• Leading a balanced life is a choice. It isn't your circumstances that bring imbalance to your life - it's the choices you make in response to them.

    Mindfulness,  Productivity,  Work-Life Balance

    Best Hacks for Work-Life Balance

    Work-Life Balance is an elusive thing. Some argue that it does not exist.  That it is, in fact, a constant calibration. Sometimes work requires more of you, sometimes your family requires more of you. Sometimes YOU require more of YOU. Here are 3 ways I’ve learned to “hack” this work-life balance thing: 1- BLOCK YOUR TIME.  Don’t roll your eyes. I know it sounds simple. IT IS! And it works!  If you haven’t tried it, please humor me. We all have 24 hours in day. 8 of those are or should be spent sleeping.  (More on sleeping later) That leaves 16 hours to do everything else.  Now here’s the trick. …

  • Fun,  Work-Life Balance

    6 Podcasts that Inspire

    A couple years back, in an effort to live a more balanced life, I tried to incorporate exercise into my daily routine. I would jump out of bed and throw on my workout clothes before giving myself a chance to back out. I’d walk my girls to school and continue walking for exercise. As I’d walk, I’d listen to podcasts. This made me feel extremely productive as I was multi-tasking and basically packing more into the hour. Nourishment for my mind and my body. Win, Win. Here’s a list of 6 podcasts that I find particularly inspiring and why. #1 The Marie Forleo Podcast: If you don’t know Marie Forleo, you…

  • Done is better than perfect.

    Fun,  Productivity,  Work-Life Balance

    Start a Blog! DONE!

    For years I’ve been saying I want to start a blog. I’m not sure why. I guess I want to connect with people.  I want to share my pain.  I know I’m not the only one struggling with work-life balance.  I figure this can be a platform and a community that shares and helps each other. We’re all in this together and we can all use all the help we can get! So how did I finally get around to doing it, you ask? (Because I can think of several things that I’ve always wanted to do but I never get around to doing…) To answer that, I must first…