The Top 3 Steps to Mastering Your Pre-PT School/Life Balance

Structure and Balance. These two words mean a lot to us as pre-PT students and DPT students. But what exactly are the the top 3 steps to mastering your pre-PT school/life balance?

1. Balance doesn’t exist, but priorities do

Even if you’re doing multiple things simultaneously, you’re still not doing them all at the same time. Even in that midst of multitasking, you’re turning off your attention to one thing as your switch your attention to another. If you’re doing 2 things, you’re putting in 50% to each of those things. If it’s 3 things, you’re putting in 33% to each one. Each time you add another, you are reducing your ability to focus on your PRIORITIES.

You might have a ton of different opportunities presented in front of you and might be thinking, “How can I possibly balance and manage all of these things at once?” But what is important to you? What are your priorities? Are you aware of your priorities? Have you wrote them down? Think about your future goals and what you want to accomplish as a pre-PT. Write down your goals on a sheet of paper or in the note section of your phone. Understand what your priorities are and make sure the things you are committing yourself to are helping you reach your GOALS. Write down the things you have to do, get them done, and check them off of your list.

2. In order to grow, you have to let go 

We tend to think that we have to let go of things in life that are bad for us. While this may be true, sometimes we have to let go of the things that are good for us too. There will be things in life that are good, but we have to say no to them. You might be presented with 3 amazing opportunities to pursue. You might want to do ALL 3. But always remember that at some point, you’re going to have to ask yourself, “Do these opportunities fall in line with what I want to pursue? Do these fall in line with what I am able to handle? Am I wanting to hold on to these good opportunities just cause they’re good?” It’s okay to let some opportunities go if you aren’t ready for them or if you think it will overwhelm you. Once you learn how to assess where you are at and if you can take on other opportunities, you will master this very important step.

3. Follow the “5 second rule”

5...4...3...2...1... TAKE ACTION. This is the 5 second rule. It’s been told that every time we are presented with something to take action on, our brain can start fighting against that impluse after 5 seconds. And so, think about it, when you wake up in the morning, you probably are wanting to hit that snooze button. You might find yourself hitting that snooze button 5 times or more. This already is going to slow you down for the day. You end up feeling a lot more sluggish. But the bottom line is, if you get up within 5 seconds of that alarm going off, if you’re able to say “Alright, it’s game time! Let’s go!” You’re more than likely not going to go back to sleep. The longer you wait, once you get to 6,7,10, or 20 seconds, the more likely you’re going to ignore that alarm and go back to sleep.

This can relate back to anything else too. For example, you might be thinking, “Man, I have to work on that PTCAS application but I’m kind of tired.” Start your count down. 5...4...3...2...1...and say “alright, where is my laptop?” That’s the mentality you need to have. Try this for 3 days straight and see how much more efficient you become. You HAVE to take action. Go for it. The more you do this, the more likely you are going to stick with it.

If you want to master your structure and balance game, your school-life balance, your work-life balance, or whatever you want to do, these are the 3 things you HAVE to master. This applies to anyone despite where they are in their PT journey. Start today, don’t wait until tomorrow! 

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