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Do You Have a Mental "Safe Zone"? · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
• 0:14
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• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: After hosting the Daily Rider Podcast and the Daily Rider Club membership group for the last couple of years, I feel pretty confident in saying that most of the people in my audience are introverts.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: Like other introverts, I feel worn down by interacting with people.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: I love people, I truly do.
• 0:39
  SPEAKER_00: Well, I love most people, let's be honest.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: But we introverts are wired to get our energy from being alone, not from being around people constantly.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: As a result, all the conversations that happen during the week leave me pretty mentally depleted by the time that Friday rolls around.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_00: So for the last year or year and a half or so, I've kept a pretty strict rule.
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_00: I don't do any calls or meetings on Fridays.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_00: Honestly, it's been a massive help knowing that I can do work on Fridays and I don't have to expend emotional energy on conversations and interactions.
• 1:12
  SPEAKER_00: This is what I call my mental safe zone.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now I used to feel guilty about this as if being an introvert was some kind of a weakness, but I've come not just to accept, but I've come to celebrate the way that I'm wired.
• 1:24
  SPEAKER_00: It's important for you to put guardrails around your emotional wiring.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you don't protect your gift, you will burn out and you'll kill the very thing that makes you so valuable and unique.
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_00: Now I admit that once in a great while I will do a call on Friday if it's absolutely necessary, but I make sure that Friday is blocked off on my calendarly calendar so that people can't book meetings with me on Fridays.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: In addition, I always steer clients toward meetings on Mondays or Thursdays if possible, and all of our daily writer club membership calls are on Wednesdays.
• 1:57
  SPEAKER_00: So even if I'm feeling depleted during the week, I can relax knowing that Friday is a day when I can be my introverted self and I can reserve all my energy for writing and for other work.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's challenge.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you're feeling burned out or mentally depleted, take a look at your schedule.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_00: You might need to build a mental safe zone into your week.
• 2:17
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks for listening, and I'll see you next time.