NO November!

For November, I am am going to say NO to stress, NO to those trying to take my holiday joy, NO to silly fighting, NO to taking my precious time.

I am one to help others, but I know just how wonderful time is and I need this time for my loved ones and myself. It’s a simple fact that you can never be productive if you take on too many commitments — you simply spread yourself too thin and will not be able to get anything done, at least not well or on time.

But... requests for your time are coming in all the time — through phone, email, IM or in person. To stay productive, and minimize stress, you have to learn to say... NO — an art that many people have problems with... I am one of these people!

What’s so hard about saying no? Well, to start with, it can hurt, anger or disappoint the person you’re saying “no” to, and that’s not usually a fun task. Second, if you hope to work with that person in the future, you’ll want to continue to have a good relationship with that person, and saying “no” in the wrong way can jeopardize that.

I have to practice saying NO, value my time and know what's on the top of my list, before helping someone else. I tend to be too nice, this is why they ask my for my time, so I need to practice saying NO and knowing when my plate is full.

Here is to NOvember and the start of a stress-free holiday season!

So Tired!

My doctors tell me to get plenty of rest... 7-8 hours of slumber at night and periods of rest during the day... HOW!? Does anyone have a suggestion on how to do this?

Eloise is well, Eloise the Ball of Energy!  I work 8 hours a day, need to cook, laundry, sweeping, dishes, more sweeping, back to Eloise, trying to help T.K. with something, shopping... plus now I should have 30 minutes of vigorous exercise a day too!

I honestly do not get this daily rest or exercise... I am writing this down, so that I can start working on it! I need to schedule rest and exercise into my day!

Being a stressed out, anxiousness mess was a factor having these strokes... I need to rest!

Just a WEE Stressed today...

If you ever had a stroke, which I pray none of you have one, but you would know how POWERFUL your brain and thought process is!  I take planning everyday seriously, I can't always go with the flow of the day, if I have a football game to go to, a doctor's appointment, a long trip, a meeting, a party, dinner or a training.  I love my job and I love doing my school age trainings, they are hands on and I think my trainees like me, they may walk into the classroom sluggish and not wanting to be there, but they leave smiling, I am a goofy individual and have a passion for school age programs!

Well, it takes planning and concentration for me to now plan trainings, I have a Literature and Reading training planned this Friday, a Global Literacy training next Tuesday and a Health and Safety training next Friday, life is good... until a co-worker asked me to do her training tomorrow because she could not do it, well, I now know how to say the word... NO, but I am the only other person trained to do it, besides someone who would have to drive awhile to get here and I am pretty darn nice.

Now that I am looking over my notes, I am starting to panic! I am breathing and looking over my notes, but this particular training has a lot of handouts and activities and I have never done it for a live audience before.

I was planning to prepare this Friday's training today, but I now have work to do and I know I can do it, but I am getting tired just thinking about all the work.  I need challenges, but was not expecting this one this week... I hope my co-worker knows how difficult this is for me, but I will not tell her, you all know I am a Superstar!

PS... The co-worker that I am so gracefully helping out, can stop singing the same song over and over again before I do stress out to the max!