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Article #35: New Year's Resolution - Why Not Resolve To Take Back Your Life?

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Year's Resolutions. Most of us make them; get the convenience of getting time back
few of us keep them for more than a few by delegating the grocery shopping and
months. New Year's resolutions range the post office runs. Hire a Personal
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Getting your life back means taking can also refer you to handypersons and
control of your life-Making deliberate cleaners!
choices about how you spend your time, so 3. Cut out what is not important! Make a
that you can have a balanced lifestyle. list of your schedule and put your tasks
If you often feel stressed or hurried, into two columns: essential tasks and
this may be a good sign that you need non-essential tasks. Make the resolution
some help with managing your lifestyle. A to take away all non-essential tasks so
balanced lifestyle means having the time that you can spend that time on other
to choose doing the things you enjoy, things.
rather than the things that you have to 4. Make time for you! You say, "I have no
do! You may want your family and friends time for me". Well, do whatever possible
time to come before the errands and the to change that. Spend one hour a week
cooking and the business project and the doing some sort of stress relief activity
driving, but you just don't know how to like reading, having a quite time of
balance it all. If so, here are some tips reflection or doing your hobby, even if
that are easy to stick to and will help it means waking up an hour early. It is
you get your life back. worth it for your peace-of-mind and
1. Learn to say No! One of your problems stress reduction is healthy. You will
may be the inability to say "No" to notice that adding this enjoyment to your
projects or things asked of you. Before life will change your mood and outlook.
you say "Yes" to any added task, say that 5. Get organized and clean! So many of us
you will need some time to think about spend so much time cleaning because we
it. This will allow you to make a list of let it pile up before our eyes. Instead,
pros and cons and see if you really have do damage control. Take 30 minutes each
the time for the task. If the list of day to clean as much as you can, or
cons outweighs the pros, give your "nay" organize as much as you can. Set a timer
assertively. You will free up your to help you out. You will notice that
invaluable time and the person asking being consistent in this will free up
will be grateful that you gave the task your time and make you feel better about
consideration. your surroundings.
2. Learn to delegate! Delegation of Take these tips and figure out how to
things to those living in your household take back your life. Fight for a balanced
is always an option. After all, they live lifestyle! Take the time to enjoy and do
there too! If things like errands or what matters most to you! It's a New
cleaning take up your valuable time, Year's Resolution that you CAN keep.
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