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Lighten Your Mental Load EP 381

2024/11/19
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Laura
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Sarah
个人财务专家，广播主持人和畅销书作者，通过“Baby Steps”计划帮助数百万人管理财务和摆脱债务。
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Laura认为精神负担是管理生活所需的认知和情感努力，可以通过一些策略来减轻这种负担，例如：写下来、批量处理、自动化、垂直管理、鼓励孩子独立、必要时花钱以及少操心。Sarah分享了她自己面临的精神负担挑战，例如孩子的课外活动安排、写作以及对未来学年的规划。

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Sarah and Laura discuss their personal experiences with managing mental load, including planning for future academic years, fitting in writing amidst life activities, and managing busy schedules for their children.
  • Sarah is preoccupied with planning for the next academic year and fitting in writing.
  • Laura is managing a tightly orchestrated schedule with five kids, generating a lot of details.
  • Both share the stress of managing multiple activities and the cognitive effort required to keep track of everything.

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Today's episode brings you lots of ideas for lightening your own mental load. Sarah and Laura share their own current 'mental load' challenges, and then Laura shares 7 tips that you might consider if you're looking to feel less overwhelmed by the cognitive and emotional effort it takes to manage life. Strategies discussed include writing things down (always!), batching, automation, embracing vertical ownership, encouraging kids to be independent, spending out when it will help your mental peace, and the all-time favorite: care less.In the Q&A, a listener writes in asking about what the best high-paying AND flexible jobs are. (Interesting question with no straightforward answer!)

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