Sustainable Success Nudge from Your Future Self:

💬 “Knowing and not doing is the same as not knowing.
But doing without being… is just motion without meaning.”

This week: You don’t need another course, challenge, or checklist, or more items on your to do list. You just need five days of simple awareness, focused on being the person your vision is calling you to become.

Hi Melinda,

If I had five days with you—just us, no noise, no endless to-dos—here’s what I’d teach you: how to move through your day with intention to reconnect with your own rhythm… so your results come from flow, not force.

And since we don’t have five days together (at least not yet 😉), I want to give you a way to do this on your own.

Think of it as your 5-Day Sustainable Success Reset—a self-guided challenge to help you live and lead from overflow.

No worksheets. No fancy systems. Just five intentional days that will shift how you show up.

Your 5-Day Sustainable Success Reset

Each day, you’ll choose one simple focus.

Day 1: Awareness — “Where am I giving from depletion?”
Start here. Notice your energy patterns. What’s draining you—and what restores you? Make a list of those things that drain you. Not with any solution in mind. Just a list. The first step is simple awareness.
(Related to Chapter 1: Thriving Without the Hustle.)

Day 2: Boundaries — “Where am I saying yes when I mean maybe—or no?”
Catch yourself in real time. Every time you honor your truth, you reclaim power.
List the different places (at work, at home, with friends) where you said yes to something that afterwards you wish you would have said no. Again, no solution needs to be determined yet. Just the list. The continued awareness helps you see the opportunities where you’re leaking your power and where reclamation is possible.
(See Chapter 5: Guilt Isn’t the Problem.)

Day 3: Rhythm — “Where can I build in micro-rituals?”
Tiny practices keep you grounded. One breath between tasks can change everything. Now we’re going to go from list to doing and that takes prioritization. What you add to your calendar is what you prioritize. When introducing any new ritual or hack, schedule it into your calendar. Open your calendar (online or printed) and for each day the rest of this week, add 1 micro-ritual to your calendar.
(See Chapter 8: Self-Leadership Hacks & Rituals.)

Day 4: Flow — “What would this look like if it were easy?”
Stop forcing. Experiment with the Through Me level of consciousness. Before you begin your workday, quickly read the definitions of the 4 levels of consciousness: To Me, By Me, Through Me, As Me. Now, look at your to-do list for today. What do you need to do, be or have BEFORE you start any of the tasks to make sure you’re showing up in the Through Me level of consciousness? And if that feels a bit too vague to answer, what do you need to NOT do, be or have so you can let go of the By Me approach you’re so used to when doing your tasks?
(See Chapter 2 of the Companion Guide: From Force to Flow)

Day 5: Celebration — “What am I proud of myself for this week?”
Integration happens through appreciation and evolution. It’s how joy takes root. When you can look at your day or week and ask three powerful questions, you continue to move forward with grace and keep the flow going. Those three questions are:

1. What went well this week regarding operating from a state of flow rather than force?

2. What didn’t quite go like I had intended?

3. What will I do differently tomorrow?

Remember, it's never win or lose. You either win or learn. It’s that last “Do Differently” question that always allows us to always learn and keep building on our momentum.
(See Chapter 3: The Create Without Burnout Cycle.)

This isn’t about perfection.
It’s about awareness—because awareness is what shifts behavior.

You don’t have to do it perfectly.
Just begin.

👉 Try it this week: Pick one of the five days to start with (you don’t even have to do them in order).
Then hit reply and tell me which one you’re beginning with—and why. At the end of the week circle back and let me know your responses to those 3 powerful questions.

With joy (and a 5-day permission slip to breathe),
Melinda