In this hectic, faster than a speeding bullet lifestyle many of us are caught up in, it's easy to get distracted. There are days I have my thoughts interrupted every 10 minutes. When I was in my office job, I used to say to myself, what is wrong that you don't get more accomplished in a day. I have read books on organization, books on time management and then took a trip of self discovery. Now that is what gave me the real picture.
Picture if you will, sitting at the desk, engrossed in an important task and the phone rings, of course you answer it right?
You are typing a report while working home and have left your facebook page open. You hear a "ding" and you know someone is asking to "chat", you immediately see who it is right?
It's that rumble in your tummy, you look at the clock and it's about 9:30am, something is calling you to munch. So you become a hunter/gatherer and start checking your desk drawer for something close and handy, nothing...fumble for change for the machine, just some coffee, wish I packed a healthy snack. You have to get to the cafeteria and eat breakfast or you can't think right?
It's tax time and you feel the pressures of what that will do to your schedule. Several days focused on nothing but the annoying reminder that you didn't scan in those receipts again this year and where is that file in the computer that I put my details in? I hate taking so many days in a row off because one of my customers might want something. I could send them a letter to text me right?
The day is breezing by, the mood is actually high and things are falling into place today. I have time for a little exercise, I choose a walk. Get on the sneakers, 1/2 hour later, starving for a snack, find something and back to work. Oh no, I should be in a meeting right now, I'm late, rush rush rush...slide in late and unprepared. No water, no bathroom (10 minutes in feeling like your kidneys are floating) don't dare leave now right?
If any of these scenarios are something you can relate to, raise your hand:)
Making the best choices for our success in any given situation is something we need to learn to do. The only way to learn that is to look at what we do. Look at what you did yesterday. Did it go smoothly? Was there something that you wish would have been different? Did you get the most out of your 24 hours? Emotionally what were you like at the end of that day? Was that the way you wanted to feel?
Here is a fact. You can be in the drivers seat of your life. If you don't like to drive, then you may be in the passenger seat and whatever happens, happens. You can't steer from there. You feel powerless to control where you are going. Well, you have given the power to someone else. They are driving your life around. I took control of my own life the day I was willing to get behind the wheel and you can too. You can control more than you think you can. In each of the scenarios above someone else was driving. Read each one again but this time, with an outcome that would allow you to stay in the drivers seat!! Get set...GO!
I believe in you!
Sandra Bullard
P.S. If you liked this, share it with someone today. I would love to hear your comments too!!
You are typing a report while working home and have left your facebook page open. You hear a "ding" and you know someone is asking to "chat", you immediately see who it is right?
It's that rumble in your tummy, you look at the clock and it's about 9:30am, something is calling you to munch. So you become a hunter/gatherer and start checking your desk drawer for something close and handy, nothing...fumble for change for the machine, just some coffee, wish I packed a healthy snack. You have to get to the cafeteria and eat breakfast or you can't think right?
It's tax time and you feel the pressures of what that will do to your schedule. Several days focused on nothing but the annoying reminder that you didn't scan in those receipts again this year and where is that file in the computer that I put my details in? I hate taking so many days in a row off because one of my customers might want something. I could send them a letter to text me right?
The day is breezing by, the mood is actually high and things are falling into place today. I have time for a little exercise, I choose a walk. Get on the sneakers, 1/2 hour later, starving for a snack, find something and back to work. Oh no, I should be in a meeting right now, I'm late, rush rush rush...slide in late and unprepared. No water, no bathroom (10 minutes in feeling like your kidneys are floating) don't dare leave now right?
If any of these scenarios are something you can relate to, raise your hand:)
Making the best choices for our success in any given situation is something we need to learn to do. The only way to learn that is to look at what we do. Look at what you did yesterday. Did it go smoothly? Was there something that you wish would have been different? Did you get the most out of your 24 hours? Emotionally what were you like at the end of that day? Was that the way you wanted to feel?
Here is a fact. You can be in the drivers seat of your life. If you don't like to drive, then you may be in the passenger seat and whatever happens, happens. You can't steer from there. You feel powerless to control where you are going. Well, you have given the power to someone else. They are driving your life around. I took control of my own life the day I was willing to get behind the wheel and you can too. You can control more than you think you can. In each of the scenarios above someone else was driving. Read each one again but this time, with an outcome that would allow you to stay in the drivers seat!! Get set...GO!
I believe in you!
Sandra Bullard
P.S. If you liked this, share it with someone today. I would love to hear your comments too!!
