Feeling Overwhelmed In Your Pilates Business And Life

What To Do When Feel Overwhelmed?

I was leading a conversation recently with some business owners. The hot topic being discussed was how “overwhelmed,” beat, tired, and burned-out many of the people were feeling due to the “too much to do / can’t stop now” syndrome.

Are you one of those people who can’t seem to stop “doing?”

I have yet to meet anyone who hasn’t felt overwhelmed from time to time. Since it tends to feel uncomfortable, if not downright unpleasant, we tend to view it as negative and as a weakness. We oftentimes don’t dare to admit we are overwhelmed or talk about it, which can leave us feeling isolated and alone, further exacerbating the feeling. We often deny we are overwhelmed because we do not know how to stop the frenetic behavior that leads to this feeling. So we do nothing. Why do we do this to ourselves? Primarily, this syndrome occurs in our work life but it can carry over to our personal and family life, and it frequently does.

Focusing on setting up a Pilates studio or specific projects within a studio often begins with good intentions but we can quickly and easily be overwhelmed if we do not have a plan to minimize and balance our work. Suddenly the studio is running us instead of us running it and the feeling of being out of control. Trying to generate leads, stay on top of the ever ending queries from clients, writing the copy for the website, designing the new brochure or completing the 90-day marketing plan are extremely important – but having a balanced, healthy life is equally important. People come to Pilates to destress but why is it that more often than not the studio owner is the one most in need of destressing. Running any business is challenging without a doubt.

This stressful pattern is telling you to change your life! Once you get this message, it is easier to identify the steps you need to take to shift out of the behavior quickly.

What follows are helpful strategies gleaned from my personal experience and from my work specifically coaching Pilates studio owners who are on the verge or in some case passed burn out, growing cranky, frustrated and even depressed. These strategies immediately diminish feelings of being overwhelmed so you can refocus and make some work/life balance decisions.

• Stop what you are doing for a few minutes and take a break. Go for a short walk, sit outside under a tree, meditate, breathe deeply, go to a movie, call a friend to have coffee and share what is going on.

• Get a piece of paper and make two columns. In one column, list urgent things you need to do this week. In the other column, list those projects that you can delegate, hire or barter to be done.

• Eliminate, eliminate, eliminate. Unsubscribe to unnecessary e-mail, organize your desk and office to decrease clutter, stop attending meetings, get off committees and decrease volunteering at fundraisers unless you have a total passion for the organization and the cause.

• Do not spend time with people whom you do not like. Assess your friends and business colleagues. Do they support and honor who you are? If they are negative and don’t share your vision for your dreams, don’t spend another minute with them.

• Decide what is most important in your life? If you want a balanced life, you will have to make changes in your life to allow this to happen. That takes some time and planning but it will be well worth the improvement in your life!

• Take an action step today to make a change in your life! Call a friend who will support you, take a class to get organized, or work with a coach who will support and motivate you to have a more balanced life.

You are helping to change lives every day for the better. Please make sure that the sacrifices you are making are not costing you too much. Without a shadow of a doubt any Pilates business can be turned around into a profit making business where you are in control and choosing the right next steps - those steps come by design, not chance.

To Your Success

Brendan

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