It is an understatement to say that women are overworked. We struggle with too much to do, too many people to please, too few resources, too few hours in our days and too little help.
We live in a busy, noisy, complex, and exciting world where few of us believe we have enough time and energy to devote to our personal wants, desires, and needs.
Meanwhile, new technologies designed to help us can actually add to our sense of guilt and frustration.
Everyone is pressing us to do more in less time. Conversations are routinely interrupted by cell phones and text messaging, people pressure each other to make themselves available at all hours of the day, and world-wide access creates a demand for meetings in the very early morning or very late evening. Our time does not feel like our own!
Although we have more timesaving helpers and systems than ever before, we still don’t have enough time to juggle all the things we think must be done in a day. The media tells us that we are experiencing an enhanced quality of life, so we continue adding to our stress levels by taking on more tasks than we have the resources to handle. We desperately need new methods, systems, and, above all, new habits to keep us on track—and to permit us to go off-track when we want to.
Our research tells us that it is a mistake to believe that it is simply a matter of working more effectively, prioritizing, or planning ahead. Those are just a part of the total picture. It is about all of those things and so much more. We must feel empowered to do what is important for us, to discover, use and develop our signature talents, to discipline ourselves to stay focused, and to just say ‘no’ when we need to.
Effective utilization of our time offers us the chance to restore our energies as we bend, stretch, and bounce between our work and our personal lives.
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Posted by: Hamendra | 05/21/2013 at 11:22 PM