Learn to Say "No" and Set Boundaries to Increase Balance

Are you feeling overwhelmed?

Learn to say "no" once in a while!

Often the feeling of overwhelmed comes after saying "yes" to too many people, events, and activities requiring our personal time and attention.

If you're feeling overwhelmed, why not say "no, not this time, but please consider me in the future" as a response to enable you to clear some time off your schedule. If you're not getting the time to exercise, meditate, pray, or find other personal time, you're likely going to overwhelm yourself and hit a level of stress.

Boundaries are Useful to Maintain Balance

If you find people walk into your bedroom without knocking, maybe you need to put a lock on the door and a sign that simply states "Knock before entering." People get the message if you draw a boundary AND if you back it up by enforcing it.

Perhaps co-workers invade your office space without knocking or announcing themselves, you can tell them "You know, I'd like to discuss this. Why don't you schedule some time at 1:00 pm with me today?" This will enable co-workers to start respecting your time.

Are you giving yourself more than you can do?

We might want to blame others when we set the schedule ourself in the first place. If this is your situation, I recommend you stop blaming others and give yourself fewer activities. Almost every time I find myself overwhelmed, I gave myself a deadline that I didn't have to meet, or I demanded I do several things more than I could manage. Don't set yourself up to fail. This will cause stress and make you feel swamped. Instead, schedule in breaks, schedule in stress relief, and schedule one third the events or time slot. This will enable you to recover balance in your life.

Try these simple techniques and see if your life doesn't become more balanced, relaxed, and enjoyable.
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AspireNow Show Resumes September 30

This is just a quick memo that we'll have no AspireNow: Seriously Fun Self-Help Show this week. We'll resume our regular scheduling September 30th at 5PM PST.

In the meantime, why not dial in to our ARRiiVE Show (see: http://arriive.blogspot.com) this Wednesday at 2PM PST or listen to one of the archived AspireNow shows at http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/37792.
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Blessings For New Orleans

Yesterday, the hurricane named "Gustav" slammed into the Louisiana coast at a category 2. The water surrounding New Orleans rose to the top of the levies - then held.

A prayer for the safety of the recovering city of New Orleans was answered today.

In honor of that moment and also in honor of Labor Day, we are rescheduling our broadcast of the AspireNow show and will broadcast on Thursday, instead of Tuesday, this week.

Stay tuned and I'll announce more in the next day or so...

Scott Andrews, Founder
AspireNow.com
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