I wrote a fun, jaunty newsletter all about tennis and the “Parenting Athletic Stance” and then I had an epiphany.

 

"Bryn!

It is the middle of December. 

Life is bonkers right now.

 

(Myself included.)

 

So, for today, I am going to offer you this: 

a 2-minute check-in.

 

Give me 2 minutes and I will give you a skill that could change your holiday season for the better. 

 

 

Timer, ready?

 

We can do this.

When life is A LOT, as it tends to be this time of year, it can be so tempting to throw it all out the window. 

 

 

I get it. 

 

There is so much to manage.

You are too busy taking care of everyone else to take care of yourself.

There just isn’t enough time in the day. 

 

This is all totally valid.

 

AND, if you have two-minutes, you can start building a habit that will serve you into 2025. 

 

Two. Little. Minutes. 

 

In his brilliant book “Atomic Habits”, James Clear makes the case for starting a new habit with the “2-Minute Version” of the desired behavior.

 

(You can take 2 more minutes and listen to him explain it in this video.)

 

I want to offer a tweak which is: 

 

 

Wish you could start a meditation practice? 

Notice your thoughts for 2 minutes. 

 

Desperately want to grab lunch to check in on that friend that is struggling? Send a kind, genuine text to check in.

 

Would kill for a massage? 

Roll on a tennis ball for 120 seconds. 

 

I know it’s not the same, of course, but it is better than the alternative, which is effectively doing nothing for ourselves for the next 14 days. (Not cool.)

 

The behaviors- these intentional 2 minutes of taking time for ourselves- can compound and may just get the ball rolling for the next 2 minutes, and the next 2 minutes after that. 

 

We have all of 2025 to scale up to your self-care goals. This 2 minutes is just about staying in the game.

 

Plus, it is a little 2-minute reminder that, even in the hustle and bustle of the holidays, you deserve a couple moments of calm. 

 

 

So take the next 30 seconds (that was only 90 seconds- I timed it!) and write down 3 things you could do for 2 minutes that may help you keep your feet on the ground between now and January 1st. 

 

 

A quick walk outside to look at the sky.

A couple mindful sips of really good coffee in the morning, feeling the comforting weight of the warm mug in my hands. 

A few deep luxurious breaths.

 

Feel free to steal mine, or make up your own, but, whatever you do, 

challenge yourself to find the 2-minutes. 

 

 

My 2-minutes is up, but want to send a deep and heartfelt thank you to this community. I have been blown away by your incredible progress, moving stories, and the HARD work you have done to support the people you care about, be they your children or your clients, over the past year.

 

 

You've got this,

 

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