Self-Care with Icecream

Interviewee: @cheerfulIceCream

What is your idea of spending a balanced time on 7cups? Share your idea of how a good day looks like on 7cups, for you.

For me, spending a balanced time means spending the time how we actually intend to spend it, for example, if you intend to come and play icebreakers, you do just that instead of providing any kind of support. It's when your time spent on 7cups doesn't come in your way to spend your time offline the way you intend to.

(I'm guessing that none of us want to waste our time online or offline. :p )

What challenges did you face in trying to strike that balance?

Often I come in for 15 minutes and spend more than an hour. 🌚

Or I wish to go to bed early and come on 7cups. Then suddenly it's 12AM. 🌘

How did you try to deal with those challenges?

Mindfulness and clear intention are the keys here. Be mindful of how you're spending time and how much. Be mindful of when something isn't serving you, or when you're spending more time or doing more than you want to. And, actually have the intention to spend your time wisely and to improve the quality of your life, otherwise procrastination can easily overpower you. Sometimes procrastination can look like incessant online volunteering. Really. ☄

Since we apparently have two lives now, offline and online, it's important to remember that, at the end of the day, your offline life is the more durable one that you'll always stay connected to. So don't neglect it and don't neglect the necessity to level up offline either. 🌓

A real mod is the one who can moderate their own life.🌛

What are the benefits of improving your balance for the time you spend on cups?

A better quality of life and more time to spend on other healthy activities. 🌜

Cups time is still screen time so even if you do spend really good quality time here, it has its bad effects. Too much of anything can be harmful. 🌥

So balancing out the time saves us from the harmful effects AND gives us more time to grow in other areas of life, to say the least.

The central benefit is improvement of quality, of the time we spend here.

When we improve the time and the quality of our presence here, less is more. 🌙

If something is limited, most of us will try to make the best use of it. Similarly, when we spend our time here in a balanced way (which inherently limits the time) we will likely be more careful about how we spend our time and try to spend it in a more impactful way. 🌨🌛 (For instance, moon will spend the time enjoying the pretty snowfall instead of napping throughout the night.)

What message would you like to give to the cupsers who have come to be negatively attached to cups, in one of the many ways?

It's never too late to take a step back and to take control. It needs persistence, but you do have enough toughness within you to tame those whims. 🌖

I am sure it was an inspiring read for us!

This interview is part of the Living with Leaders Interview Series. Learn about the series here