FEELING BLAH? TRY THIS.

I spent the first half of my day under an imaginary storm cloud today.

I was trapped in my pjs AND a cycle of unusually negative thoughts about a variety of – slightly hyperbolized – shortcomings as a mom, wife, sister, aunt, friend, entrepreneur…you name it.

Blah.

There are PLENTY of ways to snap out of the blahs like practicing gratitude, exercising, listening to great music, etc. But sometimes they involve more mental energy than I’ve got on tap.

So I’ve got a simple alternative. It’s a quick trick – and you can do it (HAVE to do it) in the comfort of your own home.

Check it.

In this video, I share:

How to be a likable, high-functioning perfectionist (winky face)
Real-life examples of what “good enough” has done for my business
The LIFE-CHANGING perspective shift I had in 2013
A two-Q test to determine if your next project is ready to share
A “get it out there” challenge to help you get movin’

Click below to watch (or take a listen):

IN A (COCO)NUT SHELL…

Get dressed? That’s the message?

YES. Because for some strange reason we need this reminder. Regularly.

If you need proof, here’s an excerpt from my Feb. 2012 blog post, Going Bananas in Pajamas:

I don’t know if this post is meant to be more of a confession or a call-to-action. Maybe it’s both. The point is, it’s not working for me anymore.

I have too many clothes (and fabulous accessories!) to let them go to waste, and life’s too short to feel frumpy all the day long. (Tweet that)

If I can put my four-month-old son in something cute every morning, I can do the same for myself.

So who cares (or knows?!) what day of the week it is:

Stay-at-home, work-at-home moms of the world…GET DRESSED! (Tweet that)

We’re worth it.

YOUR HOMEWORK

Let’s take the homework a step further this week, shall we?

Introducing…

THE #GETDRESSED CHALLENGE

Join me!

For the next FIVE work days, make an effort to get dressed before breakfast. Make yourself feel GOOD. So good, in fact, that you just HAVE to snap a selfie and post it to my Facebook page or tag me (@nikkielledgebrown) in it on Instagram ;)

No, for real. Snap a selfie and tag me in it. (BONUS points if you also share your #1 WILL-do-while-dressed of the day!)

Go ahead and start planning your outfits now – because all of the sudden getting dressed feels a lot more exciting – but FIRST, in the comments below, tell me:

ARE YOU IN?

I hope so. Because this is going to be reeeeeally fun.

Can’t WAIT to see you Monday!

To real pants and lip gloss,

P.S. Click here to invite your friends to join our #getdressed challenge on Twitter. The more, the merrier!

(Or click here to tweet about wardrobe mullets. Just because.)

Hi 👋 I'm Nikki (Elledge Brown).

Writer, podcaster, and creative advisor for brilliant women who love their work, their people, and their alone time.

As a professional overthinker who believes strongly in INTEGRITY > BALANCE, it's my nerdy pleasure to create and share tools, questions, and frameworks that make it easier to feel good about how we’re showing up — on paper and in practice.

Around here, living like a whole human is the way.

That's what we call On Her Terms® living.