Finding Calm in Chaos: Try These 7 Simple Strategies Today
Try these 7 strategies to practice the essential life skill of staying calm in chaos. As a working mom and career woman, I use one or more of these daily!
Can you afford not to fill your tank today?
The gas gauge flashed. 9 miles to empty. 9 miles to empty?! How did that happen? Wasn’t it just 35 miles? Oh, right. That had been three days ago, and I had repeatedly put off filling the tank. I recently returned from a business trip, and had been late to one thing after another since…
How hard is it for you to say no?
I am really good at saying yes. I’m learning how to say no. There are so many interesting and fun things out there to do – not to mention all the things that I feel obligated to do – that I end up saying yes to more than I have hours in the day for. This…
Do you really need to do that?
One of the biggest time drains out there is doing things that don’t actually need to be done. We all have a tendency to overcomplicate – both in our personal lives and our professional lives. Similar to prioritizing your Daily Six, identifying what doesn’t actually need to be done can save boatloads of time. Do you…
Embracing partial solutions
I am the queen of not doing something if I don’t think I can excel or finish well. This includes a broad spectrum of activities: high school calculus (yes, really), exercising, reading a good book, having friends over, work and business ventures, and activities with my husband and boys. This simple, rather obvious concept –…