Sustainable Productivity

Your life is made up of routines whether you like it or not. The Sustainable Productivity question for you is - How are those routines working for you? On this episode Susan teaches about the difference between schedules and routines and a theory she relies on to keep routines consistent. After walking through some real life examples, Susan will provide three practical strategies you can use to improve your morning routine, evening routine, clean up routine - ANY routine! Don't let another day go by with your day running you. Full show notes can be found ⁠at this link⁠. Follow Susan on ⁠Instagram⁠ or at her online hub ⁠SustainableSue.com⁠.

In this episode Susan shares how she reads about 200 books each year. Although books might not be your thing, the suggestions she shares about different ways she fits reading into her schedule during different seasons of life might work for your hobby of choice. Listen to learn some tools and tricks that might help you find more time to read, craft, exercise, sing, or whatever brings you joy. Full show notes can be found at this link. Follow Susan on Instagram or at her online hub SustainableSue.com.

What does biochemistry have to do with sleep? What if I told you that sleep is linked to a more Sustainably Productivity life? On this week's episode you can learn about what is happening in our bodies when we sleep, why shift workers are more prone to obesity, and why cravings for fat and salt happen more often when you are sleep deprived than when you are rested. The episode wraps up with a few tips that might help you sleep better tonight! Subscribe to the Sustainable Productivity podcast so you never miss an episode. Full show notes can be found at this link. Follow Sustainable Sue on Instagram Sign up for episode emails, weekly essays, and links at SustainableSue.com.

People are surprised to learn that Susan doesn't track phone usage. Getting rid of your phone is often one of the first strategies articles about productivity offer.  We are bombarded with messages that we need to change just about everything about our lives in order to become a better person, starting with detaching our phone from our lives. This episode is about how Susan came to that decision and why it may or may not be a Sustainably Productive goal for you too. Full show notes available here.  Follow Susan on Instagram at this link. 

This episode is about one of Susan's favorite things in the world - books! Reading is one of Susan's favorite hobbies, and hobbies are a component of the Mental Well-being dimension of Sustainable Productivity. On average, Susan reads about 15-20 books a month, but the recap provided in the episode is limited to the books that stood out because just running down every book each month would be the audio equivalent of watching paint dry. Full show notes, including links to all the books mentioned and more, can be found here.  Follow Susan on Instagram at this link. 

This episode is for those who are tired of carrying the meal planning load. Meal planning burnout is no joke. When you can't even believe your people need to eat AGAIN and you just want to pretend dinner is not a thing, hit play on this episode. You will hear about four strategies that are working for Susan right now to make tedious meal planning a little more sustainable. At the end there are three bonus ideas about how to use the three dimensions of Sustainable Productivity to set Future You up for success.  Find full show notes at this link.

Sustainable Productivity can be the answer to burnout and its soul sucking after effects. In this introduction to the burnout recovery principles, listeners will hear what Sustainable Productivity is NOT. Then Susan introduces two key questions to ask in order to make habit changes for short and long term habit change that sticks. Floating through life aimlessly can reduce your quality of life just as much as striving all out all the time. It is time to meet in the middle and Sustainable Productivity is that sweet spot.  Find full show notes at this link.

Stress has always been a part of our lives - since the beginning of time. How we have handled it has changed, leading us to the breaking point we live in today. The pace of life is no longer sustainable and we are avoiding addressing the elephant in the living room - our response to stress. Stress will never go away, the problem is in how we manage it. In this episode you will learn about how stress affected our ancestors and how it affects us today then you can learn a few tips and tricks for coping with stressors that will inevitably come into our lives. Subscribe to the Sustainable Productivity podcast so you never miss an episode Full show notes can be found at this link Follow Sustainable Sue on Instagram Sign up for episode emails, weekly essays, and links at SustainableSue.com