Sometimes we can find ourselves drifting off at sea wondering how we got so far away from our goals and our purpose. Luckily, there's a quick and easy way to take a self-assessment of your life and figure out what to do next to get you back in the direction you've been seeking.

Shauna Allen of Delightful Consulting and Therapeutics joins me on the podcast this week as we talk about how to nourish your soul, and she walks us through her Life Audit process.

If you're wondering how to get your life together ASAP, stay tuned to learn how to balance your life, the importance of setting daily goals, and how to know when to make a life change.

How to Find Your Path with a Life Audit: Interview with Shauna Allen of Delightful Struggles

Ever feel like you're just drifting along, unsure of how you ended up where you are? Many of us find ourselves feeling lost, like we’re floating far from where we intended to be. In this episode of the Mindful Productivity Podcast, I sat down with Shauna Allen, founder of Delightful Struggles, to discuss the powerful concept of a “Life Audit.” Shauna shares her unique approach to gaining clarity, aligning with your true goals, and finding the balance to nourish your soul in a fast-paced world.

About Shauna Allen and Delightful Struggles

Shauna Allen is a life coach and the creator behind Delightful Struggles, a blog that provides support for millennial women looking to create balance in their lives. What started as a personal project to navigate adulthood transformed into a comprehensive resource for young adults tackling life’s big questions. Through her platform, Shauna helps others “get their shit together” with practical advice on finding direction and building a fulfilling life.

What is a Life Audit?

A life audit is more than just evaluating your goals; it’s a deep dive into what truly brings you joy, motivation, and balance. As Shauna explains, “It’s a process to help you stop in a fast-paced world, take a close look at your life, and make conscious choices to get on the path to where you want to be.” A life audit helps clarify your priorities and serves as a roadmap to create meaningful and achievable goals.

Why Consider a Life Audit?

Sometimes, the journey toward achieving our goals becomes clouded, leaving us feeling uncertain and overwhelmed. Shauna explains that one of the biggest obstacles is failing to define the “why” behind our goals, which can lead to burnout and frustration. Through a life audit, you can clarify what drives you, ensuring that each goal aligns with a purpose that resonates on a personal level.

Shauna highlights that we often make decisions based on society’s expectations rather than our true desires. "Instead of putting a band-aid on a problem, a life audit helps you truly examine what’s going on beneath the surface," she says.

How to Conduct a Life Audit in 4 Simple Steps

Shauna’s Life Audit Worksheet, available on her blog, divides the process into four main sections:

Define Your Life Mission
- This section focuses on the “why” behind your actions. Your mission should embody the purpose that gets you excited to start each day. For Shauna, her life mission is about creating a life she adores and sharing it with loved ones.
- Tip: Break down your mission into actionable goals that align with your vision. As Shauna says, “When your goals are clear, it’s easier to measure progress and know when you’ve succeeded.”
Identify Your Goals
- Make a list of goals that support your life mission. Shauna suggests using the SMART framework (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-Bound) to ensure each goal is concrete and achievable.
- Example: Shauna and her husband’s goals this year include buying a home and transitioning to full-time entrepreneurship. Both are SMART goals that serve her overarching mission.
Examine Your Daily Activities
- Write down the daily activities that make up your routine. Shauna emphasizes the importance of tracking how you spend your time, including work, self-care, and even mundane tasks.
- Insight: Sometimes, daily routines reveal patterns on autopilot that drain your energy. Identifying these patterns can help you reallocate time or resources to activities that support your goals.
Reflect on Your Current Habits
- Shauna’s worksheet includes powerful reflection questions to help you understand your habits. One of her favorite questions: “Do I enjoy this activity?” If the answer is no, she suggests exploring ways to reframe or replace the activity to better align with your goals.
- Pro Tip: Look at areas where resources are being used ineffectively, like a gym membership you don’t use or unnecessary subscriptions. Redirect those resources toward goals that bring you genuine fulfillment.

Key Questions for Self-Reflection

The following questions from Shauna’s life audit worksheet offer deeper insights into whether current activities serve your goals and overall well-being:

Do I enjoy this activity?
Is it aligned with my life mission and values?
Am I doing this for myself or because I feel obligated?
Could I allocate this time or resource toward a different priority?

Shauna notes that by asking these questions, you start identifying the “why” behind each goal or habit, making it easier to commit to changes that bring genuine happiness.

Transforming Goals into Daily Habits

A life audit can be a transformative process, especially for those who feel caught up in the expectations of others or find themselves on autopilot. According to Shauna, many people know what they don’t want, but they struggle to articulate what they do want. Through a life audit, you clarify the activities that add to your joy, helping you gradually shift habits and behaviors to create a life you truly love.

Resources to Get Started

Shauna’s Life Audit Worksheet is available for download, offering a structured guide to help you through each step. Additionally, her podcast, Adulting with Shauna, is packed with insights on mastering emotional well-being, taking ownership of your goals, and living a balanced life.

By engaging in a life audit, you can create a fulfilling routine, clarify your priorities, and take actionable steps toward a life you adore. To connect with Shauna Allen, follow her on Instagram, join her Facebook group, the Nourishing Mindset Collective, or visit her blog at delightfulstruggles.com.

Ready to reclaim your path and nourish your soul? Take the first step with Shauna’s Life Audit Worksheet, and transform your day-to-day life into one that aligns with your true mission.

Grab Your Free Life Audit Worksheet

Sarah Steckler
You're listening to episode 21 of the Mindful Productivity Podcast. Let me ask you a quick question. When was the last time you felt like you were almost kind of like drifting out to sea? Like somehow you ended up really far away from where you were and maybe what made you happy, yet you also seem really far away from the direction that you thought you were maybe going. Well, you're not alone. This happens to the best of us. Sometimes we just kind of drift away from our goals. We lose track of where we're going, and we kind of just feel like we're floating. And sometimes it can feel really, like, debilitating. It can feel depressing. It can feel really upsetting. But today we're going to be talking about an amazing process that you can do that's not only fun and inspiring, but it will allow you to get back on track and kind of shore up, if you will, and tie those ropes back to shore so that you can get going on what you're really wanting out of your life. So I'm really excited to have Shauna Allen of delightfulstruggles.com on the podcast today. We're going to be talking all about how to conduct a life audit, but we also dive deep into talking about ways to nourish your soul, what that really means, and also looking at a completely different way of setting goals beyond just the big goals, getting down to what really matters on a daily basis.
Sarah Steckler
So Shauna Allen of Delightful Consulting and Therapeutics started with her blog, delightfulstruggles.com and then this morphed into a passion to help millennial women find balance in their busy lives and nourish their souls so they can build a life they adore. This is Shauna's passion to help women get their shit together, and she loves talking about it. And let me tell you, Shauna is so well versed in everything that we're going to be talking about today. I loved this conversation, so I hope that you stay tuned. Welcome to the Mindful Productivity Podcast. I'm your host, Sarah Steckler, and this is the place to be to live a more mindful and productive life. If you're ready to turn daily chaos into calm and start your days with intention, then get ready to join me as we dive deep into mindful living and personal productivity. It's time to connect with your true self so you can live the life you want to live. And it all starts now.
Sarah Steckler
Shauna, I'm so excited to have you on the podcast today. Thank you so much for being here.
Shauna Allen
Thank you for having me. I'm very excited to be on the podcast today.
Sarah Steckler
Yay. And before we kind of jump into what a life audit is and why that's really important, I wanted to ask you what led you to create Delightful Struggles and everything that you're doing?
Shauna Allen
Well, delightful Struggles kind of started off as like a place where I would rant about living in the real world or that's how I would explain it. Just like adulting, really. Being an adult fresh out of college and kind of like trying to survive in the real world, trying to figure out my first big girl job, all of that was really overwhelming to me. And it was very frustrating because whenever I went to someone older for guidance or for some wisdom, it was kind of like, well, that's life and suck it up, buttercup. So I started to write about it. And then over time, as I got more and more into being a counselor, I realized that I really wasn't the only young adult experiencing this and that other young adults around me were experiencing this. And so I thought a lot about personal growth and self care and I started writing to that. And so that's, that's really how Delightful Struggles came to be. And it's just kind of grown from there. Every year, something gets better and better with it.
Sarah Steckler
Yeah. And I love your blog. It's such an amazing resource. And I think you're right because, like, people don't. These aren't things that like, we learn and for whatever reason then we're like, I think, you know, as millennials too, it's kind of like there's that like, stigma of like, well, you guys should know this already. And it's like, so I love that you've created a resource for that. And I have heard the term adulting a lot. I've used it. It's usually when I have something to I want, like, I have to do and I'm tired or something, I'm like, I have to adult today. But like, how would you define, like, what adulting is?
Shauna Allen
I feel like adulting is like officially getting your shit together and. Yeah. And just basically being able to go about life and getting what you want, your life, without having a breakdown every time you have to go and do something is my definition of adulting. And like, I feel like it's different for everybody. I think as millennials, we want to have experiences versus like slaving away at a 9 to 5. And even if, you know, you're not an entrepreneur and you just want to have like a day to day life, you don't want to be sad every day. And I think that's a big thing for millennials, is that, you know, we're the generation that grew up waiting for our parents to come home because they worked all day long and they took two vacations a year. And we kind of saw the toll that that took on them and the time that it took away from families, because really what it was was that they were giving all of their time and their energy to their 9 to 5 job. And then by the time they got home, they had really little time and energy to expend on their family.
Shauna Allen
And I find that millennials want more balance. They. It doesn't matter that they have to work. It's really, they want to be able to share that happiness with people around them. They want to have that happiness, and they don't like to see other people sad and unhappy. And so I really think being an adult is learning how to master that day to day happiness and learning how to master those experiences so that you're not sad every day of your life and you're not wasting away at somebody's job where you. The only thing you're getting out of that is money.
Sarah Steckler
Yeah, I'm just over here, like, nodding my head, like, yes. Hell yes. Because I think, too, it's realizing that we don't have to wait until the end of our lives, or we don't have to wait until retirement, or we don't have to spend our whole lives working for something to then have happiness, to then travel, you know, to debt, to then do all that stuff, because we're not promised any of that. So I really love that definition a lot. And I think, too, it's interesting just from my own personal experience. Grew up and both of my parents were entrepreneurs. And I remember it was like, I didn't know anyone else's parents that were. So it was always. They'd always kind of like ingrained it into me, like, this is why we do this. And like, this is, you know, like, because I remember my dad was like, always home and he built cabinets and had like a shop, like, on our property and stuff. So it was like, I remember, like, kind of getting a feel for that and being like, wow, like, this is definitely something I want for my life. And I think, you know, whether or not people want to be an entrepreneur or not, I think what you're saying, it all comes back to reclaiming your time and realizing that, like, your everyday life can be enjoyable and you don't have to, like, you know, do this hustle, hustle thing all the time in order to get what you want.
Sarah Steckler
So I love that. And it really brings around to. On your about page, on your website, you talk a lot about nourishing your soul. And I loved how you kind of described that. And it's kind of like the perfect segue into what it means to kind of create that balance with self care and everything that you talk about. How would you, I know you have an amazing definition on your website, but kind of just how you're feeling now and with everything else as you grow, how would you define what it means to nourish your soul? Oh, big question.
Shauna Allen
Yeah. So I tend to work with a lot of young adults and a lot of millennials. And what I find is that many times young adults tend to be victims to their emotions. And it's kind of like, why is this all happening to me right now in this moment where I find. And it's hard to tell people this in like a very nurturing way, but the things that you're going through, the things that you're experiencing, it's very similar to other people your age. And part of that is because the first 18 years of our lives we're in school and we are going about the world in a way of obtaining knowledge. But a lot of that knowledge is not emotional knowledge. It's not about emotional intelligence. It's really about like core schoolwork. And so once you hit your 20s, you're expected to gather all of these things like relationship understanding and emotional regulation and being able to work and 9 to 5 on a regular basis when you know. And that's really hard because you've already spent 18 years of your life going to school from 7am to 2pm in the afternoon and then coming home and having to do homework.
Shauna Allen
And if you were a kid that played sports or had after school activities, that takes up a lot of your time. So really what I was finding is that a lot of young adults focus so much on time and productivity and doing things that they had very little time for. The other stuff that makes up a very important and essential part of our lives, which is social, relationship, enjoyment, living a lifestyle and things like that. So nourishing your soul is learning how to balance the things that you have to do and the things that help you obtain your natural, basic survival needs and marrying it with the essentials of your life that you still need but are not things that you're used to practicing on a day to day basis.
Sarah Steckler
Yes, I love that so much. I know. And I think, too. Yeah. It's like just looking at. And that's why I love talking about productivity and challenging people on that. Like, it's not all about your to do list. It's not all about everything that you can accomplish in, like, a tangible way. It's so important to find that balance. And I think you're right. It's like we kind of. We kind of grew up. I know. I felt that way. I was like, then you're kind of like thrown into a 9 to 5 and it's like a completely different world. And you're like, what? And like all these people that have been doing it for decades already are. You know, it's kind of judging you. Like, come on, it's not that bad. Just get it together. And so it's. It's really right. Using that time to figure out how it works for you and what you want that to look like. And yeah, super, super powerful stuff. And I know too, that you do a lot of personal growth work you have, I think I love just watching your Instagram stories and you find a lot of balance.
Sarah Steckler
And, like, I love when you're like, oh, we're doing yoga today with the dog, and we're doing this. And so what is one of the things that you do when I know you're really busy and you work and then you run this. What do you. What's something that you do that helps remind you to kind of create that balance in your life?
Shauna Allen
Well, the first. The first thing that I did and I thought that it was so important was I stopped living by the had to guilt. So it's the guilt that you get when you didn't do something that you felt like you absolutely needed to do. And so, for instance, with my blog, there's times when I don't blog. And sometimes what will come up in my mind is like, I really need to put something up. And then I have to check myself and say, like, no, I really don't need to do that. Like, it will get done when it gets. Gets done and it's okay. And then I replaced those. Had to do things that were really unnecessary and causing more stress with. Had to practice self care. So for me, self care is making sure that I do get up early enough so that I can practice yoga. Because when I start off the day with a little bit of light exercise or even, like a little bit of meditation, I feel so much better, and it helps me last longer throughout the day. But I find that if I'm not doing that and if I'm not practicing it regularly, then I don't get the benefits.
Shauna Allen
So it's not an every once in a while kind of thing. For me, self care is something that happens every day. Another practice is eating healthy. I love to cook. Cooking is very therapeutic for me. So whenever I'm cooking, I feel a lot better. I make it a point to make sure that I cook for my household at least once a week on Sundays. And then I, like, leave recipes for my husband throughout the week so that he can when I'm working late. And so it was creating that balance of regular self care and recognizing that there are things that I feel guilty about that is completely unnecessary. And I don't have to feel guilty about those things at all. I can still achieve what I wanted to achieve. I can still be an entrepreneur, and I can still go out and eventually quit my 9 to 5 practicing on a schedule that makes sense for me without applying immense pressure to do certain things that I just don't have the energy to do at that moment in time.
Sarah Steckler
Yeah, I so relate to that. Just like growing up, I've always been like a perfectionist. And more and more I'm like, checking myself. Like, it's like in the morning, like, I feel the same way. I love getting up early and, like, moving my body. And for years it was, you have to get up and you have to go running right away. And then, like, when I didn't want to do that, like, really didn't want to do that, I remember the only thing driving me was that guilt, and it doesn't really serve you. And so now it's like, well, if I don't want to run, I'm going to do yoga or I'm going to do something different. And I just love how you've kind of shifted that. And you really touched on too, how sometimes self care is doing things that we don't want to do but that we know are really vital for nourishing us and for taking care of those baseline needs and everything else. This is. I'm already just like, love, like, I love everything you say. Like, I'm like, oh my gosh, all of these things. Like, we just quote the whole podcast.
Sarah Steckler
But I wanted to jump into talking about this life audit that you have in this process. And also too, like, I mean, this just like, kind of segues perfectly into it. But, like, what is the, like, biggest benefit or why consider doing a life audit in the first place?
Shauna Allen
I think that sometimes we, I think people in general or millennials, we're Such perfectionists. We want to get things right the first time. And a lot of times what happens is we know that there's something off with our lives. We know that we're exhausted and that we're tired and we're not where we want to be. We're so frustrated. We don't want to wait another 20 years or 30 years until we get to retirement. We want to be on the right track and we want to go down the right road. And I think that part of the issue is that when there's something off, instead of like stopping and like evaluating, we just apply like, it's like we put a band aid on and we keep moving and we hope that the band aid is going to fix this gouging, bleeding wound that's under the band aid. And so the life audit is really designed to stop in a fast paced world. It's to help you stop in a fast paced world and really take a look at your life and organize it in a way that you can get on the right track and start working towards your goal.
Shauna Allen
And it's also to help clarify things because I think a lot of times we know what we want, we know that we don't. We know what we don't want, but we have trouble figuring out how to get to where we want to be. And a lot of times we don't even realize that the goal that we want isn't very clear. All I talk to people a lot about clarifying and knowing why that goal is a goal and a perfect example. I worked with somebody who had the same goal for years. All of her life she has wanted to be at a certain weight. And I like, one time we sat down and I said, why? Why is that important to you? What is this weight going to do for you when you lose it? And she could not really give me an answer. She was just like, we were questioning and questioning, questioning. And I always be like, why? Why, why, why? Another example was I was working with a young man and same thing. He wanted to be an entrepreneur, but he couldn't say what he wanted to do, why he wanted to be an entrepreneur.
Shauna Allen
Whenever we would ask about why, it would come back to feelings, to em, it wasn't really a strong connection to the thing that they wanted. And so the issue with that is that when we don't have a strong connection to what we want, when we have a thing, an idea in our mind and it's not very clear, the issue is that as we're working towards that thing, everything becomes very Blurry. And then we forget why we're working towards it. And then it seems like we're taking forever to get to that end point. So if once you clarify it and once you organize everything, it's easier to stay on that path towards the thing that you want.
Sarah Steckler
Absolutely. I love how you broke that down. And I think, too, it's like, it helps with commitment. Like, I know oftentimes people just tell me, like, oh, I just want more time. And I'm like, well, what's more time look like? And, like, and why? Like, what do you want to do with that time? And then that's where it's like, oh, you know what I mean? But, like, the more. Yeah, the more clear you get, then you know your why, and then you have your commitment. And I think, too, it's sometimes. Sometimes I think it's for people, it's not so much like, what they want, like, big picture, but sometimes it's even more like, we think we want to do XYZ in a job, or we think we want to have a certain job title, for example, but really it's actually more to do with how we want to feel on a daily basis. And I know it's like, once we kind of figure that out, like, oh, I actually don't have to be, like, I don't have to go to med school and be a doctor to feel successful. I can actually be doing something completely different, and that daily feeling will be there.
Sarah Steckler
So I think it's really exploring that. So I actually have your life audit printable up, and it's amazing. And we'll have to. I'll definitely link in the show notes so that you guys listening can go and download this. It's amazing, but you have four different sections on it that are just really, really crucial to kind of figuring this out. And I was wondering if you'd be open to just kind of walking us through kind of the four main sections and kind of breaking down, like, the overall structure of the life audit.
Shauna Allen
Sure. Yeah. So the first section is the life mission. And so I'll use myself as an example. The life mission is the why to your goals. So it's why you're doing what you're doing. And so my life mission is to live a love that I fucking adore, that I wake up every day and I just want to get up, and I'm happy to be awake, and I'm happy to kind of get up and do things, even if it's not my favorite thing to do. I'm excited for the day. So that's my why of why I do things. If I break it down even further, my why is to live a life that I enjoy with the people around me, so that I enjoy with my family and my close friends. And so goals for that. And my goals are constantly changing because this overall why is very broad. And as I get older, things are going to change. So I'm not always going to be trying to buy a house or I'm not always going to be trying to buy a family. Like one year it might be we're trying to work on several vacations or we're officially shifting from my day job into full time entrepreneurship.
Shauna Allen
So the goals are breakdowns of your why, basically. And so I always talk about smart goals. I want your, like your goals should be very, very clear and concise. And when they're concise and they're, they're built like smart goals.
Sarah Steckler
It's.
Shauna Allen
It's so much easier to achieve them. And so, like, it's so much easier to measure them. So a lot of times what happens is you get to the end of the year and you have no idea what you set. And so it feels like you haven't accomplished anything. But if you have your goals written down someplace and they're really clear and concise, it's either yes or no if you've achieved it. And most times it's yes. So goals for me, like this year, one of our goals was to buy a home by the first half of the year. And we're actually on track to.
Sarah Steckler
Oh my gosh. So exciting.
Shauna Allen
Yeah, we're really, really excited and it's a lot of fun. But like, that was like a big goal for the year. Another goal was to I wanted to quit my day job, which was really funny because I did end up leaving my day job. I didn't get to quit it. I was let go. But I actually ended up finding another day job that paid me better and the schedule was way better. So instead of a basic 9 to 5, I'm on nursing shifts. So it gives me time to be home and to work on my business while actually still bringing money in.
Sarah Steckler
So, yeah, it's crazy how that works out. When you like ask for something and you want something and it shows up differently, but you're like, no, this makes sense, right?
Shauna Allen
Yes. So it's crazy. And then that's really, really like that. I didn't expect for that to be something and how it manifested into the way that it did, but I'm actually very happy with It. And so another goal for us is to start a family. And we're still actively working on that, but we still have like a whole year to go. So those are our goals. And then what you do in the next part, you would go to the part that says activities. And so you're basically writing down what you do on a day to day basis. And I mean your activities. I like to break it down based off of my schedule. So like if it's a day that I'm working, I'm waking up at 4:00 in the morning, I'm getting ready for work, I'm fixing myself a cup of tea, I do some light devotion or meditation, I do some yoga. And then by 6:30, I'm out the door and headed to work. And then usually I work a 12 hour shift and that's basically my whole day. I'm at work for 12 hours and then I come home. And when I come home, I like to talk to a family member.
Shauna Allen
So I'll talk to like my sister or my mother. And then I settle in for the evening. Like hopefully I get home and dinner is already cooked. And like, you know, I spend a couple of hours spending time with my husband, like maybe one or two hours and then I'm back in bed and I'm gonna do it again for another shift. And that doesn't happen more than like three times in a row on a day off. It's a little bit different. So I spend a little bit more time in bed and then I wake up and that day is a lot more casual. So I still do like my morning devotion and I'll do some yoga and then I'll get up and then that will be a day where I spend like one or two hours on my blog. Then what I started to incorporate recently was like leaving the house. So even if it's like during the weekday, like I find some time to get out of the house and to like find a new activity in the place that I live. We live in a really small town, so I like to find like little different things to do, whether it's going for a walk or getting a snow cone or what it may be.
Shauna Allen
And then I come back, I start working on the blog again and then spend some quality time with my husband if he's home and kind of take it from there. So like those are my activities. I've noticed that a lot of people have things like gym time and that kind of stuff. I would even incorporate things that you pay for even if you don't really engage in it. So I know a lot of people have gym memberships, but they don't go to the gym.
Sarah Steckler
Right.
Shauna Allen
It's something that takes up a resource for them. So I would include it in the activities.
Sarah Steckler
So it's basically just like really getting a sense of like the breakdown of your day and the patterns throughout your week and all of that. Yeah. Okay.
Sarah Steckler
I love this.
Shauna Allen
So a lot of times what happens. You mentioned patterns here. And so a lot of times what happens is that we have these patterns that are on autopilot and we don't even realize it. So I mentioned like a lot of times people have gym memberships and they don't even use their gym membership. Well, your gym membership could be costing you $21 a month. If you look at it over a whole year, $21 a month is a lot for 12 months. And so that activity could be going into something else. Like, you know, that could be one of those subscription boxes or it could be, you know, so many good ones. Yeah. Or it can be like a casual dinner out with friends or a glass of wine here and there. It can just be like that money can be allocated to something else. A lot of times we rely. We don't realize that the things that we have on autopilot may not be things that are necessary to your life right now. And once you shift those things or change them around, then you could either save money or you can reallocate that time to do something else.
Shauna Allen
Or a lot of people. CrossFit was really big, like last couple of years. And so I have a lot of friends that have CrossFit memberships and they're not cheap. And so like at one point I was like, so why do you have a CrossFit membership? Like, is there any other way that you could be exercising at this point or even like going back and getting personal trainers? And I was like, that's great if that's like your way of self care. But if it's not your way of self care and you're just doing it because it's trendy or you're just doing it because everybody else around you is doing it, that may be an activity that you can take and reallocate to someplace else. For us, my husband has a regular gym membership. He uses it all the time and that's his self care. So that's great. I had a gym membership at one point and I gave it up because we're saving to buy a house. And so as we're in the process, like we had to, like, look at everything that was going on in our lives and refocus them so that we can reach our goals and so that we put ourselves in the position to walk towards those goals.
Sarah Steckler
Yes. Oh, my gosh. I love this so much. This. I'm, like, thinking of all these things. I'm like, oh, I need to, like, think about this and all of that. So perfect. I love it. And then you also have, like, all these great. Because I think too, like, part of, you know, I've seen different, like, worksheets and stuff, and then part of it is like, okay, well, like, how do I, like, you know, figure out what these activities are? What questions am I do I ask myself? And I love that you have, like, a whole section in here with all these really powerful questions to help you kind of clarify that.
Shauna Allen
Yeah. So my first favorite question on here is, do I enjoy this activity? I think we do so many activities that we absolutely hate. So I think we do them because it's trendy or it's something that we're supposed to do, and so we don't enjoy it. And it's in our lives. And when we're doing something that we're supposed to do that we don't enjoy, it not only is taking up time, it's taking up your energy. And so I just, like, always like to say, like, if you're doing something that's taking up your time and your energy, it's draining you, how can you change this activity? A lot of times, the biggest activity that we're doing throughout the day is working. And, like, I'll ask, like, do you enjoy working? And most people are like, no, I hate it. I hate my job.
Sarah Steckler
Right.
Shauna Allen
And so I don't. And like, of course, I don't want to tell people to quit their job because that's. That's a source of income and that's a resource bringing you into some financial stability. But I always like to ask people, is there a way that you can do your job differently? Is it time to look for different work? Or is it time to go to your manager and say, how can we look at my position and change it? Even just being able to be empowered to say, like, how can this be different? Gives people the chance to rework how their day looks? Because if you're spending eight hours, or in my instance, I spend 12 hours of work. So if you're spending 12 hours of your day doing something that you absolutely hate, you're going to be exhausted. You're not going to want to do Anything else when you're finished, when you're done, you're just not going to have the will for that.
Sarah Steckler
Yeah, so, so true. Yeah. I love all these questions and I love, like, already too. Like, you've just brought up so many great points. And I think, too, there's also, like, activities we do, you know, for other people, or we think we have a responsibility to do something, and there's, like, other ways to go about doing it. And so I think this really, like, calls that out. And, like, I mean, because, like, how many times are people really sitting down and being like, oh, what am I doing? Like, I know in the morning, for me, it's like when I've, like, written down my activities, I'm like, oh, wow. Like, a good chunk of my time has been, like, on my phone, like, scrolling on my phone. And it's like, really just, like, bringing awareness to that. And like you said before, just like, bringing awareness and clarifying. That's ultimately what will bring about change and bring about you being able to infiltrate more happiness into your daily life.
Shauna Allen
Yes, definitely.
Sarah Steckler
Yeah. I love this so, so much, Shauna. I feel like I could talk to you for, like, four hours straight. Like, you have so much wisdom and knowledge, and you're just amaz. And I want to just, like, ask too, where people can find you, because I'm sure after listening to you, everyone wants to know, like, where you're at online and how they can follow you.
Shauna Allen
Yeah, definitely. So I am on. I feel like I'm on every social media known to man at this point in time. So I regularly use my Instagram. It hasn't been updated as much as the Instagram God says that it should, but I am on Instagram. You can find me at Wildheart C. And I have a Facebook page. I love my Facebook group, even though, again, something that I'm working on. So my Facebook group is called the Nourishing Mindset Collective. And then of course, you can find me at the blog@delightfulstruggles.com and I like books. My blog, I have to say, is one of my favorite things that I do because every year it just. It grows into something different. It's more clear, and I just love that. Like, I work on my blog myself, so, like, I do all the graphics for it. I take my own pictures and things like that. And so I just really enjoy being able to share it with people because it's. It shows so much growth. It's like a.
Sarah Steckler
It does. I know. I've been following you forever, and I'M like, oh, my gosh, it's so beautiful. And, like, just the content on there is so valuable. And you also have a podcast too.
Shauna Allen
I do. I do have a podcast, Adulting with Shauna. I love my podcast too. Yeah. So I supposed to post every Tuesday and you can find it. Oh, how do you find the podcast? You can find it on SoundCloud. It's called Adulting with Shauna. And I basically talk about how, again, how to get your shit together and how to enjoy being adult. This year, I've been focusing so much on nourishing your soul and getting your mindset into nourishing your soul. And when I talk about mindset, I don't just talk about, like, you have to think positive thoughts. That's a lot of it. Mindset is about the way that you think. But I also talk about balancing that and caring for yourself and having good emotional regulation. I'm actually getting ready to launch on the Bog a couple of posts talking about not being a victim to your feelings and really recognizing when your emotions are just kind of all over the place and how to, like, reel them back in so that when you deliver your message or when you deliver what you're trying to say to others, it's concise together and like, you're saying what you're meaning versus like you're saying things out of feelings and out of emotion.
Shauna Allen
Yes.
Sarah Steckler
So needed. I know, because I think we're all guilty of projection sometimes.
Shauna Allen
Yes.
Sarah Steckler
Right. Not getting everything across. So. Oh, my gosh. Thank you so much for sharing all these resources. These will all be linked in the show notes on mindfulproductivityblog.com podcast. And, Shauna, thank you so much for being here today.
Shauna Allen
Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited. I can't wait to hear. Of course, I'm always here. So if anybody wants to sign up and get a copy of the life audit and they, like, want some more guidance, they can always sign up. And, like, they can even reply to the initial email that's linked to the copy. And so I love answering questions about it. I love helping people out. I even offer free coaching sessions so that they're able to kind of, like, get started and get on the right track of their lives.
Sarah Steckler
Perfect. Yes. Definitely take Shauna up on that when you sign up for her life audit work. She. She's amazing. All right, guys, talk to you next.