From prepping before a night out to bouncing back afterward, Halley Nagy, LMFT, walks through how to enjoy social experiences without sacrificing your sleep or overextending your energy.
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social event management um so these are
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just suggestions they are not havetos
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but one of the things you might do is
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compromise on planning um if you are the
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person who is hosting you might need to
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find a time that works for both you and
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the other person or people that are
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coming and this isn't again a have to
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i'm not saying you have to compromise on
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your boundaries but it might mean that
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sometimes if I want to really have
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something that everybody could attend
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maybe that means I'm sleeping for an
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hour or so less um just this once maybe
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it means I'm going to save that for a
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day off maybe it means I'm going to take
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a day off again it depends on what it is
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you are planning or hosting and who you
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want to be able to
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come communicate your availability if
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you're attending an event let your
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friends know when you can or cannot
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attend something they might not be able
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to accommodate it but they also might
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you never know until you try letting
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people know what your schedule is like
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gives more options for them to work
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around it especially if you specifically
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ask them to hey it's really important
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that I attend this is there any way you
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could have it an hour or two later and
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you never know what they might say and
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then prioritizing just like we discussed
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with boundaries it's important to
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prioritize what's most important to
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attend um so you might do that by
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identifying one to two things that are
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most important and seeing what can be
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shifted or what can become flexible so
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you can go um you're not going to be
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able to attend everything like anyone
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right nobody can probably attend every
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single event life happens we have busy
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schedules but if you can prioritize at
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least one or two things again if it's
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really important that I show up at my
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niece and nephew's birthday parties I'm
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going to make sure I can be there even
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if I have to compromise on boundary a
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little bit if I have to take a day off
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half day something like that
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prioritizing what you want to be at so
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again it's up to you to make sure you
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can get there