How to Get More out of Life | Filed under General
Do you accommodate everyone else’s schedule before your own? Are you making time for everything in your life but yourself? If you plead guilty, then it’s time to stop committing personal sabotage!
In today’s demanding environment, it’s hard to keep things in perspective. You can’t avoid daily stresses, but you can learn to handle them effectively and stay in control. Maintaining a healthy balance between yourself and your work and family commitments will help you get the most out of life as well as your personal and professional relationships.
Give Yourself a Chance
Living a healthy lifestyle won’t guarantee your health and happiness, but it’s a good place to start. Make sure you get plenty of sleep, drink lots of water, exercise on a regular basis and eat nutritious meals. In addition, schedule regular check-ups with your doctor and dentist.
Try to avoid caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, and any drugs that could hinder your ability to function at the top of your form.
Write It Down
You’ll focus more clearly on goals, dreams, and the to-do list if you write them down. Keep things simple, but do give priority to relationships and obligations that are crucial. Don’t create unrealistic aims by expecting perfection or trying to be something you’re not. Be honest in evaluating your skills and preferences.
Organize your home and work priorities in order of importance. Then decide how you can manage your time more effectively so that you’ll maximize the time spent on what’s really important to you.
Kick Back
If you don’t have a hobby, find one. It can be anything you have fun doing and won’t take too seriously.
You might also try deep-breathing and relaxation techniques. These exercises have a calming, refreshing effect
When you find yourself tensing up at work or at home, take a few minutes to relax, stretch, and breathe deeply.
Think Positively
Mental attitude is just as important as physical condition. Find productive ways to deal with anger, depression, stress, and other destructive emotions. Sometimes an activity as simple as a brisk 10-minute walk outdoors will work wonders.
Try to keep your perspective; work hard to prevent minor aggravations or unimportant demands from getting the best of you. Concentrate on becoming flexible and practical. And learn to give in to compromise; sometimes it builds character.
Resist the natural tendency to take negative events personally. Random calamities do happen; fate doesn’t single you out.
Make Time for You
Everyone needs some time alone. Learn to enjoy your own company. Spend time pampering yourself–take a hot bath, read a best-seller, or visit a friend. Indulge and take time to celebrate yourself!
What a person accomplishes in a day depends upon the way
in which he or she approaches their tasks. When we accept tough jobs
as a challenge to our ability and wade into them with joy and
enthusiasm, miracles can happen. When we do our work with
a dynamic, conquering spirit, we get things done.
Arland Gilbert
I hope you will begin to get more out of your life and one day you will be found smiling and saying yes Life Is Simply Good.
January 21st, 2005 at 3:32 pm
I so needed to read this on my Friday! Thanks as always Sassy and have a great weekend.
January 21st, 2005 at 6:05 pm
Have a great weekend girl! Thinking of you!
January 21st, 2005 at 7:00 pm
Great advice, my dear! Thank you as always.
**hugss**
January 21st, 2005 at 7:03 pm
Oh Victoria this is a wonderful post and although I try to live this everyday it is nice to read it her as a reminder. I agree that “LIfe is Simply Good.” Thank you for the Arland Gilbert quote. I think I will copy and paste that quote so I can use it as tomorrow’s first words to read. Thank you. And thank you for being so wonderfully YOU.
January 21st, 2005 at 11:32 pm
Ah, but some days it comes easier than others.
-G
January 22nd, 2005 at 1:53 am
You are SO RIGHT! Preachin’ to the choir, here…. Amen, Sister.
January 22nd, 2005 at 8:04 am
Your advice is always well-taken, but I especially concur with the “write it down” thing.
January 22nd, 2005 at 11:43 pm
I totally agree with everything you wrote. Doing it is another story. I WISH I could five minutes to myself…and for finding time to take a relaxing bath? I can’t even take a…whoops, rephrasing…go to the bathroom without having my daughter bust in a make comments like, “Mommy, it sure stinks in here.” Goodness, I think I’ve forgotten what it’s like to have a bath without someone commenting from the sidelines. Kidding aside, I adore her and wouldn’t trade her, but I wish she’d GO AWAY for five minutes. Make sense??
Great post, and thanks SO MUCH for stopping by and commenting. Your words really hit home with me and made pretty substantial impact.
January 22nd, 2005 at 11:47 pm
You hit on a real source of frustration with me. Other people’s schedules can force continued rescheduling and forfeiture of personal time for reading, exercise, relection, and quiet time. This becomes paradoxical because there is much wasted time while at the same time no time to do the things that matter as an individual. You cheat yourself. Even in a close relationship with family, you need time to pursue your own interests.
January 23rd, 2005 at 2:08 am
Clearly words to live by. Thanks for sharing them!
January 23rd, 2005 at 10:22 am
Hi there, my friend. Thank you for all these reminders. Indeed, Life Is SImply Good. How all these reminders fit into what we all should remember: To live each day to its fullest. And to make each day count. Simply because Life is too precious to waste.
You are so good in motivating us all. May you find yourself smiling to day and everyday as you make each day count and your own.
Big HUG to you.
January 23rd, 2005 at 10:28 am
life is simply amazing
its unfortunate that one cannot always understand this.
i can’t understand it now..
January 23rd, 2005 at 3:34 pm
Just wanted to stop by and say “hey” and thanks for visiting my site!
January 23rd, 2005 at 7:23 pm
Hi, Michele sent me. You, Anne at Fishbucket, and our pastor are all on the subject of priorities today. Guess I’ll spend some time re-examing mine (and hope it leaves me time for blogging!).