As busy working women, we often
fill simultaneous roles as mothers, caregivers, students, and volunteers as
well as working women. Over the years, we have received and shared helpful tips
with each other, our clients and our volunteers about ways that we can be our
best. As we start a new year, we would like to share these with you. If you
have tips you have found helpful, we invite you to share them with us and
others through our
Facebook page.
Happy New Year!
- Set aside time each day to be by yourself. Use
this time (even if it is only 10–15 minutes) to think about or do something you
enjoy. Engaging in such activities on a regular basis can promote positive
energy and help you prevent or cope with stress when it arises.
- Remember that you are responsible for your own
happiness. Look for the good in all things and remember: Happiness is about the
total journey, not just the destination.
- Enrich your knowledge and your life by asking
many questions and listening carefully to the ideas and thoughts of others. You
are not learning anything new when you are talking.
- Carry your light with you wherever you go. In
stressful times, visualize a favorite place that is peaceful and beautiful, or
think about a cherished memory.
- Expect that you will get what you need and want;
expect that you will be successful. Visualize what you want or where you want
to be or what you want to achieve, and never lose sight of that vision until it
becomes reality! You usually get what
you expect.
- Everyone has a bad day. These “bumps” are better
met as challenges rather than as obstacles.
- NEVER say “I can’t.” Instead, ask “HOW” you can make it happen.
- Believe in yourself. Make a decision and move
on.
- Exercise and meditation will give you the energy
you need to accomplish more.
- Leave
your emotional baggage at the door. It can be counterproductive to your work
and the work of others.
- Don’t
sweat the small stuff. Ask yourself, “How important will this be in a week or a
month?”
- Trying
something new or doing something in a different way can be refreshing and can
lead to creativity in various aspects of our lives. For example, drive a
different route to work, prepare a chicken dinner in a new way, get a new
haircut or style, learn a new sport or develop a new hobby.
