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Making
Time for Yourself
4 easy ways to actually make
it happen
 By
Jessica Smith
Certified Personal Trainer for PUSH.tv
Your
appointment book is overflowing, last weekend was jam
packed with errands and lessons, and you just forgot
your best friend’s birthday. Right now, the thought
of making time for yourself just makes you chuckle.
Life
may have you running on overdrive, but it really isn’t
that impossible to make time for yourself. And I’m
not talking about escaping to a spa retreat, or anything
dramatic like that. I’m talking about taking 60
minutes out of your busy day and dedicating it to you.
Not
only is it doable, it’s actually necessary in order
to maintain your health and sanity.
Try
these four easy ways to give yourself the gift of time:
- Stop
watching TV. Did you know the average person
spends up to 8 hours a day in front of a TV set or
a computer? I am not saying you have to give up watching Desperate
Housewives altogether, but try scaling back
a bit. Just for this week, write down how much time
you actually spend on a daily basis watching TV or
surfing the net. I’ll bet your figure will
surprise you.
- Get
up 15 minutes earlier. I know, getting up
in the morning is already a drag, but it’s
only fifteen minutes! While you won’t
miss that much sleep, a spare fifteen minutes can
make a world of difference at the end of the day
when you need it most. (Besides, if you can incorporate
tip #1, you might end up in bed earlier, so getting
up shouldn’t be quite so hard).
- Schedule
dates with yourself. I know it sounds cheesy,
but it works. Plug an hour or two a week just for
you into your Outlook calendar like you would any
other important meeting or appointment. Spend that
time doing something just for you – read a
book, take that new pottery class you have been meaning
to try, or just take a relaxing bath. If you just
can’t bring yourself to do that, then try booking
yourself an actual appointment, but make it something
just for you, like a massage or a mani/pedi.
- Organize
and streamline. You can be wasting up to
an hour a day with things like looking for lost car
keys, finding lost tax forms, etc. Put a mail organizer
on the table next to the front door for ingoing and
outgoing mail, mount a hook for your keys, rid your
closet of all the clothing items you don’t
absolutely love and you can save yourself precious
minutes in your daily routine that can add up to
hours of free time for yourself.
You
don’t have to overhaul your entire existence or
check into rehab to make time for yourself. Simple changes
in your daily routine can allow you to give yourself
some much needed TLC. Be selfish! Besides, the more you
give to yourself, the more you can give to others.
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