From the monthly archives:

January 2010

I have to admit really sliding on self care by the end of last week and of course feeling stressed and exhausted. There was a huge backlog of emails and work waiting upon return from the holidays, so I kept pushing myself to work just a little bit longer – then a little bit more. [...]

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Wednesday, January 6 (goof off time)
Although still at the computer, I stopped working and spent some time on Facebook with my family during lunch today. Baby steps.
Thursday, January 7 (happiness)
Started reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. Laughed out loud at the opening line of her Getting Started chapter: “I’d always vaguely expected to outgrow [...]

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Tuesday, January 5
You know those days – start working too early and end too late, wolf down dinner and go straight to class or some other commitment. (Looking sheepish now ’cause I know better.)
My head finally hits the pillow and it occurs to me that I did nothing just for myself that day. So I [...]

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We’ve all heard that “if you don’t take care of yourself, you can’t take care of anyone else.” Yet most of us ignore this bit of wisdom until we smack right into its truth. We’re so busy doing, doing, doing for our families, bosses, businesses and causes that we literally wear ourselves out. Then we [...]

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