But what about me?

When our life changes our schedules can get thrown for a loop. Suddenly we find ourselves with more responsibilities, more choices, more wonderful and exciting things to do, but with no more time in which to do them. Our calendar fills up and we get overly busy.

Of course, something has to go. Unfortunately the first thing to go is usually us; the time we spend on our physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. It is way to easy to just skip our meditation this one time, which turns into two then three. It's convenient to skip the run today and gain the extra time in our busy life; and tomorrow it's even easier. Then we skip our prayer time 'just this once' because we just don't have time today, or the next day, or the next. Soon we aren't doing anything to take care of ourselves.

The dichotomy of this is that, at first, we have more time to finish all the things on our to-do list, but within a very short time we actually end up getting less done. We skipped these activities and ran ourselves dry so now we just don't have as much creativity or energy to complete the things on our to-do lists. More important is the fact that we won't be enjoying ourselves anymore either.

Instead of an exciting adventure, our journey becomes something to 'get through' so we can have time to breathe, relax and enjoy ourselves. We lose sight of why we are doing this and get totally caught up in the how and when. But if we can just continue to take care of ourselves we can stay balanced and enjoy the journey along the way. We will do better and get more done in less time, having more energy and a zest for life.

Action: Do something today that nourishes you physically, emotionally or spiritually. Repeat every day this week. You can do the same thing every day or something different, just be kind to the person who is responsible for your happiness.

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