Is it just me or is there too little hours in a day? I live in a perpetual state of conflict because of the lack of time.When I’m at the office, I’m missing my son back home. When I’m with him, my mind keeps wandering to mental checklists. At nights I lay awake thinking about things still outstanding on my to-do list. In the morning, I dream of sweet sleep.
I wish I had more time for long, meaningful conversations with my husband, take Mom out for lunch, gossip with my BFF and finally get started on that first season of Glee.
I look at other composed Moms with two in tow and not a hair out of place and can’t help but wonder enviously, how does she do it?
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I won't delay my work.Make sure everything on time.Contact with family every weekend as we are far.Study life is pretty simple as I never delay my work.Life is simple if we think positively.Construct a timetable for daily life and follow it.With this,my time is use wisely.
i will do scheduler for a week in advance.
for my family i prefer to hang out for a hearty dinner to have a long chat like maybe 2-3 hours to understand what is each other doing.
at the same time for my social life, i like to have it at home for a pillow talks among the BFF. gossip about celebrity, beauty, mens & etc.
Plan, Focus and Relax. Planning is essential, it helps us to have an overview what is happening in our life. Plan our daily, weekly, monthly and yearly to-do list. Second, focus on one thing at a time and try to accomplish it well. Concentrate. Take a step at a time. When at home leave work burden behind. We need to balance our life. Third, relax when thing don’t go according to our plan or expectations. Take it easy, because all things in life are temporary. If going well, enjoy it, they will not last forever. If going wrong, don't worry, they can't last long either. Worrying does not take away tomorrows’ troubles, it takes away today’s peace. Be happy, appreciate the people we love and start enjoy our life.
Being a women isn't that easy, we have to strike a balance between family, work and life.
~Of course we all have a plan, I always try to go for the simple-to-tough approach by complete the easiest task first.Estimate the time for each task, make it flexible.
~Health is wealth, I walk 2 levels of stairs everyday when going to office to keep myself stay healthy. It's work & save time!
~Work Hard & Play Hard is my rule of life. So, do something that will make ourselves happy, I've start blogging to share my joy, attending make-up/skin care event to meet more friends. Yes I'm not alone because I have my social life.
~No matter what, Sunday must be my family day, we have 168 hours a week, there is no excuse we can't have 24 hr/week to spend with family.
Just implement the HER WORLD acronym
Help - Ensure you have help at home and at work
Enthusiastic - Be enthusiastic in everything you do so that you don't feel
the mundaneness in routines
Relationships - Relate well with many as its people that counts, and not the work that is tough in getting done!
Work well - Give your best always, in the most efficient and effective way
Organize – Organize, look into details & anticipate in advance as much as possible
Rest & relax - Rest sufficiently and well (it's not about sleeping many hours, but having quality sleep) - even 40 winks is good enough in between meetings to recharge the brain!
Lead - Do unto others what you want others to do unto you - lead by example.
Delegate - Delegate so you can give an opportunity to others to be empowered and developed, afterall you were once empowered by someone else giving you a chance!
Planning is of utmost importance. Plan to succeed. As the saying goes "He who fails to plan, plans to fail."
I follow this same principle to cope with the demands of family, work and life. I plan my weekend activities with my family and friends a few days in advance. In addition, I would also create an appointment as well as a reminder in my Blackberry.
At work, I would make a to-do list and never leave the office until I have accomplished all the task listed down for the day. That way, today's task will never spill over to tomorrow and create undue stress.
Remember, a good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow!
Family: rushing home from work every day, the most fun is the family dinner together. Talking and laughing in the atmosphere, enjoy the most pleasant dinner. Family for me is the most important in life. If no parents, no my existence. For the family to pay, I will ask them to family a year to go abroad on holiday to enjoy happy hour.
Work: Although busy, but I still just normal to their work. At work, make every effort to do their best work. No matter how busy, I still do not take the work home. Because the home belongs to a private !
Life: The Simple Life. The most important thing is very happy through the day. But also to the health care of. And do exercise and a healthy body.
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1. Close one eye. Dusty shelves? One eye can’t see the dust. Creeping weeds in the garden? What weeds? A little stain that won’t wash off from junior’s shirt? If it’s too unsightly, don’t wear the shirt out.
2. Pay others to do the work. I have never had a maid in my life but I do get help from the cleaning woman who comes in weekly and I send the clothes out for ironing.
3. Don’t sweat the small stuff. Why amend a document twenty times just to get a picture to fit into a little box in the corner, resulting in you leaving the office twenty minutes later and getting stuck in the jam for an hour.
4. Multi-task. Fold the laundry while watching TV. Check on the kids’ homework while catching up with Mum on the phone.
Most women fail to realize the importance of taking time off to rediscover themselves.
If possible, once a week, leave the kids with the babysitter, take a day off work and check yourself into a spa for top-to-toe pampering.
Come out feeling on top of the world, catch up with your girlfriends for a night out in town and of course, a bit of gossip never fails to take one's mind off their own life.
There must be balance with work and play and by taking time out, you will love yourself more and in turn, love life and the people around you.
Never let any external distractions affect your life with your family.
Take your time to relax yourself once in a while like retail or food therapy.
Chat with your love ones as frequent as possible no matter how small the topic could be.
And the most important part is never bring your work back home if it is impossible.
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I quit my previous demanding corporate job; thinking that starting my own business would enable me to spend more time with loved ones and live a more balanced lifestyle. I was wrong! Having a business is hard work. I devoted all my time and attention to my ‘baby’ coz failing wasn’t an option! It was physically and mentally exhausting; but slowly I conceptualized my own strategies to balance everything out. Instead of handling everything myself, I hired workers and learnt to delegate smartly. Training and keeping them motivated was unbelievably tough; but I’m now reaping the benefits with more quality time for myself and my family. Sure, profits thinned out with their additional salaries and I’m actually earning lesser than my previous job. However I’m now much happier and healthier; and finally able to get home every day on time to cook my hubby his favorite dishes!
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Is not easy to have family, work and life balance. With my new working environment, I'm able to have a balance well lifestyles. Working is a must for everyone in order to survive.I'll spare out at least half an hours to stimulate my minds by doing brain teasears or read self motivation books.One of the easiest time to spend time with family is dinner time. That's is the only time I can put aside the work and enjoy the most precious moment with my beloved family.
It all boils down to having the correct attitude and learn to PRIORITIZE. Women tend to set high expectation on themselves and people surrounding them. This makes our already hectic and demanding lifestyle even more depressing. With the right attitude and priortization on day in day out issues, we can focus on critical agenda that needs to be resolved immediately so it wont drag until the next day, which will eventually pilled up on your laundry list. Yes, we are the greatest multitasker in the world, but it just doesnt work everyday when you have to complete your presentation slides which is overdue and you are already 10 minutes late to get your butt out of of the office to pick up your kid from the nanny. We'll just have to prioritize everything in the first place. Thats the rule of thumb.
I used to get so engrossed in my work, that I forget the importance of a balanced life. Life then threw me a few curveballs, as though sending me hints that my life consists of more than just work. Each incident, I will try to make changes, but before long, I was back to my old ways.
However, when the last incident nearly caused me my life, it really woke me up. From then on, I made sure I had a balanced, healthy and happy life, time for my family and myself. I believe that as long as we are able to prioritize what is important, and have effective time management, everyone can have a balanced life. Always remember, do what makes you happy, money is not everything. Don’t wait till something happens before you realize the meaning of ‘happiness’, it may be too late.
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