Sarah Fejfar 0:00
So if you're not sleeping during your event, there may be a lot of different reasons for that. But I'm gonna hit on a few of the most common. So first, it might be because you've run your brain like 1000 miles an hour, all day, every day for weeks, months, perhaps preparing for this event. And then when it comes time to go to bed, you're trying to go from like 60 to zero in like the blink of an eye. And our brains just don't downshift that fast.
Sarah Fejfar 0:39
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Sarah Fejfar 1:08
Well, I think we can all agree that sleep is essential when it comes to mental clarity and immunity and just plain old joy. Sleep is the ticket. I remember when my kiddo was young, didn't sleep, not awake. And not until they slept through the night at four and three quarters years old. And for that four and three quarters years, I was up every 30 minutes or two hours if I was lucky.
Sarah Fejfar 1:47
And that span of time, impacted me heavily. And ever since then I have made sleep a priority. And for so many years before that, when I was running events, I would be incredibly sleep deprived. Incredibly. And I wonder why I never felt so good during an event planning season. And it's because I would work myself to the bone, I would work late, I would be up early. And I just know so much more now.
Sarah Fejfar 2:34
And I'm thankful for that education around slave. And I think I know it makes me perform so much better during an event season, because I'm sleeping. And so I wanted to dedicate today's episode to why you may not be sleeping, and what you can do about that, if that's happening during an event season free.
Sarah Fejfar 3:05
Ironically, I should be sleeping right now. But instead I'm up recording this episode for you.
Sarah Fejfar 3:12
It was on my heart and I was like, Ah, I just gotta I gotta sit down, record it. So if you're not sleeping during your event, there may be a lot of different reasons for that. But I'm gonna hit on a few of the most common.
Sarah Fejfar 3:27
So first, it might be because you've run your brain at like 1000 miles an hour, all day, every day for weeks, months, perhaps preparing for this event. And then when it comes time to go to bed, you're trying to go from like 60 to zero in like the blink of an eye.
Sarah Fejfar 3:52
And our brains just don't downshift that fast. And so that might be number one. The second might be energy, energetically, you're attracting a lot of energy during an event season. The universe is working through you during this time to connect with all of these people within your community that you can be serving and helping kick off their transformations and it's a heavy responsibility and all of that energy running through your community and through your team. And, and then through you it really can take a toll on your sleep. This is something to be mindful of. And then the third thing I bring up is just general anxiety. It's a big responsibility to be with people live and to lead a room
Sarah Fejfar 5:00
And whether it's your first event or it's not your first rodeo, it's still a lot of responsibility and anxiety can creep in about your ability to deliver your whether your team is going to be able to take care of all of the details that they need to, for so many reasons. And so what I bring all of that up, not to put overwhelm on you, but more to ask you to have some awareness over what it might be for you.
Sarah Fejfar 5:44
And really pay attention to patterns within your event cycles of when you don't sleep, is it in the lead up in the planning process or just that goes super smoothly, and then it's during the event itself, when it all just kind of collides, and you're just laying awake at night instead of sleeping so that you can give that epic presentation in the morning. Pay attention to what the patterns are, because when you know the patterns, then we can start working towards remedying them right. And I would encourage you if you are noticing things to mention them like drop me a DM on Instagram. Drop it into our free community lynchpin nation you can join for free over greenroom central.com, I'm always in there answering questions. And everyone in the community here can help brainstorm with you. So if you notice, then bring it up. And, you know, let us know.
Sarah Fejfar 6:45
So we can work together to help fix it. And in terms of fixing it, I want to give you a few ways to fix your sleep issues during an event season. So first is by the numbers. And you might have heard these already. And sometimes common sense isn't always common practice. So I'd like to mention them again. So 10 hours before bed, don't drink any more caffeine. So because of the half life of caffeine, it can impact our sleep. If we drink it too close to bed. Yes, you know, common sense. But again, this might be one of those things to tackle. If you want to really be serving at your highest and best self during an event, and not be affected by a lack of sleep. Next number would be seven, seven hours before bed, stop drinking water. And I know you might think that sounds crazy. But if you're waking in the middle of the night, because you have to go to the bathroom.
Sarah Fejfar 7:56
And then because you woke up your brain like flips on and you're not going back to sleep for another three hours. I've had that happen to me, then you might consider like front loading your water consumption in in the day that you're having less of a chance of waking up at night. And then the number three stop eating three hours before bed. When we do that the energy can go towards sleeping instead of like the disruption of like your body trying to process all that food. And then two hours before bed stop working. And I know again, this sounds crazy during an event cycle. But if you're struggling with sleep, this is something to pay attention to.
Sarah Fejfar 8:47
And then one hour before bed, no screens. So that's 10 hours caffeine seven hours before bed water, stop water, three hours stuff before bed stop food and two hours before sleep stop working and an hour before bed stop screens. That might help. Another thing that might help is increasing the frequency of your meditations. So remember how we talked about how your brain is probably running it like 1000 malas miles an hour, preparing for the event. And an even during an event day. You're just on like heightened, alert like hyper vigilant that whole time. And if you can take more pitstops during the day to kind of ratchet down the speed at which your brain is spinning. That can help tremendously. Try three short meditations throughout the day. In addition to whatever your normal longer meditation is either, you know, I always do mine first thing in the morning.
Sarah Fejfar 9:59
Maybe you do yours at night, but you can try like three mini ones throughout the day. Or even just start with one that would be really, really helpful. And then another idea for you is, if you're either not falling asleep or waking up in the middle of the night, especially during your event, it's important to figure out how to get to sleep quickly, right like Time is precious, it might help to get out of your head and into your body, doing some physical activity can help tremendously. So you might be already doing your workouts. And I'm sure you didn't get to this place in your business without being a rock star at working out. But do not let your normal routine slip during an event cycle. Because you really need that disconnect of physical activity to kind of get out of your brain into your body. Definitely helps with anxiety.
Sarah Fejfar 11:01
Another thing that can help is ice baths or cold showers and definitely do those. Or any of this, you know, under the guidance of a doctor that knows what they're doing when it comes to ice baths and cold showers. But that can really help to, again, get you out of your head into your body and help you be able to sleep. Another thing that can work is listening to an audio book on low. So coming up with a book that isn't a business book. And like a regular kind of story, and putting it super low. And next year, your ear on the pillow so that you have to almost strain to pay attention and listen to the words. And that can help refocus your brain away from all of the shiny objects that it might be at trying to attend to instead of sleeping, and fall asleep. And then of course, there's tons of apps these days that help with that kind of stuff. I know I love headspace and they have some of those stories for sleep, so perhaps that give that a try.
Sarah Fejfar 12:26
But please know I'm totally rooting for you when it comes to sleep. During your event during the lead up to your event. I think the more that you can focus on the strategies that we talked about today. But also continuing on your normal routines during an event cycle can really, really help with sleep. Another thing that I would mention is just trying to eliminate as many decisions as possible. From your day, do this ahead of time in the planning process. So that during your event, you don't have so much fatigue from making decisions. You know, it's kind of like if you ever got married, and had a wedding planner, like big were probably solving, putting out so many fires during your big day that you weren't even aware of. And as much as you can have your team support you during the event itself so that they're kind of protecting you from decisions that don't have to be you don't have to be the person who has to make them can really help keep your brain at peace. And not as like spinning so fast so that when it's time to lay your head on the pillow, you have a better chance of sleeping, that's my wish for you.
Sarah Fejfar 14:00
All right, please if if this brought up anything for you, drop me a DM on Instagram or put a message into linchpin nation, and we can cheer you on and help you get supported in this space of planning for your first or next event.
Sarah Fejfar 14:24
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Sarah Fejfar 14:43
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Sarah Fejfar 15:21
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Sarah Fejfar 15:50
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