Taking Advantage of the MINUTES
How can you take advantage of your minutes without being
controlled by the clock? Time management, or life
management, is not about saving seconds and minutes
cleaning the bathrooms and the kitchen faster. I believe
that mind-set only makes you more anxious because you are
trying to beat the clock. That will never happen. Rather,
what can you do when you have one, five, ten, twenty
minutes open between appointments, waiting for a child to
get into the car, or consciously taking the five or ten
minutes to do the following:
Do You Have One Minute?
* Read a favorite, uplifting quote everyday.
* Close your eyes and connect with your inner spirit, power
of purpose, focus, health, love, and creativity.
* Have an imaginary jump rope at your desk and jump rope,
starting with one foot, then two feet and then the other
foot and repeat for the whole minute. This is a great way
to build up strong bones and gets your blood circulated and
oxygen to the brain for better concentration and focus.
* Say daily Positive Mantas, including one for mind, one
for body, and one for your spirit.
* Think positive, loving thoughts and send them out to the
universe. It will help you de-stress and get centered.
* Shut your eyes and breathe deeply for one whole minute.
* Fill a glass of water and drink it.
Do you have Five Minutes?
* Read a few pages of an inspiring book or prayer or
mediation.
* Stretch legs, arms, shoulders, neck, hands, and take deep
breaths.
* Look at your calendar and get familiar with your day and
schedule - perhaps you need to reschedule so that you
alleviate unnecessary stress.
* Return a call (keep it to five minutes.)
* Make a call to a loved one and say "I love you" (keep it
to five minutes.)
* Take your vitamins.
* Do kegel exercises, squats, and lunges while talking on
the phone.
* Clean up email and delete spam.
* Call you significant other and say, "I love you - I was
thinking of you."
* Call one of your children after school to say the same
thing. Those few minutes go a long way in establishing and
reaffirming a loving bond between you and your child.
* Do sit ups for five minutes
* Write a "thank you" card and mail it.
* Make yourself a veggie juice. This is the recipe I use,
but you can modify it if you wish (take five minutes to
make and clean up):
In a juicer, juice
o Three organic carrots
o One stalk organic celery
o Large handful of fresh organic spinach
o One organic gala apple
It's delicious and helps you towards reaching the nine
fruits/veggies a day goal that the Cancer Society
recommends.
If working women use these time management tips, they will
be re-invigorated in mind and spirit and the body will
follow suite.
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