Busy People

Karoshi  http://barprofits.com/pages/newsletter/vol3-issue2/page04.htm

As someone that’s constantly on the move I can sympathize with people being busy. There’s always a meeting, an appointment, an obligation, an engagement, a function or a meet and greet. However, there comes a time in one’s life that you need to find a way to pencil in what’s important before it fades away.

I hate reading articles about work/life balance, so this won’t be one. They always sound like they’ve got it all figured out, and that the solution that they’ve created will fit someone else’s life. I won’t dare try to sell you on that. I will say, put fun on the schedule.

Even if you have to make up a meeting/appointment to justify denying an invitation. Give yourself a window of opportunity to fill with a last minute lunch with friends, a phone call to a relative that you don’t often get to see. I’m telling you because I know that if you don’t, the list of “have to” will never end. I have no idea how you prioritize what’s important, or which things to tell you to skip, I just know that in most cases, people will ask you “what works best for you” and it’s right there that we fail to have a plan that will actually work best for us, so we just fill-in the next available appointment.

I won’t be too preachy on this one, but do what you can to plan ahead something that you will thoroughly enjoy. You’ll notice an improvement on your outlook on everything else. Don’t just take my word for it. (Reading Rainbow Flashback)

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