We live in a fast-food society and seem to live on the trend mill at warp speed. This book offers help, guidance, and encouragement to the woman on life's journey who wishes her life had more quality. And to be honest, she feels like someone has taken her life, and she wants it back!“Lorraine Boss�-Smith provides counsel, examples, and plans to help the reader find a quality of life that is enriching and rewarding. Her book is chock-full of personal testimony and positive ways of meeting and overcoming stress.” -Johnnie C. Godwin, author of Syzygy: Living a Powerfully Aligned Life “How very impressive! Boss�-Smith gives us workable, simple, and inspiring ways to take control of our lives. All of my Regional VPs will have this as required reading.” -Amy S. Harrison, CEO, Innovative Solutions for Youth, Inc.

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I Want My Life Back!

Life Management for Busy WomenBy Lorraine Bosse-Smith

Abingdon Press

Copyright � 2008 The United Methodist Publishing House
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-0-687-49278-7

Chapter One

So Much to Do, So Little Time

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed, nothing else can be managed. —Peter Drucker

Ticktock. Ticktock. Time is certainly ticking away. Wherever you are, a clock is clicking away the minutes. Another one just went by as you read this sentence. Time waits for no man (or woman) and keeps marching on. In order to help you get some of your life back, we must look at how you manage your time. Are you organized? Do you keep a tidy house, everything in its place? Are you a master of scheduling and planning? Or are you like many women I know: constantly running late, forgetting appointments, never quite getting to everything you need to do and feeling frustrated?

Many clients have come to me in sheer desperation, their lives utterly out of control and their stress levels at the max. Unfortunately, a lifetime of hearing people say, "Do what feels good; I'm OK, you're OK" deceived us into believing that we didn't have to do certain hard things like manage our time. One client rebelled against my suggestions, saying they would confine her, restrict her creativity, and make her unhappy. Well, she was already miserable; what did she have to lose? The reality of getting your life organized is that you will have more free time and less stress. This, in turn, will allow you to have extra creativity and joy. Interested?

It Takes Commitment

Let me ask you this before we go any further: What would you do with an extra thirty minutes? I actually want you write it down here, so please take a moment to think about it and respond.

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No answer is wrong. This is your extra thirty minutes. Would you sleep? Exercise? Play with the kids? Visit family? Work? Read? By managing your time better, you can easily gain thirty minutes every day! Use what you wrote as motivation to apply the principles in this book.

Want to get really serious? Then fill in and sign the success contract below. I have every coaching and fitness client sign one. Although the contract is not legally binding, it puts on paper your commitment and your promise to do the work. If you want to get the most out of this book, I encourage you to fill this out and have a loved one or trusted friend sign as your accountability partner. I'll be your coach!

Success Contract

I, __________________________________, hereby make a commitment to read this book with the intent of changing my time management, thoughts, emotions, physical condition, relationships, and spiritual life. I do want my life back!

I agree to try and apply the principles, tips, and suggestions in this book for at least thirty days.

When I have kept this agreement, I believe and trust that I will be a healthier and happier person. I will celebrate by _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Signature: _________________________________ Date: ________________ Witness: __________________________________ Date: ________________

I always include a place to spell out what you will do when you succeed, because I firmly believe that we need to celebrate our victories! Too often, especially in the workplace, we move from one goal or achievement to the next without pausing long enough to say, "Good job" or "Well done!" I won't lie to you; getting your life back will take some work because it took a while to get out of balance. The good news is that it won't take nearly as long to get it back into shape.

One of the most surprising things for clients who come to me to lose weight is how quickly they can get to a healthy weight. Oftentimes, years and years of doing the wrong things and not doing the right things gets a person overweight. But in a matter of months, a person can get to a good weight. That's encouraging news, and so it is with your life. You will see improvements right away; it won't take you years to get more balanced, I promise.

It is no use saying, "We are doing our best." You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. —Sir Winston Churchill

Event Management

This chapter is going to help you manage your time, although that is a misnomer of sorts because we really can't control time at all. Time is what it is. Days are twenty-four hours long, weeks have seven days, and the months turn into years whether we like it or not. No matter what we do, we cannot slow down or speed up time.

What we can do, however, is control the events in our lives; and, after all, that's what life really is, a series of events. If we desire greater control and security, more order and less stress, then we must manage the events that make up our lives. In this book, therefore, when we refer to or discuss time management, we are in essence addressing event management.

You don't get to choose how you're going to die ... or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. —Joan Baez

The pages that follow describe time- and event-management techniques that can dramatically improve the quality of your life by helping you regain some control, order, and peace. By managing some of the stuff of our lives better, we can enjoy our lives more fully. As you read through, you may find that some of the tips and suggestions are habits for you already. Bravo! Others may be new to you, and I encourage you to give them a try.

If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. —Anonymous

The First Step

When you read the introduction, did you list all the hats you wear? Were you surprised at how much you have going on? Like me, you probably had been aware that you were busy but didn't realize how many different ways you were expending energy. Each of our hats has a multitude of events associated with it. When I coach people on managing their time and events more efficiently, one of the first things we do is to list those events and look at the cost associated with each of them. We know what we pay for gas and a gallon of milk, but most of us really don't have a clue about how much we pay for the events in our lives.

All events are not created equal. For instance, you will expend much more energy doing something you really don't want to do compared with something you enjoy. We'll address setting boundaries in the next chapter, but for now let's just say that without setting limits, you won't be in control.

Be deliberate with your life. Too often, we think that we have to say yes to everything. We feel obligated. We must change that mind-set to one of evaluating what we do and determining what we see fit to do. I call it the Opportunity Scale.

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