Getting out of 'suck-town'!
Stealing back your day - 5 mins at a time...
Being a parent - can be a lot.
Now, imagine if you had foster kids…
Now imagine and feel if you had 4 of them…
That's the conversation I had with a dad yesterday.
His day goes the same way as most dads.
It is completely run by stuff out of his control
We had a candid conversation about what he wants
And he could not picture it
He was in suck-town and couldn’t see a way out.
It reminded me of when I first started being a stay-at-home dad.
Theo had a rough start to life.
Getting salmonella from swimming in the local lake.
Which started a cycle of broken sleep patterns for two years.
Being a stay-at-home dad didn’t mean I was just lying around watching awesome cartoons all-day.
Although that was 100% the case whenever I could work on it.
I still had to bring in income for the family.
So I was juggling nappies, feeding, tired babies, tired wife and tired Chris.
I fell into the reactive trap.
You know what I’m talking about.
Where you wake up every day and have no idea how it will play out.
Your day is played out by reacting to outside demands
And put yourself last.
I put on weight
I got unfit
I tried all the things that kept me lean before (and happy)
And all I got was more tired, injured and burnt out.
It was a season of life we have all gone through, and we will probably go through again.
The book ‘FAIR PLAY’ has a very cool term for it.
It’s a WILD CARD.
It means that right now - your life is a red light.
Looking after aging parents
Losing a loved one
New baby => growing child
Home renovations
Job loss or money problems.
Moving
New job
Serious Illness
etc
It’s bloody hard, and you are in survival mode.
Your time is 90-100% wholly taken up by the demands of the day
Putting out spot fires everywhere.
Hoping they don’t turn into a full-blown fiery inferno
And it was in this moment of suck - dirty nappies and pooey fingers.
That I started the 5mins day training that I shared yesterday
Learn more about it here:
Why 5mins?
Because it’s E.L.F. like (Easy Lucrative Fun)
Easy
It needs to be so short that it feels stupid and pointless.
Lucrative
It actually works to get you stronger.
Hot tip: The 5mins A Day | 30 Day Program improves the mindset more than the body in my eyes
Fun
It’s fun to do, and you can do it anywhere.
When you are in suck town as a parent.
Red lighting and just surviving every day.
You need a system to start stealing back your day
Showing up for yourself.
And doing something for you.
Yes, you will get stronger.
Yet the real benefit will be your energy and motivation.
Collecting wins each day - even if they are only 5mins.
It starts shifting you from survival to thriving in as little as 2-4 weeks.
You probably don’t need to make wholesale changes to your life right now.
Right now, you might just need to steal back 5 minutes of your day and do something you can control.
It can be anything.
Myself and dads I help start with the 5mins a day | 30-Day Challenge
Reply, comment or DM with ‘Challenge’, and I’ll send it through.
Coach Chris
PS: I’m practicing the art of showing up and writing an article every day-ish.
Sometimes, they will be bangers.
Sometimes, they will bomb.
I want to make sure they are more bangers than bombs
If you could complete this poll, it would help me shift my writing to more about what you want vs. don’t want.