For the majority of the population Friday's mean that they have reached the end of the work week. However, how many individuals leave work physically only to think about work for the next 48 hours? Doing so takes a toll on the body. In fact, most aspects of you life will be affected by your work if you don't have the ability to separate work from personal time.
Each of us will use different methods to leave work at the door when leaving the office or checking out for the day. If you don't have something that you use to provide this separation, then you need to find something quick before you become ineffective at work! It sounds simple, but having a hobby (any hobby) will provide you relief from the daily reminders of work. Simple activities such as reading, yard work, gardening, painting, exercise, or even people watching at the mall will provide you a great deal of benefits in your life.
How many of us can truly say that once we leave the office for the day we can truly turn it off? Not many, but with some hobbies that we look forward to each and every day it will definitely help provide some sanity in the daily world we live in. Find your hobby today. In fact, you can probably search for "hobbies" on the internet and you will have a list longer than you have time to read in the 48 hours each of us have every week to live our lives.
Choose a hobby today to begin living. You won't regret it and your work will actually improve. Finding any outlet to express yourself and actually begin living is one part of finding your work life balance. Start today since tomorrow is no longer here.
Until next time...
Friday, May 7, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Weekends
Every once in a while its good to find a place to explore your deep down "red-neck" being. My "red-neck" being is found in a little cabin in the middle of 80 acres that usually consist of off road vehicles, guns, beer, and great food. The food usually keeps on giving long after the "red-neck" fun has ended since eating more than 10lbs of semi-mooing red meat in a 48 hour period spells GI trauma!
Below is a snapshot that illustrates the type of fun that is had by my fellow "red-neck" brethren. Please notice the proper safety equipment that all red-necks must where.
Alright - I had to remove the picture since it took too long to load. People were getting annoyed with the delay. I'll have to reduce the resolution for faster loading.
Until next time...
Below is a snapshot that illustrates the type of fun that is had by my fellow "red-neck" brethren. Please notice the proper safety equipment that all red-necks must where.
Alright - I had to remove the picture since it took too long to load. People were getting annoyed with the delay. I'll have to reduce the resolution for faster loading.
Until next time...
Monday, May 3, 2010
Right of Spring
This time of year is special. Spring is among us and America's past time is alive and well for little leaguers all over the country. In my part of the woods, this leads to coaching boys to throw, field, and hit a baseball. This will be my 4th year coaching and each year I learn something new from the players I coach.
First off, kids can be so intuitive that they almost know the next baseball drill before I even say it. They also have grown a great deal from 4 years ago. I have coached several of these boys for the past 4 years and they have improved to the point of throwing faster, more accurate, and hitting the ball further. They have better presence on the field and understand the mechanics of routine plays. What I don't understand is what I have learned in those same four years.
Have you ever thought about what you learned yesterday? How about the last four years? Hopefully, something has changed in the last four years of your life. Just think if as we age we don't learn new things. What if we went day after day and never learned any thing new? Would our lives be boring? You bet.
That's why I challenge each of you to do something new. Why wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow may never come or you may end up pushing tomorrow out too far that you won't allow it to come. You may be asking, what does this person do that is new. For me, I simply challenge myself to participate in different triathlons. That goal pushes me to do different things throughout the year that I wouldn't have done otherwise such as swimming in a lake when the water temp hovers around 55 degrees (cold with lots of shrinkage). I've also participated in a very cold wet running event held in December that has you running through swamps and with "bulls" literally (very shocking only I was too tired to go any faster)!
Yep, its time to try something new so in a few years you will look back and think about how much you have grown.
Remember the best part of life is a work life balance. Start yours today!
First off, kids can be so intuitive that they almost know the next baseball drill before I even say it. They also have grown a great deal from 4 years ago. I have coached several of these boys for the past 4 years and they have improved to the point of throwing faster, more accurate, and hitting the ball further. They have better presence on the field and understand the mechanics of routine plays. What I don't understand is what I have learned in those same four years.
Have you ever thought about what you learned yesterday? How about the last four years? Hopefully, something has changed in the last four years of your life. Just think if as we age we don't learn new things. What if we went day after day and never learned any thing new? Would our lives be boring? You bet.
That's why I challenge each of you to do something new. Why wait until tomorrow. Tomorrow may never come or you may end up pushing tomorrow out too far that you won't allow it to come. You may be asking, what does this person do that is new. For me, I simply challenge myself to participate in different triathlons. That goal pushes me to do different things throughout the year that I wouldn't have done otherwise such as swimming in a lake when the water temp hovers around 55 degrees (cold with lots of shrinkage). I've also participated in a very cold wet running event held in December that has you running through swamps and with "bulls" literally (very shocking only I was too tired to go any faster)!
Yep, its time to try something new so in a few years you will look back and think about how much you have grown.
Remember the best part of life is a work life balance. Start yours today!
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