"You're not a hamster and your life is not a wheel."

Many of my clients today are encountering this issue — they feel their lives are being controlled by outside forces.

GET OFF THE WHEEL!

What do I mean by that? People are being driven by their 'shoulds' — They can't say NO. 

• They overschedule. Themselves. Their children. 
• They overvolunteer.
• They over-socialize.
• They overpromise. 
• They over-work.

And guess what happens? It blows up in their face.

They get exhausted, angry, frustrated, stressed-out, sick and then they collapse. What part of this is fun or productive?

My solution: GET OFF THE WHEEL! 

• Simplify your life. Cut out at least one thing from your schedule.
• Every time you book something, stop & ask yourself, do I want or need to do this?
• Resign from one volunteer position.
• Stay home and order a pizza and rent a movie.
• Have a "don't drive the car weekend."

If you just take one of these simple suggestions I promise you'll feel

SO MUCH BETTER!

Comments

[Elena mcCoy]

This is great advice! I do it all the time. Try to get it all in! I'm going to let things go one day next week and just enjoy my baby!

[Rich Gee]

Margo - You are so spot on. Get off the WHEEL! - Rich

[George Weber]

Thanks for the reminder Margo! This blog post made me smile.

[Margo Meeker]

Thanks so much for the feedback everybody! Happy to know that the article hit a chord.