STOP living busy START living fully
January 2013
Busy professionals
juggle and struggle with doing and being everything…our lives have become too
busy. We have coached many successful
people on how to move from living busy lives to living more fulfilling lives
and achieving their full potential.
Many of our
clients are grappling with increased responsibilities, global roles and time
zones, balancing family and work, keeping healthy, keeping wise and feeling
fulfilled. We of course do not have a magic bullet, even though it wouldn’t be
a bad R&D opportunity…we do though have a new Well-being Check-up App to
increase awareness and focus in this area.
On New
Year’s Eve, in between drinks, great food and a lot of laughs a number of my
friends lamented their current life balance experiences. There were common themes - busy lives,
feeling tired and not feeling on top of the day to day. On my reflections for
2012 I felt the structure and routine I had put into my life to be extremely efficient
and effective and tiring all at the same time.
There were many weeks where I would feel I have given my best to my
clients, business and there was little left for my daughter, husband and my dog,
let alone myself. On reflecting on my
own well-being over the last 4 weeks of holidays I remembered I could choose to
reset my focus and consciously work on my own well-being. Yes, practicing what I preach does come to
mind…
I have a few
busy addiction confessions:
-
I
like being busy it stops that chatter in my mind (my ego loves creating noise)
-
I
was
conditioned to work hard and long and put work above all else
-
My
identity is strongly linked to achieving and doing not necessarily thinking or
being
I am not asking for forgiveness I am just acknowledging these
are some of the reasons I have put my own well-being on the back burner. Another assumption I have is the importance
of credibility and being a good role model. So rather than set some goals and
plans we developed an iPad Well-being Check- up App.
The Well-being Check-up helps people stop, pause and reflect
on their life balance. The well-being
wheel has 10 dimensions; these 10 dimensions are not exhaustive, but are a good
place to start. The check-up gives you a
baseline against the 10 dimensions. The
dimensions include Work, Health, Mind, Adventure and Money.
The personal changes I have
experienced from focusing on my own well-being so far include giving myself
permission to having a well-being day, zip lining 20 metres above the ground in
a rain forest, becoming an Apple App developer, increased health and vitality and more quality
times with my family.
If you are curious about your own
well-being and finding out your scores on the well-being wheel our App is being
released on January 29th. Let
us know if you would like us to send you link to the app once it is released.
Make sure 2013 brings lots of opportunities to live fully.
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