Here is the question of the week:
How do I achieve work and life balance and my passion?
Sometimes we don’t feel balance because we want to be doing something other than what we’re doing. Find the tie-in between what you “need” to do and what you “want” to do. When I discovered that my passion for helping people achieve their goals in life perfectly blended with my weight-loss company, I suddenly felt a lot happier. Here are some of the steps I took to help me on my quest for balance.
- In the past, any time I could, I got my kids involved in helping with the business, doing anything I could have them do in order to be with them, teach them business and keep them included.
- Go into the day doing a time study. Look at your list of things to do and determine how long (honestly) it will take to do these tasks. The first time I did this, I discovered I had about 36 hours of work planned for one 10-hour day. YIKES!
- Find a great priority setting system. You need to know what’s truly important so you can focus your energy in that direction. Think on the things you want rather than the things you don’t want. We become what we think about, including being people with balanced lives.
- Be “healthy selfish.” Take time to recharge your battery. Doing the things you love is crucial to your health! Remember, balance looks different for different people. To one person it means being off work at night to attend to family needs. To another it means being able to randomly leave for 4-7 days whenever you want. To yet another, it means working hours besides the normal 9-5, so you can do what needs to be done personally throughout the day.
- Remember – Quality at work and quantity at home. This mean that professionally, 90% of your time should be spent on activities that make money. Delegate the other things out. You need to be producing when you’re at your business. Personally, don’t miss the moments that matter; be there for the special events. The work will wait, life won’t. Make memories! Walk around the block backwards, eat lunch sitting in the trunk of the car, have an “ice skating” party on the kitchen floor using shaving cream. Rituals create tradition. Have bedtime stories and annual holiday celebrations. My kids awoke to toilet-papered bedrooms each year on their birthdays.
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- Family traditions keep families close. Children learn what they live, so be in front of them who you hope they will become. And remember, families that pray together, and play together, stay together
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