One of my problems is that my work takes up more than average person who works 8 hours a day. I double those hours so I had to dig a little deeper to see how I could rearrange my schedule to fit in time for what’s important to me. And, what is important to me?
- Spending quality time with The Lord in prayer and bible study.
- Spending time away from the business with hubby.
- Making time for friends.
- Crafting for fun.
- Daily re-charging my batteries so I can create new content.
- Taking adequate time off from work and all my responsibilities.
Making time for those things we deem important may mean rescheduling activities or cutting something out if you don’t have to do it. The saying that goes “we make room for the things we want to do” isn’t always the case. A lot of times we sacrifice ourselves for the needs of others around us (particularly us women do). It works for awhile but if we don’t take better case for ourselves, eventually we will break down.
In the end, it’s all up to us to make the choices we need in order to stay mentally and emotionally well. For further reading, I recommend these articles: