Monday, October 10, 2011
Continuous Renewal #6
This chapter couldn't have come at a better time. At this point in my life I am trying to incorporate balance in my life. I know many of us have our plates very full with finishing up our master's, credential, teaching, coaching, being a mom/dad, wife/husband, etc. As I read this chapter I started to reflect on what I should change about myself to help find this balance. I remember a service I went to that talked about two people. The first person always took on everything that people would ask of him. He was doing so much that he ended up not finishing all the things that was asked of him and had not done some of the things to his best ability. The second guy did not take on everything and knew how and when to say "no". However, he was able to finish what he had agreed to do and had time to go ahead and help out with what he first had said no to. I think that finding balance in your life also has to do with learning how to only take on what you can physically and emotionally handle.
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It does seem that finding balance is an issue for everyone! Sometimes it is beneficial, to both ourselves and others, to say "no." If I can't give a task 100% then I'd rather not do it. Good luck finding balance!
ReplyDeleteI agree with your last statement. In order to have balance we need to know what we can take on both physically and emotionally.
ReplyDeleteBalance in our lives is always hard to achieve. In fact, today at work we heard a message on finding balance between home and work. One suggestion was work less, cross something off the list--but I can't think of anything that can be crossed off right now. This is something that I know I will have to work on.
ReplyDeleteGreat insights and interesting observations. Thanks for working in this new way.
ReplyDeleteI didn't see your reflection on the past weekend?
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