| Are you pulling your hair out because there is not | | | | Next we need to set goals for ourselves, and as with |
| enough time in the day to get things done? Are you | | | | each of these steps, they should be written down |
| pushed to your limit and ready to call it quits? Ready to | | | | where they can be seen, where they can remind us |
| run away from home because you have too much on | | | | of what we are trying to accomplish, and so that we |
| your plate? Are all of life's responsibilities too much for | | | | can change them as things change in our lives. Goals |
| you to handle in addition to a home business? Would | | | | should be specific and measurable so that we can |
| you give anything to know how to organize and | | | | monitor our progress. Our goals will relate to our roles, |
| manage your time better? Believe it or not, there are a | | | | our priorities, and what gives our lives meaning. |
| few things you can do to take control of your precious | | | | We then need to decide in advance how we are |
| time and energy, and still make the most out of your | | | | going to make decisions that we are faced with during |
| business efforts! | | | | our days and weeks. If we don't have a plan of action |
| The first thing we must do is define what is most | | | | when faced with unexpected situations where we |
| important to us in life and create a vision for what we | | | | have to decide how to spend our time, we often |
| wish to achieve, both in life and in business. Set your | | | | make hasty or rash decisions at the spur of the |
| priorities based on this. Know what your personal | | | | moment, and sometimes these will end up giving us |
| values, goals, dreams, and principles are that guide you. | | | | more stress than we had in the first place. If we are |
| We cannot start to organize our time and our days | | | | always trying to make time for everything that comes |
| until we know what gives our life and business value | | | | up, we will end up with way more on our plates than |
| and meaning. | | | | we can possibly handle, which leads to feeling |
| We are many people in our lives - We are mothers, | | | | overwhelmed. We need to stay focused on what we |
| brothers, lovers, teachers, children, coaches, mentors, | | | | are trying to achieve, and decide how we are going to |
| leaders, business-men, doctors, friends. Our many roles | | | | decide things. Sometimes this means being more |
| in life make it difficult to manage our time and be who | | | | flexible in our planning, and knowing what our priorities |
| we need to be to all people. We have to remember | | | | are, but making them happen when we can fit them |
| that we can't be everything to everyone at all times | | | | into our schedules rather than having a fixed schedule |
| though we sometimes try. If we remind ourselves of | | | | and trying to fit more and more in. |
| what each of our roles are and how they contribute to | | | | When we keep our priorities and life purpose in mind, |
| our purpose and priorities in life, and what gives us | | | | we must also act with integrity - do what we say we |
| meaning, then we may give ourselves a clearer picture | | | | are going to do, with the confidence to also be flexible |
| of what we need to do and when. Also, if we see | | | | in our planning. In the end we can evaluate how far we |
| these roles as not being totally separate from each | | | | have come, and determine whether or not we |
| other, but intertwined with our life purpose, then we | | | | reached our goals, and if not, why not. Reviewing our |
| won't feel as overwhelmed by all the roles we have to | | | | progress enables us to rework the plan that isn't |
| play. | | | | working into something more effective and productive. |