Sep 21, 2023 · 1 hr 8 min · 13 segments
How can we break free from the traditional job-centric identity? And how can we redefine ourselves beyond our professional roles? Christina Wallace is a true trailblazer in the world of career and…
Christina WallaceGuestSonya LooneyHostSo something I wanted to ask you about, you said, you know what your priorities are.
You're taking care of yourself is of utmost priority because you can't do anything else.
And when I'm envisioning a Venn diagram, a lot of people envision circles that are all the same size.
But sometimes, you know, people's, quote, balance or ability to prioritize one circle is massive.
So how can people be aware that their work bubble is blowing up way too big and you can't even see the other little tiny bubbles in the Venn diagram? Yeah.
For this, I like to think about a pie chart because the nice thing about a pie chart is that it has to add up to 100%.
And for this, I literally did at one point a life audit where I went through my calendar.
So you can go and add up the time blocks and it'll tell you exactly how I spent my time.
And I literally added it up over the course of a couple of weeks and I bucketed it into the different categories and I drew it out as a pie chart.
And what I thought was really interesting was in that particular case, this is before I had kids the first time I did it, the percentages of these buckets, my work, my primary job, and some of my other kind of commitments were far greater than I thought they would be.
So something I wanted to ask you about, you said, you know what your priorities are.
You're taking care of yourself is of utmost priority because you can't do anything else.
And when I'm envisioning a Venn diagram, a lot of people envision circles that are all the same size.
But sometimes, you know, people's, quote, balance or ability to prioritize one circle is massive.
So how can people be aware that their work bubble is blowing up way too big and you can't even see the other little tiny bubbles in the Venn diagram? Yeah.
For this, I like to think about a pie chart because the nice thing about a pie chart is that it has to add up to 100%.
And for this, I literally did at one point a life audit where I went through my calendar.
So you can go and add up the time blocks and it'll tell you exactly how I spent my time.
And I literally added it up over the course of a couple of weeks and I bucketed it into the different categories and I drew it out as a pie chart.
And what I thought was really interesting was in that particular case, this is before I had kids the first time I did it, the percentages of these buckets, my work, my primary job, and some of my other kind of commitments were far greater than I thought they would be.
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