It's a new year: a time for turning over new leaves, setting new goals...do-overs for adults! Welcome to my website and my blog. My work is about communicating the real messages you want to get across, finding work you love and creating a life full of fun, meaningful relationships and purpose.
I spent some time this holiday season on the phone long distance with some of my girlfriends that share a national project I'm working on. As they told me about all the household projects they were undertaking in the time between Christmas and New Year's, I found myself feeling frustrated that I had not accomplished anything I'd planned. Both friends firmly reminded me that I've been painfully ill the entire vacation (what a way to go!) and that expecting the same results as they had was truly unrealistic.
O.K., so I have spent the last month coughing so hard that I dislocated some ribs and felt like half a lung would come up with the next cough. What an "aha!" moment for me. We are sometimes so focused on getting the work done (whatever that may be) that we a) fail to take care of ourselves and b) are unrealistically hard on ourselves.
My challenge to you, (as well as myself) this year, is to be kinder to yourself. Do the best you can, and appreciate your best effort. Take time for you to take care of you. Remember: if you don't take care of you, nothing else matters. Here's to a happy, healthy and prosperous 2008!
