out your own purposeful squiggly path together.

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Hi there, lovely human!

I’m Kat, planning and wellbeing mentor for creatives carving their own path through life.

I help other curious, creative humans uncover their purpose, support them lovingly and gently to get their sh*t together and build a life that truly lights them up. My approach is rooted in gentle, realistic self-development and my first-hand experience of living a life with plenty of flex.

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JOURNAL PROMPTS TO REFLECT ON YOUR WELBEING . Febr JOURNAL PROMPTS TO REFLECT ON YOUR WELBEING . February somehow feels like it's been longer than 28 days (and we're only on day 25...) and because its been so tiring, I dont think I'm alone in saying I haven't been caring for myself in quite the best way. Best way to turn it around? Look at what worked, what didn't and what you need right now in this moment. So grab that journal and work through these wellbeing prompts for the month of February. Need some accountability? I'm running a live journaling session tomorrow so you can show up for yourself, get writing and start doing some good stuff for that bod and mind. Date: Friday 26th February Time: 3pm GMT Place: Instagram Live @booksofnotes Come along and bring a cuppa! ✨Where in your life did you feel connected? ✨How did you move your body? ✨What did you find your curiosity drawn to? ✨What did you learn this month? ✨How did you help someone else? . #accessibility ID in alt-text and comments . #BulletJournal #JournalPrompts #Journaling #SelfCare #MentalHealth #SelfReflection #SelfDevelopment #Burnout #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #WellbeingPlan #MentalHealthPlan
Honestly that 4 hours is full of me trying to will Honestly that 4 hours is full of me trying to will myself to get up and do it but instead I am on my phone refreshing the reddit homepage. (I just want to be able to eat a bowl of cereal...) . Image description: a tweet by Kat Cuthbert @booksofnotes that reads: "Imagine being able to wash up without the 4 hours of persuading yourself beforehand. Wild." . #Productivity #MentalHealth #SelfCare #Adhd #ExecutiveDysfunction #ActuallyAutistic #ProductivityMemes #Procrastination #TextPost #RelatableTweets #Neurodiversity #Planning
REST IDEAS FOR TIRED BRAINS After yesterday's pos REST IDEAS FOR TIRED BRAINS After yesterday's post, a few of you asked me HOW to get each of the 7 different types of rest - this one is for you! ✨Which type of rest are you in need of right now? Mine is... Well, okay, it's all of them. This queen of naps is learning that there is more to rest than sleeping... . . . #accessibility Image Description in comments and alt-text . #MentalHealth #Rest #SelfCare #SelfCareIsntSelfish #PersonalDevelopment #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #PopPsychology #RestIsRadical #CreativeEntrepreneur #Anxiety #DepressionAwareness #Productivity #MentalWellbeing #Burnout
Did you know that there are SEVEN types of rest? Did you know that there are SEVEN types of rest? And that not getting the right kind can leave you feeling like, well, sh*t? We talked last week about glorifying comfort, so I'm here with some ideas on how you can start getting comfortable with REST. According to Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith, there are seven different types of rest that we need. We mostly focus on either sleep or lying on the sofa doing nothing; which means we feel WAY tireder than we should. NOW, if it's fatigue you're dealing with and it won't go away, see your damn doctor. This info isn't going to solve anything (Looking pointedly but gently at anyone thinking of sending this to a chronically ill human. This isn't it. We tried. Promise.) But it's useful to know and begin working into your days that there are more way to rest than the prescribed 8 hours. ESPECIALLY when the world is asking that bit more of us right now. All that mask wearing has me needing sensory rest, for sure... Ask yourself - what type of energy am I using most often during my day? . . . . #accessibility Image Description in comments & alt-text . #MentalHealth #ExecutiveDysfunction #ComfortOverCompetition #SelfCare #RestIsRadical #Burnout #Neuroatypical #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #Productivity #PersonalDevelopment
FREE YOURSELF FROM TASK Overwhelm 😩 . If you're FREE YOURSELF FROM TASK Overwhelm 😩 . If you're anything like me, you can get a little TOO detail-oriented when you plan out projects and write aboslutely EVERYTHING down. You want to make it manageable, right? But you end up faced with a wall of tasks that need to be done in order to do the project and somehow you're now more overwhelmed than before. Oh gosh, how I feel you. So how can you get past this? ✨Group repeating tasks into workflows. Find yourself writing out repeating tasks over and over for variations of the same thing? Create yourself a workflow with those tasks in. Take them off your main list and replace with a single tasks - e.g. "write article" - so you know when you reach it, you use the workflow you created to get the job done. ✨Figure out your milestone tasks. You want to write out every task that needs doing so that you can get an idea of your progress, sure. But it's counter-productive when faced with the avalance of tasks! Figure out which your 'milestone' tasks are - the ones that happen at important point - and focus on those being your progress gauge. ✨What do you actually NEED reminding to do? I write everything down because I'm terrified of missing something important. Take a minute to look at which parts you actually need reminding to do - because I bet you a lot of them are part of your existing way of working. ✨Use your calendar. Instead of having everything as a big long list, schedule tasks into your calendar ahead of time. This is great for two reasons - one, you've already given them some future time to work on them AND you no longer have to look at an overwhelming list of tasks. . Do you get overwhelmed by giving yourself too many tasks, too? How do you manage the avalanche? . #accessibility ID in comments & alt-text . #TaskManagement #Productivity #SelfDevelopment #Neurodiversity #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #PersonalKnowledgeManagement #MentalHealth #PlanningTips #Planning #BulletJournal #ExecutiveDysfunction #PersonalDevelopment #RecoveringPerfectionist #SelfReflection #PlanningAndProductivity
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