HERE'S THE PROBLEM

You want to spend your time on what matters – family, work, play, health, community. You want to balance health, well-being, and productivity.

You are incredibly busy, juggling a million balls. You’re responsible for family, work, and community commitments. There are more responsibilities than hours in a day. At the end of the day you collapse into bed exhausted, not sure you accomplished anything meaningful.

Because you are focused on multiple priorities, you feel perpetually behind, which leads to over-working and over-functioning. You neglect self-maintenance activities and are not in the present moment. The way you spend your time negatively impacts the purpose and meaning of your life. There is no balance between, work, family, and personal fulfillment.

There is a sense that the ‘right’ way to manage it all is by putting others first and always. It’s as if the way to live is by doing only those things that are “productive and revenue generating.”  If you do have a few minutes to yourself, you experience discomfort and confusion about what you should be doing.

You see a need for a different approach and method to managing it all. There are seminars, groups, and online training options that teach you success strategies. The idea of spending time on yourself can seem intellectually right, but the thought of another ‘to-do’ on your list feels overwhelming.  Your tanks are empty and need to be filled, yet figuring out how is too strenuous.

THE CONSEQUENCES

The consequences of living this way are significant. It leads to:

 OVER-WORKING

• because of constantly believing and feeling you are behind
• no buffer zone: time between appointments or transition from work to personal
• confusing busyness with productivity

OVER-FUNCTIONING

• doing for others what they can do for themselves
• over developed sense of responsibility
• constant sense of urgency: “It has to be done now and by me.”

 NEGLECTING SELF-MAINTENANCE ACTIONS

• sleep
• healthy eating
• regular exercise
• down time
• sick time
• play time
• journaling

NOT BEING PRESENT

• fixated on the regrets of the past or the wreckage of the future
• doing the same behaviors expecting different results
• believing the next moment is more important than this moment