5 Ways to Recharge Between Events, Deadlines, and Everything Else
These recharge tips for entrepreneurs exist because nobody warns you about the in-between.
Everybody talks about the big moments — the event you pulled off, the launch that went well, the deadline you hit. But nobody talks about Tuesday. The Tuesday after the event, before the next deadline, when you're running on fumes and a to-do list that somehow got longer overnight.
If you've ever sat in your car for five extra minutes after pulling into the driveway just because you needed one more second before you had to be "on" for the next thing — sis, this one's for you.
Recharging doesn't have to mean a spa day you don't have time for or a vacation you can't currently afford. It means small, intentional moments that put a little bit of you back into your own tank. Here are five simple recharge tips for entrepreneurs, made for women whose calendars look like a losing game of Tetris.
1. Protect a "Nothing Block" on Your Calendar
You block time for meetings, deadlines, and content shoots. Start blocking time for nothing.
A nothing block is exactly what it sounds like — 30 minutes to an hour where you have no task, no agenda, and no obligation to produce anything. No emails. No "just checking on this real quick." Nothing.
This feels uncomfortable at first because we're conditioned to treat empty time as wasted time. It's not. It's recovery time, and recovery is what makes the next sprint possible. Treat that block on your calendar with the same respect you'd give a client meeting — because protecting your capacity is the work.
2. Have a "Coming Down" Ritual After Big Events
Big events take something out of you — even the ones that go perfectly. The adrenaline, the social energy, the constant problem-solving in real time. When it's over, your nervous system needs a minute to land before you jump into the next thing.
Build a simple ritual for the hours right after an event wraps. It doesn't need to be elaborate:
Change clothes immediately — out of "event mode," into comfort
Eat something real, not just the granola bar you grabbed at hour six
Give yourself permission to not respond to non-urgent messages until the next morning
The goal isn't to disappear for a week. It's to give yourself a clean landing instead of crashing straight into the next deadline with an empty tank.
3. Move Your Body for Reasons That Have Nothing to Do with Productivity
A lot of us only move our bodies when we're optimizing for something — energy for the next task, stress relief so we can get back to work faster. There's nothing wrong with that, but it keeps movement tied to output.
Try moving just because it feels good. A walk with no podcast playing. Dancing in your kitchen to one song. Stretching on the floor while you let your mind wander instead of plan. This kind of movement regulates your nervous system in a way that scrolling on the couch never will, and it doesn't require a gym membership or an hour you don't have.
Even ten minutes counts. The goal is presence, not performance.
More Recharge Tips for Entrepreneurs: Batch Your Recovery the Same Way You Batch Your Work
You already know how to batch tasks — content creation day, admin day, outreach day. Apply that same principle to rest.
Instead of hoping rest will randomly appear in your week, schedule it like you schedule everything else:
One evening a week with zero work talk, even with people who work with you
One meal a week you actually sit down for, away from your phone
One hour a week that's just for something that brings you joy with no productivity attached — reading, a show, a hobby you used to love
When recovery has a slot on the calendar, it stops competing with everything else for your attention. It just happens.
5. Let Someone Else Hold Something for a Minute
This one's harder than it sounds, especially for women who built something from the ground up. But part of recharging is recognizing you don't have to carry every single thing yourself in every single moment.
Delegate the small thing you've been holding onto out of habit, not necessity. Ask for help with the task that's draining you the most. Let a team member, a friend, or even your calendar app catch something so your hands aren't full every second of the day.
You didn't build SwagHer — or whatever you're building — to run yourself into the ground. You built it so it could eventually hold some of the weight, too. Let it.
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You Can't Pour from an Empty Cup, But You Already Knew That
We say it so often it's almost lost its meaning. But here's the truth underneath the cliché: rest isn't a reward you earn after everything is done. There will never be a moment when everything is done. Rest is a practice you build into the chaos, not something you wait for after it.
You are allowed to need a minute. You are allowed to protect your energy between the wins. And you are absolutely allowed to recharge without guilt, without apology, and without waiting for permission.
These recharge tips for entrepreneurs aren't complicated — they're just easy to forget when life gets loud. So pick one of these five. Just one. Start there.
Fancy Felder is the Founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of SwagHer Magazine & Media. Follow her on Instagram at @fancyswagher for more #fancysthoughts, and don't miss The CEO Self-Care Experience on July 11 — your reminder that rest is part of the work too.
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