Kailea sits down with her friend Claire to talk all things prioritization. Claire enjoys many things in life to the complete fullest, but what do you sacrifice when you are spread too thin? What do you do when your work is completely fulfilling, and there isn’t enough time to give your relationships your whole self? How do we communicate this and manage others’ expectations, without losing or damaging our relationships?
This episode covers:
- Claire’s path from law school to working as the Chief of Staff to Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources in Ottawa
- Why her articling year was the most challenging and stressful year of her life and what she learned from that time
- What happens when you love your job so much and you WANT to work a lot, but it results in your personal relationships feeling shortchanged?
- What happens when people tell you, “You are prioritizing your work too much,” or “You aren’t present enough,” or “You are on your phone too much”?
- The deliberate choice to prioritize work when it disappoints other people – what are the benefits and costs?
- Can we accept quality over quantity time? How do we communicate this?
- How do we manage our expectations in our relationships?
- Strategies for setting phone boundaries with ourselves
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In This New Season is recorded and produced by Greg Alsop at Don’t Wake Baby Studio: https://www.gregalsop.com/
