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Ideas, insights and inspiration for busy people on the go Friday, October 21, 2005 |
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Okay, you guessed it! I was over at my brother’s house more times this week than I’ve been in the past six months!
My kids happily helped load bags of hand-me-downs into my mini-van. We have stuff that the kids wouldn’t let me give away to anyone else because “ooh, this is too cute” and “no, that is too cute”.
So I have quite a collection. Now they’re telling me it’s okay to give “all this cute stuff to our new cousin”. I’m only too happy to oblige, thought I’d never hear them say it.
Yes, my little new nephew is certainly drawing the crowds. It’s amazing how he seems to take to all this attention as if he’d been a celebrity all his life! Kids all over him. Adults going coo. Cameras clicking. Yeah, it sure must feel good!
As one of our readers, Linda Offenheiser said it so well in her email to me, “A new baby is always so exciting! I can imagine how awed your kids are! New life is pretty awesome to adults too.”
I’ll be hanging out at my brother’s again this weekend. I guess the kids will never get bored playing with the baby. Think I might sneak out to the mall when they’re not looking (LOL).
Hope you have a great weekend too. Thanks for sticking around. Love having you on my list. Catch you back here next week
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P.S. Lots of interesting new stuff in our i-Box this week including that beauty article I promised. Be sure to check it out.
Modern Living Take Time to Create a Life Balance Sheet for Success by Joy Fisher-Sykes It’s important from time to time that we sit down and honestly assess our lives. Doing so allows us to make an honest determination about where we are now and where we want to be in the future. When we’re assessing our finances, we prepare a financial balance sheet. On it we list our debits and credits so that we can determine our bottom line. What if you wanted to determine the state of the life you lead? How is it, or is it not, serving you? The answer is simple – prepare a Life Balance Sheet. Much like a financial balance sheet, list all of your lifestyle debits (choices that detract from balance) such as the following: Maintaining relationships that drain you Constantly whining, griping, or complaining Inability to say no Always expecting the worse Being ungrateful Unwilling to listen effectively Forgetting to mind your manners Taking others for granted Next list your credits – ways you live your life that support and honor you. Anything positive you count as a credit – no action is too big or too small. Below are a few credits that add to your life’s bottom line. 1. Smile – not just at people you know, but especially at those you don’t 2. Give to others without expecting anything in return 3. Do one thing outside of your comfort zone that improves the quality of your life 4. Allow someone to merge into traffic – even if they didn’t wait their turn 5. Compliment a salesperson/clerk on a job well done 6. Use the good crystal and china other than for a holiday 7. Be honest about what you need to be happy 8. Read to a child 9. Dance to your favorite music 10. Place your neighbors’ newspaper right outside their door 11. Call someone just to say “hello” and to see how they are doing 12. Buy a co-worker a cup of coffee or ice cream cone 13. Walk barefoot in the grass 14. Tell someone “I love you” 15. Learn one new thing every week 16. Every day acknowledge at least one thing in life for which you are grateful At least once a month, create a Life Balance Sheet. Take a look at your Life Balance Sheet at least once a day. This will empower you, at a glance, to realize how wonderful life can be and allow you to make lifestyle adjustments as necessary. Remember, a great life is yours to create. Go create a fabulous life! ----- About the author: Joy Fisher-Sykes is a professional speaker, author, and success coach in the areas of leadership, motivation, stress management, customer service, and team building. You can e-mail her at mailto:jfsykes@thesykesgrp.com, or call her at (757) 427-7032. Go to her web site, http://www.thesykesgrp.com, and signup for the newsletter, OnPoint, and receive the free ebook, "Empowerment and Stress Secrets for the Busy Professional."
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Offpeak Hours Quality of Life by Peter Jay A new hobby can improve your quality of life. Think of it. A hobby is a recreational or leisure activity outside of you career or work place. It is something YOU are interested in, some YOU want to pursue. Would it not improve your quality of life to do the things that you enjoy? You should not be selfish in pursuing what you want, what you want can actually benefit others around you as well. You can think of activities to which you can invite others to come along. You can find activities and hobbies that not only improve your own quality of life, but others as well. People need a purpose in life, a reason to do things. I am not saying that hobbies are the ultimate purpose for living, but I think that people should be happy and if they pursue hobbies that they enjoy, it can improve their lives and the lives of others. I think wholesome leisurely and recreational activities with family and friends are very important to having a good quality of life. It improves relationships, by providing good experiences together, it also just gives people the opportunity to get out and do something that they enjoy. It gives them the opportunity to feel like they have accomplished something and done something constructive. I heard once that happiness is the culmination of small successes. Is the quality of life not improved by small success, whether it be success in your career, success raising your family, success improving your life in some, or success in mastering some hobby or other interest that you have? A hobby or new interest can be something that you can quickly and easily master, or at least just enjoy learning to do it. It can give you a feeling of accomplishment, which will inspire and encourage you or others. One specific hobby that can increase your quality of life is music. Music is relaxing. Different music can stimulate different reactions of thought processes. They even have university undergraduate, masters, and doctorate degrees in music therapy. Learning to play a musical instrument or just listening and getting to know good music can be a way for you to improve your quality of life. It can be a hobby that is leisurely, relaxing, and can be a means for you or others to feel like they have accomplished something that makes a difference. If you can play a musical instrument, think of the good you can have in others’ lives. Musicians are often the life of the party. It seems everywhere I go, if someone can play the guitar, by the end of the night they will be entertaining everyone with their musical talent. The same goes for the piano or many other musical instruments. I myself played the trumpet for seven years, I also taught myself to play the guitar. I taught myself to play the piano a little bit, but I am not as good at it yet as I am at the guitar and the trumpet. Many hobbies can improve your physical health and stamina as well. Would it not be great to have a hobby, something you enjoy, that also keeps you physically fit? Many people play sports or participate in athletic events as hobbies to keep in shape. One of my favorites is to play tennis. I actually have never taken a class or learned to play tennis, I just taught myself and as I began playing I gradually got better. Now it is something I can do as leisure activity outside of work that will keep me in shape as well. Another hobby I just started is running. I ran the marathon over the weekend, I still cannot walk well, my feet and legs hurt, but I am sure I will get better. The pain will go away, but now I will be a marathoner forever. Find your hobby at the online hobby store and more. ----- About the author: Peter Jay is the Owner/President and CEO of Variety Access – Your online hobby store and more. For more information about hobbies, hobby products, or Variety Access, go to VarietyAccess.com.
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