It's Sunday again and time to think about living a healthy life. I think is so important for all of us to know who we are, what we love to do and then to find the time to do it. When I was working I loved my job and I immersed myself in it. But now that I am retired I realize that I gave so much time to my job I left very little time for myself. And having time for yourself, time to learn more about yourself and what you are passionate about, is very important. When I was consulting, one workshop I presented was all about looking at how you allocate your time. So many of the woman were amazed at how little time they gave to themself. We used a simple circle graph that was divided into 24 hours. Each person divided the day into different categories such as work, children, self care, hobbies, husband, extended family, classes, etc. (whatever was important to them) and colored the hours they spent on each category a different color. It is amazing what a visual can tell you. One woman realized she was giving 12 hours a day to her job although she was being paid for 8. She told me she couldn't do that to her family or herself anymore. She cut back the extra hours each day and she said it made a huge difference in her life. Two other women, who had previously been thinking about changing jobs, did when they saw in black and white how many hours they were spending doing something that was not making them happy. And almost everyone realized that they were not spending any time on themselves and their passions. It is important to have time for yourself. It is important to have time to do what you love. Hopefully, by creating this simple chart you can see how you are spending your days and then find ways to adjust what you are doing so that you will have time for yourself. Give it a try and let me know what happens. Have a great, healthy week!!
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