Friday, January 20, 2006
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Do you feel you're too busy to sit down in the evening? When your kids are around, do you feel you're unable to devote the time and attention to them that you would like to? What about at work, do you feel swamped and can't get things done? As you read over the list below, choose the ones that waste the most time for you and circle them. Then, think about ways that you can take back the time these things waste for you.
1. Attempting to do too much
2. Checking your email continually
3. Daydreaming
4. Disorganized - messy environment
5. Doing the same things over and over again
6. Doing too many things
7. Gossiping
8. Housework
9. Misplacing things
10. Not being able to say 'No'
11. Not letting anyone else help you do things
12. Not planning ahead
13. Not setting priorities
14. Over planning and over thinking
15. Perfectionism
16. Poor time management
17. Procrastinating
18. Reading junk mail and junk email
19. Reading unnecessary material
20. Shopping, shopping, shopping
21. Talking on the telephone to friends
22. Too many meetings
23. Too tired
24. Travel time to/from work
25. Watching too much television
This list is in no way exhaustive. Add some things of your own and get to work on eliminating your time wasters and enjoying life more.
*****Readers of this article may copy it without the copyright owner's permission, if the author and publisher are acknowledged in the copy and the copy is used for education, not-for-profit purposes.
About the Author
~ © Cathy Yanda, B.S., Sati, http://www.mykidstoo.com, 2005 ~ the single mother of a totally awesome son, currently lives in Ohio. She is the owner of a small company, a writer, an illustrator, a reviewer of books, and has worked with people infected and affected with HIV/AIDS for more than fifteen years.
1. Attempting to do too much
2. Checking your email continually
3. Daydreaming
4. Disorganized - messy environment
5. Doing the same things over and over again
6. Doing too many things
7. Gossiping
8. Housework
9. Misplacing things
10. Not being able to say 'No'
11. Not letting anyone else help you do things
12. Not planning ahead
13. Not setting priorities
14. Over planning and over thinking
15. Perfectionism
16. Poor time management
17. Procrastinating
18. Reading junk mail and junk email
19. Reading unnecessary material
20. Shopping, shopping, shopping
21. Talking on the telephone to friends
22. Too many meetings
23. Too tired
24. Travel time to/from work
25. Watching too much television
This list is in no way exhaustive. Add some things of your own and get to work on eliminating your time wasters and enjoying life more.
*****Readers of this article may copy it without the copyright owner's permission, if the author and publisher are acknowledged in the copy and the copy is used for education, not-for-profit purposes.
About the Author
~ © Cathy Yanda, B.S., Sati, http://www.mykidstoo.com, 2005 ~ the single mother of a totally awesome son, currently lives in Ohio. She is the owner of a small company, a writer, an illustrator, a reviewer of books, and has worked with people infected and affected with HIV/AIDS for more than fifteen years.
Monday, January 16, 2006
Title: Stop Using The Word Retirement
Author: Randy Gaulding
Article:
Retirement - What does this word mean to you?
If we look up the words retire, retired, retirement, in the
Webster's Dictionary, the meaning is: to withdraw, give up,
retreat, be hidden in seclusion, and to give up on one's
position.
Due to the bombardment of Social Security issues through the
national news media, just about everyone 45 and up, over the
last several months, has been thinking about retirement.
An unsettling statistic that I heard was that over 40% of baby
boomers will not have the income to sustain their retirement.
My experience with retirement and use of the word has been
through my parents who have retired and have been living out
their retirement in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas for the last
25 years. After a long 30 year career with a Fortune 50 company,
my dad was ready to give up his 8 to 5 position and settle into
retirement.
As a fifty-something year old, career-tossed man, I am unable to
say that the same is likely to happen for me. So what are my
choices? Is retirement merely about financial scarcity,
resignation and diminution of life?
The first wave of baby boomers will turn 60 in 2006. The
largest, most demanding, and most examined generation in history
is already facing up to a future that looks nothing like our
parents' second half of life. But if you think about it, neither
did the first half resemble their parents.
Since retirement age cannot or will not look or mean the same
for me as it did with my parents. I'm making the choice to
embrace the second wind I'm getting, in order for the next 30
years to be more exciting, more energetic and more inspiring
than the former years.
Thanks to the medical advances and information about health,
baby boomers can expect to live long lives. So it's no wonder
that many of us are looking for direction to make the extra
years integrated and meaningful.
Watch for a virtual explosion of classes, programs, books, and
discussions on innovative ways to celebrate life all the way
through. I personally do not want to withdraw, hide or even
retreat in my second half of my life. That begins with CHOICE.
I'm calling on an entire generation to join with me to choose to
stop using the word "retirement" and start using words like
"graduation" or "transition", "renaissance" or "fulfillment",
which better frame the concluding years. I propose that we not
define ourselves by limitation, but by our ability to make new
discoveries about ourselves and to renew our minds by saying
"I'm too young to retire!!!"
--------------------------------------------------
Randy Gaulding has been empowering retired professionals to
expand their future and develop their personal effectiveness.
WHY some people are discovering What's Next. FREE course.
"Rewire Don't Retire"
Click Now ==> www.career-builder-retirement.com/ecourse.htm
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Author: Randy Gaulding
Article:
Retirement - What does this word mean to you?
If we look up the words retire, retired, retirement, in the
Webster's Dictionary, the meaning is: to withdraw, give up,
retreat, be hidden in seclusion, and to give up on one's
position.
Due to the bombardment of Social Security issues through the
national news media, just about everyone 45 and up, over the
last several months, has been thinking about retirement.
An unsettling statistic that I heard was that over 40% of baby
boomers will not have the income to sustain their retirement.
My experience with retirement and use of the word has been
through my parents who have retired and have been living out
their retirement in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas for the last
25 years. After a long 30 year career with a Fortune 50 company,
my dad was ready to give up his 8 to 5 position and settle into
retirement.
As a fifty-something year old, career-tossed man, I am unable to
say that the same is likely to happen for me. So what are my
choices? Is retirement merely about financial scarcity,
resignation and diminution of life?
The first wave of baby boomers will turn 60 in 2006. The
largest, most demanding, and most examined generation in history
is already facing up to a future that looks nothing like our
parents' second half of life. But if you think about it, neither
did the first half resemble their parents.
Since retirement age cannot or will not look or mean the same
for me as it did with my parents. I'm making the choice to
embrace the second wind I'm getting, in order for the next 30
years to be more exciting, more energetic and more inspiring
than the former years.
Thanks to the medical advances and information about health,
baby boomers can expect to live long lives. So it's no wonder
that many of us are looking for direction to make the extra
years integrated and meaningful.
Watch for a virtual explosion of classes, programs, books, and
discussions on innovative ways to celebrate life all the way
through. I personally do not want to withdraw, hide or even
retreat in my second half of my life. That begins with CHOICE.
I'm calling on an entire generation to join with me to choose to
stop using the word "retirement" and start using words like
"graduation" or "transition", "renaissance" or "fulfillment",
which better frame the concluding years. I propose that we not
define ourselves by limitation, but by our ability to make new
discoveries about ourselves and to renew our minds by saying
"I'm too young to retire!!!"
--------------------------------------------------
Randy Gaulding has been empowering retired professionals to
expand their future and develop their personal effectiveness.
WHY some people are discovering What's Next. FREE course.
"Rewire Don't Retire"
Click Now ==> www.career-builder-retirement.com/ecourse.htm
** Attn Ezine editors / Site Owners ** Feel free to reprint
this article in its entirety in your ezine or on your site so
long as you leave all links in place, do not modify the content
and include our resource box as listed above.
If you need additional articles, check out my article archive
for fresh, new content you can use on your website or in your
ezine - FREE! http://www.coachingtexas.com
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