3 Steps so you don't go crazy juggling your family, job and growing business

Emotions are a strong and important part of your life. Going from a 9 to 5 job, playing with the kids, spending time with your spouse and working on your growing business all require emotional transitions. Depending on your relationships in each category executing the wrong emotions can have unintended negative impacts.

I have made the mistake of not executing the correct emotional transition by coming home from a stressful day at work and immediately playing with my little ones. This presented an issue because I was still in a serious, driven emotional mindset. Yet, I was in a situation with a relationship that required love, patience, and a playful mindset. This would result in me having less of the required patience necessary & quickly getting upset & irritated with things that normally would've been playful. Upon deeper reflection, I found that I had to remove myself and unwind first. This allowed me to execute the necessary emotional transition therefore I could function appropriately and preserve a healthy relationship with my children.

My personal emotional transition trigger is taking a relaxing hot shower. I am able to clear my mind & take deep breaths while in the shower therefore when I emerge, I’m at my best for the next relationship encounter. I know this may sound strange but believe me, it was worth it's salt in effectiveness. This became my personal trigger to calm down because it’s usually tied to the reward of relaxing in my bed at the end of a long day. So now when I take a shower directly after work or even just wash my face it allows me to move into a different emotional space. For some people, their trigger is their morning run or cup of joe. They start thinking about work projects or business execution strategies.

According to “simplepsycology.org” presenting stimuli to yourself in quick succession (i.e. shower then relaxing in bed to go to sleep) allows for the first stimuli aka the shower to cause the same response as the second stimuli i.e. relaxation, without having to get into bed.

Here are 3 steps to develop your own amazing emotional trigger:

1. 1)Take a self-assessment. (Understand what actions you take and the emotional transitions that take place i.e. what happens when you change into your pajamas, eat dinner with your family, etc.)

2. 2)Develop routines around the trigger (i.e. create a skincare routine, morning or exercise routine, etc. It is imperative that this routine is done every day for at least 30 days and in close succession with the reward)

3. 3)Test the trigger (Try the routine or elements of the routine out to see the result. How do you feel? Did it put you into the desired emotional place?)

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