Work Life Balance: Take Time to Create a Life
Balance Sheet for Success
By Joy Fisher-Sykes
It’s
important from time to time that we sit down and honestly assess our lives.
Doing so allows us to make an honest determination about where we are now and
where we want to be in the future. When we’re assessing our finances, we
prepare a financial balance sheet. On it we list our debits and credits so that
we can determine our bottom line. What if you wanted to determine the state of
the life you lead? How is it, or is it not, serving you? The answer is simple
– prepare a Life Balance Sheet. Much like a financial balance sheet, list all
of your lifestyle debits (choices that detract from balance) such as the
following:
-
Maintaining
relationships that drain you
-
Constantly
whining, griping, or complaining
-
Inability to
say no
-
Always
expecting the worse
-
Being
ungrateful
-
Unwilling to
listen effectively
-
Forgetting to
mind your manners
- Taking others
for granted
Next
list your credits – ways you live your life that support and honor you.
Anything positive you count as a credit – no action is too big or too small.
Below are a few credits that add to your life’s bottom line.
1.
Smile – not
just at people you know, but especially at those you don’t
2.
Give to
others without expecting anything in return
3.
Do one thing
outside of your comfort zone that improves the quality of your life
4.
Allow
someone to merge into traffic – even if they didn’t wait their turn
5.
Compliment a
salesperson/clerk on a job well done
6.
Use the good
crystal and china other than for a holiday
7.
Be honest
about what you need to be happy
8.
Read to a
child
9.
Dance to
your favorite music
10.
Place your
neighbors’ newspaper right outside their door
11.
Call someone
just to say “hello” and to see how they are doing
12.
Buy a
co-worker a cup of coffee or ice cream cone
13.
Walk
barefoot in the grass
14.
Tell someone
“I love you”
15.
Learn one
new thing every week
16.
Every day
acknowledge at least one thing in life for which you are grateful
At least
once a month, create a Life Balance Sheet. Take a look at your Life Balance
Sheet at least once a day. This will empower you, at a glance, to realize how
wonderful life can be and allow you to make lifestyle adjustments as necessary.
Remember, a great life is yours to create. Go create a fabulous life!
Suggested reading:
Words to Live By – Six Ways to
Breathe Life into Your Day
It’s the Most Wonderful
Gift of the Year
Five Ways to Reduce
Environmental Stress (Part Two)
Set Yourself
Stress-Free
Set Yourself Free
Five Ways to Reduce
Environmental Stress (Part One)
Adversity: Your Seed of
Greatness (Three Secrets to Using
Adversity to Become Great)
Connect the Dots! Your Roadmap for Success
Every Super Hero Needs Theme Music. What’s Yours?
Have You Appreciated Someone Today?
Five Secrets to
Creating a "Goal" Medal Life - Part 2
Five Secrets to Creating a
"Goal" Medal Life
10
Action Steps to Motivate Yourself to Great Accomplishments
Appreciate to Motivate
(The Key to Successful Team Building)
The
Greatest Gift of All - The Gift of Empowerment
Goal Setting Secrets to Jumpstart Your Life
Want to learn how to create more happiness and
success in your life? Read
The Gift of Empowerment,
Appreciate to Motivate,
or
Leadership Secrets for Challenging Times.
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