Keeping Motivated In Winter: New Zealand Edition.
So the weather is rubbish, its cold and wet and you cannot wait for summer, motivation is at an all time low after the past couple of years with constant lockdowns and level changes. BUT, now may just be the perfect time to get organised especially where your business is concerned so that when the warmer days come, you can get back out there and enjoy it instead of being stuck in the day-to-day.
Here are our top tips on staying motivated in the winter:
Prioritise light & Exercise
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is mostly triggered by lack of sunshine. With fewer hours of sunlight in winter, it is more difficult to stay positive and productive over winter.
Get outside as much as possible to soak up the limited sunlight on offer and make sure your team knows that if there is a break in the rain, to take a break and get outside – encourage walking meetings in better weather and dialling in instead of being on video. If you want an extra boost, try a light that works as an artificial sun.
Exercise in winter doesn’t have to be intense, try something new like yoga or pilates to help move your body and shake things up when you are feeling stagnant.
Create Plans and Goals for Summer
It is always great to plan ahead, and by planning for the next 3-6 months you’ll have plenty of time to make those goals a reality. Break it down into 90 day stretches and plan your content around your content pillars and events/sales during this time. At the end of the 90 days, make sure you have time in to reflect on the results of your focused effort and what you need to do for the final 90 day push. Using tools like Asana will really help with planning out – Francesca loves an Asana board especially for longer term strategic planning. Remember to share your plans and goals with the team, and also see what their goals are and how you can help work on them.
Plan Content Ahead of Time
When summer is finally here, you won’t want to be stuck inside scheduling content. We schedule all our client’s content 2 weeks in advance or more when it comes to Summer Holidays & Christmas – this absolutely takes all the pressure off and lets us all enjoy our time off.
Take a look at our other blogs for more tips on being organised and working with your VA as they have loads of tips and tricks for using tools like Asana and Later to create and schedule content.
If you’d like to speak to us about how we can support you and your business so you can enjoy your summer, arrange a call below.
