Showing posts with label needs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label needs. Show all posts
Friday, April 11, 2014
Fun "To Do"
So often my to do list is filled with things that need to be done. Since I've started adding fun things to the list, it's not quite as tedious. Still get to check off the musts, but it's great get to enjoy and check off the wants, too.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Permission
Perhaps the start of school, and the memory of years of permission slips, made me realize that we all need them. Fortunately, we don't need to officially document and return paper forms. However, we all need to give ourselves permission to:
- enjoy every day
- take care of our own needs, before or on parity, with the needs of others
- laugh a lot
- exert influence, power and impact wherever we are
- be successful where we are, not where we strive to be
- pursue our passions
- ask for help or advice
- make small, inconsequential mistakes or omissions
- do nothing for a day
- be rather than do
Friday, July 17, 2009
Time Budgets are Not Created Equally
I've become vividly aware that everyone does not have the same access to their allotted 24 hours per day.
To equal the playing field let's assume the following time budget:
8 Hours Working
8 Hours Sleeping
That leaves 8 presumable allocatable hours.
What's wrong with this picture?
Some have 30 minute or less door to door roundtrip commutes. Others travel an hour or much more each way.
Some spend 45 minutes getting ready for work each morning. Others spend 10 minutes.
Some have to shop for groceries, plan meals, stop for dinner or order take-out each day. Others have dinner waiting when they arrive from work.
Some have children to pick up from a provider, homework to review, games to play, baths to finish, stories to read, days to review together. Others have children who have become quite independent or don't have dependants.
Some have elderly parents, needy friends or differently abled children whose needs are never-ending. Others have self-sufficient circles of love.
Some are struggling to learn a job, keep a job or find a job. Others are thriving in the positions they hold.
Some are racing from work to complete a college course. Others don't have a professional development time budget.
Some hold as sacred 30 or more minutes of exercise. Others can never find time.
We don't all have the same access to each 24-hour day. Time budgets are not created equally. We can only deal as efficiently and effectively as possible with the hours we find to allocate.
My blogging time is up!
To equal the playing field let's assume the following time budget:
8 Hours Working
8 Hours Sleeping
That leaves 8 presumable allocatable hours.
What's wrong with this picture?
Some have 30 minute or less door to door roundtrip commutes. Others travel an hour or much more each way.
Some spend 45 minutes getting ready for work each morning. Others spend 10 minutes.
Some have to shop for groceries, plan meals, stop for dinner or order take-out each day. Others have dinner waiting when they arrive from work.
Some have children to pick up from a provider, homework to review, games to play, baths to finish, stories to read, days to review together. Others have children who have become quite independent or don't have dependants.
Some have elderly parents, needy friends or differently abled children whose needs are never-ending. Others have self-sufficient circles of love.
Some are struggling to learn a job, keep a job or find a job. Others are thriving in the positions they hold.
Some are racing from work to complete a college course. Others don't have a professional development time budget.
Some hold as sacred 30 or more minutes of exercise. Others can never find time.
We don't all have the same access to each 24-hour day. Time budgets are not created equally. We can only deal as efficiently and effectively as possible with the hours we find to allocate.
My blogging time is up!
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