Comments on: Six Steps to Sanity for the Time-Deprived http://moveyouforward.com/2010/01/six-steps-to-sanity-for-the-time-deprived/ The Blog for Momentum Advantage Career Services Fri, 25 Jun 2010 18:26:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/ hourly 1 By: Jenny http://moveyouforward.com/2010/01/six-steps-to-sanity-for-the-time-deprived/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Jenny Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:26:19 +0000 http://moveyouforward.com/?p=548#comment-29 I'm glad I've got everyone thinking about how much underwear they have! :-) Sarah, I love your laundry strategy. Might try that myself at some point- thanks! Lynn- The more you can prioritize, the better. Cause you can't do everything at the same time- nor do you need to! Amanda- I like the "drift" time idea. I think it feeds your right brained self, which probably helps you keep in balance. Have you read "A Whole New Mind"? There's a review of it somewhere on this blog. It's fantastic & I think you'd like it a lot. Jennifer- I personally LOVE stats. Esp. business stats. But I can see how your boyfriend could get bored. Maybe you should go out and do a caberet?? That'll spice up your life! I’m glad I’ve got everyone thinking about how much underwear they have! :-)
Sarah, I love your laundry strategy. Might try that myself at some point- thanks!

Lynn- The more you can prioritize, the better. Cause you can’t do everything at the same time- nor do you need to!

Amanda- I like the “drift” time idea. I think it feeds your right brained self, which probably helps you keep in balance. Have you read “A Whole New Mind”? There’s a review of it somewhere on this blog. It’s fantastic & I think you’d like it a lot.

Jennifer- I personally LOVE stats. Esp. business stats. But I can see how your boyfriend could get bored. Maybe you should go out and do a caberet?? That’ll spice up your life!

]]> By: Jennifer Hardaway http://moveyouforward.com/2010/01/six-steps-to-sanity-for-the-time-deprived/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Jennifer Hardaway Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:16:45 +0000 http://moveyouforward.com/?p=548#comment-28 Hi! I love this! I have SO much of a hard time finding balance and time to do everything, that I seem to get obsessed with my biz/career. My boyfriend said to me last night, "I am thrilled for your growth and I want to hear it, but you are just telling me statistics. I would rather hear feelings about your business. And I would like to talk about other things." That's what I heard, not his exact words. He is extremely supportive in my dream. But it made me think that I glom onto my business, and between being immersed in networking meetings where we talk about our businesses and running the day-to-day biz stuff, I haven't left a lot of room for my growth as a person and am boring him to tears. So balance is a hard one. I don't have kids, but I am treating my business and talking about my business as if I am an annoying new mother. "Here, look at this pic of my products, here, see what my business did today." I don't want to be that mother, otherwise I become one-note. Knowing this, perhaps I can start to focus on other things and bloom more as a person. On another note! My boyfriend and I have enough clothes and underwear to last us a month! Since we don't have a laundry facility where we live, I go once per month...Yay! Hi!

I love this! I have SO much of a hard time finding balance and time to do everything, that I seem to get obsessed with my biz/career. My boyfriend said to me last night, “I am thrilled for your growth and I want to hear it, but you are just telling me statistics. I would rather hear feelings about your business. And I would like to talk about other things.” That’s what I heard, not his exact words. He is extremely supportive in my dream.

But it made me think that I glom onto my business, and between being immersed in networking meetings where we talk about our businesses and running the day-to-day biz stuff, I haven’t left a lot of room for my growth as a person and am boring him to tears.

So balance is a hard one. I don’t have kids, but I am treating my business and talking about my business as if I am an annoying new mother. “Here, look at this pic of my products, here, see what my business did today.” I don’t want to be that mother, otherwise I become one-note. Knowing this, perhaps I can start to focus on other things and bloom more as a person.

On another note! My boyfriend and I have enough clothes and underwear to last us a month! Since we don’t have a laundry facility where we live, I go once per month…Yay!

]]> By: Amanda Crater http://moveyouforward.com/2010/01/six-steps-to-sanity-for-the-time-deprived/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Amanda Crater Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:51:52 +0000 http://moveyouforward.com/?p=548#comment-26 This is a fantastic post - well written, well organized, humorous and insightful. I really enjoyed it and am going to do the multiple blog posts at once strategy you suggested. I also find that being less structured can be helpful so that you do certain activities when you mostly feel like doing them. For example, I write down everything I need to get done for the week on sunday nights, then when it comes Monday "work time" (I work from home as a green PR consultant) I can choose from those items which ones appeals to me the most in that moment. Having unstructured "drift" time where I sit down and see what I'm drawn to doing from my list allows me to get in the zone for whatever task at hand. Of course there are deadlines, etc. that I must work around, but this strategy does work for me. Sounds like you are doing a lot - I hope you give yourself permission to rest!! Thanks for the inspiration. @AmandaCrater This is a fantastic post – well written, well organized, humorous and insightful. I really enjoyed it and am going to do the multiple blog posts at once strategy you suggested. I also find that being less structured can be helpful so that you do certain activities when you mostly feel like doing them. For example, I write down everything I need to get done for the week on sunday nights, then when it comes Monday “work time” (I work from home as a green PR consultant) I can choose from those items which ones appeals to me the most in that moment. Having unstructured “drift” time where I sit down and see what I’m drawn to doing from my list allows me to get in the zone for whatever task at hand. Of course there are deadlines, etc. that I must work around, but this strategy does work for me. Sounds like you are doing a lot – I hope you give yourself permission to rest!! Thanks for the inspiration.

@AmandaCrater

]]> By: Lynn Vogel Zaveski http://moveyouforward.com/2010/01/six-steps-to-sanity-for-the-time-deprived/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Lynn Vogel Zaveski Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:32:11 +0000 http://moveyouforward.com/?p=548#comment-25 Thanks so much for this timely post! I had a mini break-down yesterday as there just isn't enough time to get to everything I need to do/have on my plate. I moped around and felt sorry for myself for an hour or so and realized it's my fault. I need to be better at setting boundaries/priorities. What really scares me is if I am like this now what happens when I have kids later this year!!!! Great post - thanks! Lynn Thanks so much for this timely post! I had a mini break-down yesterday as there just isn’t enough time to get to everything I need to do/have on my plate. I moped around and felt sorry for myself for an hour or so and realized it’s my fault. I need to be better at setting boundaries/priorities. What really scares me is if I am like this now what happens when I have kids later this year!!!!

Great post – thanks!

Lynn

]]> By: Sarah Auerswald http://moveyouforward.com/2010/01/six-steps-to-sanity-for-the-time-deprived/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Sarah Auerswald Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:33:34 +0000 http://moveyouforward.com/?p=548#comment-24 I am, in fact, calculating just how many pairs of undies my whole family would need in order not to do laundry every week. Crazy. (We do laundry every other day.) But my time saver is I just never fold anything anymore. Need something -- it's in the clean pile. I am, in fact, calculating just how many pairs of undies my whole family would need in order not to do laundry every week. Crazy. (We do laundry every other day.) But my time saver is I just never fold anything anymore. Need something — it’s in the clean pile.

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