Energy and Life Balance

H ave you ever felt like you’re being pulled in a hundred different directions all at once?  You women out there may be asking, isn’t that just the way life is?  Do you like to call this dispersion of energy “multi-tasking?”  Well, I’m going to pop some of your bubbles (especially the ladies out there)!  Multi-tasking is great for doing a lot of things without a lot of consciousness.  And recent studies of “multi-tasking” have shown it to be much less effective than focusing on one thing at a time.  Okay, I may have lost some of you now because you’re saying, well that’s how I am or that’s how I function…but hear me out (sistas especially…the gentlemen have got this one pretty much down)!  What I’m about to say will make you feel less stressed thus decrease illness and boost your immune system and maybe even increase your overall quality of life, especially during this busy time of year!

H ere it is…BLOCK YOUR TIME!  Before you begin your week go through each day and decide what you will choose to be present to and BLOCK IT! The secret then is to HONOR YOUR OWN CHOICES!  If you block 4pm-6pm for dinner/family time then don’t check your email while the pasta is boiling!  I know we all CAN do this, but it doesn’t mean it is to our highest benefit.  If you’ve set this time aside for family and dinner…BE PRESENT to your choice!  Listen to your kids chatter in the back seat on the way home from practice instead of finishing up that last business call.  Make dinner a time to reinvigorate the senses (which will serve in other areas of your life as well J).  Listen to the water boil, enjoy the aroma of the sauce (even if it’s straight from the jar)…can you pick out the  scent of onion and garlic.  Sit down and, now I know this might sound crazy, TASTE and CHEW your food!  Enjoy the face time with your roommate, spouse, friends , kids  or yourself! J   BE PRESENT to what is in front of you…after all YOU chose it! 

Block the your time the way you would like to spend it!  Go for the ideal!  Yes,  life will happen sometimes?  Of course! But try to honor how and with what or whom you’d like to spend you’re time with.  Be completely present with your choice, mind, body and spirit!  See how you FEEL?  You may actually get more done and be happier and healthier doing it!  J