Why It’s Time You Started a Fuck-It List

(Warning: This post features liberal use of the F-bomb. But hey, we’re all adults here.)

Over dinner last week, a friend and I were discussing the tricky subject of balance. “I want to do it all,” she mused. “But sometimes I don’t want to lean in, I want to lie the fuck down.”

Take it from someone who has drunk the green juices, done the downward dogs and booked the spa breaks, all in an attempt to be her “best self”.

Balance can’t be found at the bottom of an expensive smoothie, or at the end of a yoga class. Instead, it’s a mindset. And something that’s really helped me is a Fuck-It List.

Hear me out…

We spend so much time ticking off our to-do lists, making aspirational Pinterest boards, and thinking about our next big goal, dream or plan. And then we wonder why we burnout?

Ask yourself, honestly: How much energy do you dedicate to things that don’t really matter? Or things you think you “should” do, rather than those you actually want to?

Because true balance takes work. It takes sacrifice.

CREATE A FUCK-IT LIST

It couldn’t be easier: Write a list, mentally or physically, filled with all of the things that aren’t deserving of your time, energy or focus.