A personal goal of mine is work life balance. A mantra that I share with my clients is “Making time for yourself is not a luxury…it’s a necessity.”
I live by this motto and share it anytime I can with my clients. Most people tell me that they know how to give their time at home and work but don’t know how to take time for themselves. I am seeing this pattern more and more and this is why client’s still bring me in to present my program, Take the Ride of Your Life; Shift Gears for More Balance, Growth and Joy. The next few blog posts will contain stories and strategies that I share during the program.
Personal Goal Strategy 1: A new definition of being out of control
Everyone is busy these days. They are time deprived and I created a new word: Busy-Aholics. The new work reality is that everyone is busy. The trap is that being busy can add up to lot’s of activity that isn’t that productive.
Here’s an action step for you: Listen to how you describe your day to others. Are you describing all of your meetings that you had during the day? We create a lot of internal stress for ourselves when we repeatedly listen to our hectic schedules.
Personal Goal Strategy 2: Set personal boundaries
We had boundaries when we were children (come home at a certain time, ride your bike ONLY on the sidewalk (this is if you lived in a city with sidewalks 🙂 ). A funny thing happens when we grow up. We forget to set personal boundaries for ourselves. If you don’t take care of yourself…who will? Remember, Taking time for yourself is NOT a luxury…it’s a necessity. Make sure YOU are part of the balance equation.
Here’s an action step for you: Set one personal goal and boundary for yourself that you can use both at work and home. Feel free to send your action step to me and I will respond as an accountability coach.
I will share stress and humor strategies in the next couple of blogs.
I want to hear from you!
CLICK HERE to send me your challenges with feeling out of control or setting personal boundaries. Or send me strategies that you use to feel more in control.
Until next time,
This is Joyce Weiss, Communication Strategist and Coach
I share powerful techniques on tackling tough conversations to build employee engagement, accountability, and improve my client’s quality of life.
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Al Baron says
Joyce,
This hit my nail right on the head. I printed it so Donna can read it along with me. I sure hope it helps us start making time for ourselves. I will let you know.
Al
Joyce Weiss says
Al, I’m so glad that you printed this post for you and Donna. I will be placing more posts like this since my clients ALL tell me how they need to hear the message desperately. Hey, as a workaholic I know what I’m talking about! 🙂 Let me know when and how you make changes to Take Time For Yourselves. Thanks and I look forward to hearing comments from you again and again.