E21 Challenges and Lessons Learned from a Nomadic Lifestyle ✈️🎯

Pollen: For Creative Entrepreneurs with Diana Davis

Our core values shift as our lives change. What are your values now? If you’ve been feeling misaligned recently, maybe it’s time to revisit what you truly want to prioritize! Be honest with yourself. Give yourself permission to rest. Acknowledge what you really want and need to prioritize.

In this episode of The Pollen Podcast, we catch up with Diana’s adventures in her nomadic lifestyle! She shares her lessons from her journey, including avoiding becoming a bottleneck to her team, plus her insights on time and energy management. Diana also reminds us to check our priorities and core values. Different stages of life will come with different values.

Listen to this episode and be encouraged to give yourself permission to listen to yourself!

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3. Why a regular check-in on your core values is an amazing reset for you and your business.

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🎧 Episode Highlights [02:23] Catching Up with Diana

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[05:03] Diana’s Adventures

• Diana had little expectations about the nomadic lifestyle. This kept her open-minded.
• When she traveled to Rome, she felt overwhelmed with solo traveling. As with new experiences, it seemed impossible at first.
• Diana loves meeting new people and getting to know their stories. Listen to the full episode to hear about her adventures in Paris, Rome, and Chamonix.
• When people reach a certain level of success and freedom, others may assume they’re just lucky and don’t consider their hard work.

Diana: “There’s luck and alignment, and I really believe the universe puts things in our path when we’re supposed to receive them. But also, I worked really hard for this. I’ve worked really hard for this.”

[15:05] Lesson on Being a Bottleneck

• One lesson Diana learned from her nomadic lifestyle is how to not become a bottleneck for her team.
• Living a nomad life allows Diana more freedom. Her mornings are for herself, since her clients and staff are asleep due to time zone differences.
• However, she has difficulty working from 4 pm onwards.
• The time zone differences limit scheduled calls and create communication delays.

[18:37] Time and Energy Management

• Diana’s current nomadic lifestyle challenges her energy between living on vacation and work.
• Her lifestyle doesn’t have a routine, and she never feels grounded.

[21:58] What are Your Core Values Now?

• We don’t always have the same core values throughout our lives.
• For Diana, it’s currently spontaneity, adventure, travel, fun, and connection.
• Ask yourself: what are your core values and what do you want to prioritize?
• Your answer may change next month — just reprioritize!

Diana: “Tap in, ask yourself — what are your core values right now personally, not even in business? […] Where am I at right now? And those core values can change a month from now.”

[23:18] Diana’s Takeaways

• Be able to say yes but also be able to say no when necessary.
• Be clear with your boundaries and let clients and teammates know.
• Give yourself grace. Set aside time for yourself to recharge and rest.

Diana: “Customers are always right. But you can’t pour into your customers and your clients unless you have the energy and you feel rejuvenated and you’ve stepped away from your business for a second to really see what it’s like to come at it from a creative standpoint, to really come at it with a lit flame and be inspiring again.”

Enjoyed this Podcast on How Your Values Shift?

We often think our core values will be the same throughout our lives. This is simply not true! There are stages in our lives where we need to prioritize certain things over others, and that’s okay! Never feel guilty or ashamed of wanting something. You do you. Embrace what you want and need at this moment. Give yourself permission to take a break and do what you want!

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