Empower Newsletter – January 2013
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Welcome to the January edition of the Empower Newsletter. I trust all of you had a wonderful time over the Christmas/New Year period, doing lots of things you love doing. Sometimes life can get so busy that we forget about taking some time for ourselves! What sort of things do you do for yourself and how often do you do them? |
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Did you know? |
‘there are side effects to not taking enough time for yourself’
What does ‘time to yourself’ mean? It doesn’t mean when you are in the car driving to and from work or when you are at work. In the context I am talking about, it’s about scheduled time doing nothing or something YOU really want to do. It’s about not being a daughter/son, mother/father, employee, sister/brother, etc. Whether it is taking up a hobby or an old past time like bike riding, meditating, taking a hot bath, exercising, chatting on the phone, hanging out with friends or playing video games it doesn’t matter. As long as it is something you want to do and it is all about you!
One of the side effects when people do not take enough time for themselves is time management issues. It sounds ironic really, not taking time for themselves is symptomatic of not being as time effective as they would like. So what are they doing instead?
More than likely they are procrastinating and/or getting side tracked from the task at hand. They are unconsciously craving some time out! Craving some time for themselves to do whatever they please. Have you ever found yourself scrolling the internet reading things that have nothing to do with the task at hand, and all of a sudden you notice an hour or two has past? What about spending time on something that is totally unrelated to what needs to be done? I am sure most of us have!
And this can be fine! It only becomes an issue if you want to be getting other things done! If getting side tracked continues and eventually stops you from achieving, and starts to affect other areas of your life, look at taking some scheduled time for yourself. This will recharge the batteries for you to focus on getting the task at hand done. And getting things done in a more focused manner will then allow you more time to allocate to yourself.
It’s a bit of a cycle, getting side tracked to unconsciously have some time out really stops you from doing what needs to be done. So if you do what needs to be done in the first place then you will be able to take time out to do exactly what you want to do!
Say ‘yes’ to you!
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Affirmation Corner |
‘I have the freedom to do as I choose with my time.’
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Events Schedule |
Chicks in the City
Wed 16/01/2013 at 6.30pm
The next gathering for Chicks in the City will be Wednesday 16 January 2013.
Chicks in the City usually meet the third Wednesday of the month from 6.30pm to 8.00pm at Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club, 117 Ryedale Road, West Ryde in the lounge area next to the Bristo.
Chicks in the City is a group for women to connect. Basically it’s all about hanging out with women, meeting new friends, socialising, finding like-minded women to chat to or even making long lasting friendships.
All women are welcome and it’s free.
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Something to Ponder |
Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.
~ H. Jackson Brown ~
If you want to make good use of your time, you’ve got to know what’s most important and then give it all you’ve got.
~ Lee lacocca ~
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Quote of the Month |
“Until you value yourself,
you will not value your time.
Until you value your time,
you will not do anything with it.”
~ M. Scott ~
Copyright Di Browne, Coach to Empower
Newsletters | Di | 
January 1, 2013 11:52 am
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