If you’re anything like me and have found yourself stumbling across the witchy side of Tiktok, otherwise known as Witchtok and maybe even Psychictok or Tarotok, then you may have heard the phrase, “take what resonates and leave what does not,” a time or two before.
For me, this phrase has come to be somewhat of a mindset.
Always before, whenever I’ve attempted some kind of task or activity, I’ve had this mindset, or rather this demanding voice in the back of my mind informing me that if I’m going to do something then I might as well do it properly. do it the correct way the first time.
This critical voice in the back of my mind, usually my own cynical, pessimistic voice, has played strongly into my perfectionist mindset.
So any time that I have attempted a task, say for example, learning how to paint with watercolours, I would have to make sure that I had all of the ‘proper’ and ‘correct’ tools to use before I even attempted to learn and the cheap products wouldn’t do, I would have to buy the most expensive products that I could afford.
Oh, and let’s be real, I still haven’t started teaching myself how to paint with watercolours yet, though it is on the agenda for this year.
The example above is but one reason why the phrase, “take what resonates and leave what does not”, has had such an impact on my mindset and I’ve started approaching tasks with this phrase in mind.
In my last post, I spoke about the HB90 Method created by Sarra Cannon and the impact her goal setting/task management system has had on me and her method, her inspirational talks on YouTube and the welcoming HeartBreathings community that she has created has helped me tremendously, but there are even aspects of her program that try as I might, I just can’t wrap my mind around.
For instance, scheduling tasks in task blocks and keeping track of time and the time it takes you to complete tasks, alongside keeping up to date with a planner.
In the past, I have attempted numerous times to stick with a planner and manage my time and task lists and it has never worked for me and every time I failed to keep up to date with a planner or managing my tasks and time, that critical voice would pop up in the back of my mind and just say, “if you can’t do it properly, you probably shouldn’t do it at all.”
I’m choosing to ignore that critical voice and instead I’m adopting the mindset of using the aspects that resonate with me and leaving the others behind.
For instance, one thing that I’ve found works for me is compiling tasks and adding them to a kanban board and instead of scheduling tasks throughout the day and micromanaging my time, I’ll just keep the tasks that I want to handle that week on a small kanban board in my office space/bedroom and fit them in whenever I can around other activities and events that life chooses to throw my way.
This approach so far has been working for me and the mental relief from that critical, negative voice (and the feeling of constantly failing) has been so freeing.
Do I find myself being more productive? Yes, definitely.
Am I productive every day? Nope, but there’s always tomorrow and striving to have a better day.
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