Making choices and enjoying those choices—that’s a scenario that worth aiming for! Let’s learn how we can achieve that by breaking the process down into steps. Personal coach Laura Berman Fortgang has her clients take a couple days off from work to think about the following questions:
1. If my life could focus on one thing and one thing only, what would that be?
2. If I could add a second thing, what would that be?
3. A third?
4. A fourth?
5. A fifth?
I’m going to assume you don’t have a couple days free, so grab a blank piece of paper right now and put down the 5 most important items. Then think about them and rearrange them if necessary. They will probably include some of these:
Family Career/Job Friends Community Church/Spirituality Travel Hobbies Art/Culture Sports Health
Drop Unnecessary Activities You know those annoying activities that keep popping up, and you keep doing, but are droppable none-the-less. Drop them! Drop them especially fast if they don’t pertain to your top 5 list.
Protect You Work Time & Your Private Time Set boundaries for your workday. For instance, you may decide that you will not arrive at work before a certain time and you won’t work later than a specific hour. I advise you to consider that you won’t work through lunch. Schedule your lunchtime just like any appointment. Decide day by day whether it will be for your relaxation, your socialization, or perhaps for the chance to court a new client or business opportunity . . . while you eat.
Don’t try to justify your private time to others. You know you need time for yourself—so, schedule it in.
Set 2 Goals Every Day Make sure that your schedule is set so there is at least one thing you will be proud you achieved and one thing you know you’ll enjoy—every day. Now, here’s my tip.
Nancy Clark’s Tip:
I want you to get creative with the second half of the work-life balance issue—the life half. Think of a deal you can make with one of your friends to gain more time in your personal life. For example, “If you take my kids to and from soccer, I’ll make a double-size dinner on Wednesdays and you can pick it up on your way home.” You get the idea. It’s bartering with winners on both sides. Let me know your creative ideas! I’ll share them with our audience. Nancy Clark gives you a tip each week on the blog, Women’s Lunch Talk.
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