In the past weeks in both this and my Sippy Cups to Separation column I have been talking about finding balance in life. This week I want to talk about practical ways to actually achieve this. Having a goal is always a good idea, but just simply stating the goal "I want to have balance between all areas in my life" will get you no where. If you're anything like me you'll just end up back in front of your computer for hours on end, because you know that you have all sorts of work/play/etc on there that needs to be done--and you're so overwhelmed with everything else that you're not really sure where to even start. I mentioned that you should write down your priority list and how this should translate into your life. That is a great place to start. Once you have that in place you need to break it down further by deciding how that will look on a day to day basis in your life. This year I decided that I have so many things on my plate that I needed to schedule out each waking moment of … [Read more...]
Looking to the Proverbs 31 Woman
In my latest Faith and Business 101 column I talked about my search for balance this year and the things I'm doing to help find it in my life. The thing about seeking balance and straightening out priorities is that it affects all areas of my life-not just the part where I'm a work at home mom. As I was thinking about my various goals for this year it struck me that I had unintentionally mirrored the Proverbs 31 woman. Here are my goals (in no particular order) and the verse that I found goes hand in hand with them! Get up earlier to get more done -- She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. vs 15 Set aside dedicated times for working from home -- She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. vs 16 Make sure that Hubby is my #1 priority outside of God -- The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and … [Read more...]
Faith and Business 101: New Years Checklist
Although I have ever since given up the infamous "New Years Resolution" I have found that the New Year is a wonderful time to set up goals. These are different than resolutions because a goal is something that you will continually try to work towards, something that it's OK to "fall off the bandwagon" for and something to look back and reflect upon when the year ends. I encourage you to take the days after Christmas and before the first day of the new year and write down 3 business related goals for this year. Be sure to write these down somewhere--whether it be a journal, sticky note, or blog post. Writing them down will help to solidify them to you. Either place them somewhere you will see them often, or somewhere like a blog post where you can pull them back up easily and have others to hold you accountable. The first goal make something that you can start immediately, such as "work for 1 dedicated hour 3 times a week". As you begin something small and achievable you will get … [Read more...]
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