Messy & Magnificent with Karlee Fain

Well, we made it! The year (or was it a decade?) 2020 is finally behind us. After such a tumultuous collective experience, the dawn of 2021 brings with it the invitation to integrate rest into your growth strategy.And, in this time of strategic rest, we have a unique opportunity to think about how we can make our lives in this new 365-day cycle easier on ourselves.On top of all of the social, political, and health upheavals of the past year, we’ve still had to manage our own lives. That’s no easy feat when you’re accustomed to having a constantly packed calendar. So, rather than making this a year to do more, what if we focused on ways that we could do less?You’ve just discovered the not-so-secret formula for joy.If you’ve ever looked at someone you admire and wondered how they seem to be able to do it all, I have some news for you. Nobody has it all figured out. But, those people who seem like they have a relatively stable, healthy grip on life do share one thing in common. They leave enough space for joy.They know that life isn’t about work-life balance. It's about work-life connection.In today’s episode, Karlee talks about the Pareto Principle, sometimes referred to as the “80/20 Rule”. She’ll guide you through a quick assessment so you can instantly uncover whether or not you're using your time effectively, and she’ll give you the tools you need in order to drop what’s not working in your life and focus your attention on what is working.In a world that expects us to keep on adding more and more to our plate, women know that breaking that outdated “stay busy” convention is the key to allowing space for joy.If you’re ready to invite a little experimentation into your life so you can clear away the clutter, re-claim your time, and invite more joy into your life, this episode is for you!What You’ll Learn in This Episode:The one personality trait among women who have it “figured out” (2:19)Introducing a little experimentation into your career (3:11)How embracing the 80/20 rule can help you navigate through personal trauma (9:02)The origins of the Pareto Principle (13:27)Signs that you might be doing unnecessary work (18:29)Emotional indicators of a 20% lifestyle (20:11)How to start eliminating the busy work in your life (22:39)Personal revelations from Karlee’s business metrics assessment (25:30)Resources Mentioned In This Episode:Episode 60: Daring To Pause Before you Plan: Karlee's Nourishing "PPE Method" for Making Your Best Decisions at Work and Beyond, Part of 1 of 3Episode 61: The Art of Subtraction: How Women Keep Career Plans Simple, Life-Giving And Successful During Complex TimesEpisode 19: Sh*t just hit the fan: How We Do Well At Work During Tough TimesConnect With Karlee:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramMessy and Magnificent is produced by the folks at Ginni Media.

As we look to plan a new year, that inevitably means that our schedules fill up with really important tasks, meetings, and projects… right? Well, it could mean all of the above, but it definitely doesn’t have to.Successful women everywhere know that being busy all the time doesn’t equate to achievement.Being weighed down with a calendar just means you're busy and that you’re good at filling in the blanks. But, what if I told you that being less available and more choosy about that blank space in your calendar could actually make you more effective?Time management is a word that gets thrown around among the busy crowd, but the real meaning of that is misunderstood. We think it’s about squeezing as much into those daily hours as humanly possible. The truth is that it really means the opposite.In today’s episode, Karlee shares the second part of her professional PPE method: planning. She’ll teach you how to recognize and root out complexity, and how you can master the Art of Subtraction.Finding ways to simplify your life isn’t about being lazy or inactive. It’s about choosing the most important ways to spend your time. It’s running through your daily grind with a fine-toothed comb and getting rid of the clutter that doesn’t need to happen at all, could be done by someone else, or could be drastically simplified.If you’re ready to learn how to eliminate the clutter in your schedule and create more space in your life, then this episode is for you.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:How distraction throws us off course (10:17)Closing the gap between what we communicate and what’s understood (13:08)Using simpler language to make the message clear (15:02)The myth of the multitasker (17:12)The unconscious fear behind why we delay (17:58)How to make your life 3% simpler (19:14)3 steps for streamlining your planning for 2021 (22:02)The Art of Subtraction (24:28)Scheduling in moments to recharge (28:30)Resources Mentioned In This Episode:Karlee’s FREE Course: Boundaries Like a BossEpisode 60: Daring To Pause Before you Plan: Karlee's Nourishing "PPE Method" for Making Your Best Decisions at Work and Beyond, Part of 1 of 3Episode 36: Reopening Gently: A Simple Practice to Process What Just Happened and Move Forward with Wisdom and GraceStudy: “Putting a stereotype to the test: The case of gender differences in multitasking costs in task-switching and dual-task situations”Hirsch, P., Koch, I., & Karbach, J. (2019). Putting a stereotype to the test: the case of gender differences in multitasking costs in task-switching and dual-task situations. Plos One, 14(8). Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220150Study: “The Cost of Interrupted Work: More Speed and Stress”Mark, G., Gudith, D., & Klocke, U. (2008). The cost of interrupted work. Proceeding of the Twenty-sixth Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI 08. Doi: 10.1145/1357054.1357072Get the Culmination Mastersheet Karlee Mentions In This Episode for Free Below "Episode 36" HereConnect With Karlee:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramMessy and Magnificent is produced by the folks at Ginni Media.

What’s the point of these cold, winter months? Why can’t we just run around outside all year long with sun-kissed shoulders and bask in the brightness?Well, as nice as that might sound, we need professional downtime. Our bodies need rest, and our minds need pause. Still, “downtime” is just a hard concept to digest. And it doesn't help that we’re conditioned to feel guilty about it.Despite the dreary mood of winter scenes, those naked branches and gray skies have purpose. When leaves fall from trees and shriveled brown buds drop to the ground, the body of that tree is giving itself permission to rest.It’s really important that as humans, we do the same. The cycle of the seasons holds purpose, and we zip through it at our own peril. While we might look outside and see a vast stillness, what we’re looking past and through is a whole lotta space. And that space is a lot more fertile than we give it credit for.It’s in that newly transparent space, the space that was once taken up by distractingly pretty blooms... the space of their absence is where we’ll find answers.In today’s episode, Karlee talks about the importance of making space for pause. Winter is a time to integrate & marinate. It’s a time for healing the burnout of the hustle season. It’s a culmination. It’s an invitation to rest.For that, you’ll need your P.P.E. We’re not talking about masks here. This stands for Pause, Plan, and Experiment. This is the season to find space in the void, distinguish the difference between urgency and importance, and to approach things a little more experimentally.If you’re ready to honor the presence of space in your life, see the unseen, and find meaningful pause, then this episode is for you.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:What we can learn from the darkness of winter (1:36)How to find answers in the stillness (4:40)Why you should be paying attention to the unseen (8:30)How to equip yourself with P.P.E. (15:36)Why pause is necessary to inspire creativity (22:45)5 things that have brought meaning to me this year (25:31)Why it’s OK to feel two opposing things at the same time (30:10)Why goals aren’t all they’re cracked up to be (32:27)The productive power of rest (34:04)People Mentioned In This Episode:Dana LemayResources Mentioned In This Episode:NASA: Slime Mold Simulations Used to Map Dark Matter Holding Universe TogetherSunset and Twilight: From the Diaries of 1947-1958 by Bernard BerensonKarlee’s FREE Course: Boundaries Like a BossEpisode 1: One Word that Will Elevate Everything You DoEpisode 12: Permission to Rest: And how to have the time to do it!Connect With Karlee:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramMessy and Magnificent is produced by the folks at Ginni Media.