Time Management: Scheduling

Time Management: Scheduling

You have taken time to decide on your goals and to list the tasks under the goals. Now it is time to schedule your days. Why is a schedule important? Without a schedule our brains will take over. Other things will pop up and it will be easy to drift off to things that...
Time Management: Priorities

Time Management: Priorities

Time is the biggest issue people seem to have. We tend to feel that there is never enough time in a day, a week or a year. But is that really true? I think we are so used to not having enough time, we use it as an excuse to not get things done. If we take time to...
Time Management: Awareness

Time Management: Awareness

Time management is something many people struggle with. There is only a certain amount of time in a day. How can we fit it all in? Most people have a schedule if they work full time. I have mainly been a freelance worker my whole career. I am used to working hard and...
Sharing your boundaries

Sharing your boundaries

You have set your boundaries. Now it is time to share them with others. When do you do this? How do you tell others so they will honor them? When I have a theme for a month, I think about it and learn all I can. Boundaries are on my mind. I recently got a new kitten....
Barriers to setting boundaries:

Barriers to setting boundaries:

Boundaries are about you and are a guide for how you want others to treat you. Boundaries can be hard for people to set.  Let’s look at some of the barriers to setting boundaries. What is stopping people from setting boundaries? First, we were never taught to set...
Boundaries: Two types

Boundaries: Two types

Let’s look at two types of boundaries. Physical and emotional. Physical boundaries are just that. Your body and your space. Everyone needs different things in their lives. Defining those things are your boundaries. Hugging or no hugging? I grew up with very little...
Intention: 5 year vision

Intention: 5 year vision

I wrote my first vision statement when I took my first coaching class. It was an interesting way of looking at my life. I hadn’t looked at it like this in the past. I never had much direction in my life. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do even when I was in college. I...
Intention: Time

Intention: Time

Time management can be difficult. There are times I am so good at it. I plan my week’s goals on Sunday. Each day has a to-do list and I get it all done. Those weeks are so much fun. I feel productive and happy when the week is finished. Then there are the weeks where...
Intention: Who are you?

Intention: Who are you?

Taking time to think about who I was and what I wanted is not something I did as a kid. When I was asked what I was doing after high school I knew the answer was college. That was all I knew. My parents went through a divorce when I was in high school. There was a lot...