Staying Sane At Work
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Do you ever feel like Wonder Woman? I have. As a woman
juggling a ton of things I’ve wondered “what the heck
happened to my life?”
In fact, there have been times when I wondered if I had
much of a “life” at all.
You know what I mean. As a woman you play multiple roles.
You’re a daughter, grand daughter, sister, niece,
girlfriend, wife, business woman, gal pal, volunteer….and
sometimes community leader, politician, or in the ministry.
And you’re exhausted! You want to do it all and do it all
well. You don’t want to let anyone down, and yet you’re
losing it. Okay, so maybe you don’t need to be checked
into to a hospital, but your energy and enthusiasm is
slipping, your health is waning, and you wonder if you can
keep it all together.
The solution to the problem I’ve often heard is to have
“work-life balance.” I understand the intent, but striving
for balance hasn’t worked for me. The idea of balance is
that I evenly divide up my time and energy for every area
of my life, like a see-saw with a whole bunch of sides to
it with equal weights. But, my life isn’t divided up
evenly, nor do I think it should be. Right now for
example, to grow my business takes a better chunk of my
time than, let’s say, making dinner, working out, or taking
care of pets.
I say forget “balance”. Strive for sanity instead! Sanity
is feeling at the end of everyday feeling internally
satisfied that you used your time and energy on what’s most
important to you. Here are seven secrets to getting there.
Secret #1 is Know What You Want
Be clear about who and what’s important to you. Then make
choices to support your decision. If you don’t know what I
want, there will always be someone who will try to
determine it for you.
Secret #2 is Say “No” Without Apology
When you’re saying “no” to what you don’t want you’re
saying “yes” to what you do want. Saying no doesn’t mean
you’re being mean or hurting someone else. It means you’re
taking care of yourself and, often, those you most care
about. That’s something we should never apologize for!
Secret #3 is Focus on What’s Going Right
Focusing your attention on those things that are working
and helping you feel good about yourself gives you the
necessary self-esteem and staying power for dealing with
difficult situations and creating sanity.
Secret #4 is Stay Away From Whiners
Life is too short and requires too much of us to be
spending lots of time with people or in situations that
don’t cheer us on to the best we can be and go for our
dreams.
Secret #5 is Get Someone Else to Do It
You really don’t have to do it all! Get someone to do the
things in your life that really can be done by someone else.
Secret #6 is Take Care of You and You and You
Take care of all of you – the physical you, the emotional
you, the mental you, the social you, and the spiritual you.
Taking care of yourself gives you staying power. You’re
not only worth it; you are the only you you’ve got.
Secret #7 is Be Serious About Not Being So Serious
Don’t miss the fun along the way. Be playful! Laugh as
much as possible and find the humor that’s begging to be
discovered. The demands of your fast, full life
temporarily melt away.
About the Author:
During a successful, demanding, rising through the ranks 10
year career with America Online Mary learned that the only
way to thrive in today’s world is to be bold, positive, and
courageous – bodacious! Today Mary inspires women
everywhere to be bodacious in their lives, careers and
businesses. You can be inspired, too! Get a free copy of
Mary’s e-book “How to Be Courageously in Charge of Your
Life and Lovin’ It!†at http://www.gobodacious.com !
Ray Burton is a personal training business owner, online writer and growing net entrepreneur. He is also the author of the controversial workout e-book, The Fat 2 Fit Program which is also part of his passive income sources along with the membership site FitterFast.com.
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