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Posted By Denise on January 26, 2009

Make a commitment to yourself and put “YOU“ on your “To Do List.” Make that commitment and somehow figure a way to devote 5% of your day, each day to yourself. I do know this can be difficult, especially in the beginning, but it does get easier. This isn’t to be included in with your sleep time. Of that 5%, give it 100% of your efforts. This boils down to approximately one hour or so of your day. Afterall, you must value who you are.

This one hour is yours and yours alone. Its a time for you to reconnect, to have quiet, to be at peace; even to perhaps to get to know yourself a little better. Its an ideal time to do something like meditate, write or to reassess your life. Because we are constantly learning and evolving in our own lives (hopefully), you need to reassess your life; lest you become stagnet. Ask yourself questions, even if you may not have the necessary answers to begin with. They will eventually come. Its a starting point to what may very well be a very different lifesyle, if you so choose.

I often find that within those very still and quiet times, I’m able to make decisions, sometimes only the so called small or insignificant; yet, nevertheless they help me to move forward. We will be judged not by our intentions, at times this will be unfortunate, but by our actions. Our actions will define each of us.

Promise yourself that one hour. Make it count. Make it matter. Make it meaningful.

A commitment is what will transform your promise into a reality. It is those words which will speak so boldly of your intentions. Your actions will speak much louder than those words. At times, it is making the time when you think there is none. Commitment is the stuff character is made of; its the power and the belief to change things. Commit to make it happen.

This time you devote to yourself, can give you something to look forward to more and more as time goes on and it also allows you to keep your sanity in a sometimes chaotic environment. Try it. After you’ve done this for a week or two, reflect back. How do you feel? How did it make you feel when you devoted some time to YOU? Perhaps less stressed? Perhaps a feeling of relief in some way?

Category: Lifestyle
Tags: actions, commitment, reassess your life, reconnect