Hey, it's Bernie!

The greatest enemy of life is INACTION. Many times in my life, I've been crippled with energy-draining inaction and those have been my worst days. But we can’t completely eliminate such occurrences. As humans we suffer from burnout, feeling overwhelmed, anxiety and depression. But I believe we can tweak our environment and our mindsets for the better.

Don’t overthink - learn to catch yourself in the act of overthinking and immediately focus your mind on something else. Mel Robbins has a very effective method called the 5 second rule. She says that the minute you have an instinct to act on a goal you need to count 5-4-3-2-1 and physically move or your brain will stop you. I’ve tried it myself and it works.

Have less material things - We moved to a small apartment, I sold my car, and I cleared out almost 60% of my possessions. I will continue to live light. Having less stuff to take care of has freed up time for the more important things in life, like relationship building.

Build structure and routines - I’m an ENFP and I can be messy and disorganised. But I can also create structure for myself so I set myself up for success. Ever since I started documenting  everything into my “Bernie Operating System”, I begin to reap the benefits of structure and as a result, all the small details get taken care of in the form of the routines I create. I don’t get stressed anymore and this creates the mind space for me to keep my mind focused on what’s important and hold myself accountable for that.

Forgive yourself - Deadlines are arbitrary. Remember, the goal is not to meet the deadline, but to stick to it till it’s done.