YOU MAY NEED A LIFE COACH IF
You may need a Life Coach if:
You have stopped singing in the shower.
You never started singing in the shower.
You wake up in the morning and change into fresh pajamas.
You brush your teeth grudgingly.
You have progressed to hugging your plants.
You microchip your plants in case they ever end up lost.
You put on your best six year old voice and call the librarian for some real conversation.
You are worried about the librarian.
You are concerned that the neighbor’s fish may have a brain tumor.
You hesitate to say that you won’t be up to three hundred for Christmas, again this year.
You are afraid to call your mom.
You wish you really were six again.
You can’t decide whether or not you want fries with that sandwich.
You can’t remember whether or not you like fries.
You wander from room to room hoping you’ll think of something to find.
Your dog isn’t your friend anymore.
Siri is your best friend.
If you have a life, you may need a Life Coach.
Copyright, 2014. Bonnie Shelton.
TEN STRESS ERASERS
One thing that we all have in common is STRESS, another is our need to manage stress well.
To manage stress well, we must first understand that there are two types of stress: negative and positive.
Positive stress is the type associated with planning a large gathering to surprise a loved one, or preparing for a long anticipated vacation, or receiving a job promotion. While these are good things, they do entail stress.
Negative stress is the kind that we all immediately recognize and correctly label as stress. It comes along with loss of a loved one, relationship distress, household emergencies, and the like.
Both types of stress may be lessened by practicing all or some of the following suggestions:
1. Get up twenty minutes earlier.
2. Spend the extra twenty minutes in meditation on Scripture and prayer.
3. Set aside another twenty minutes each day to engage in a form of physical exercise.
4. Spend a few minutes each evening planning and preparing for the following day.
5. Break down large tasks into a series of smaller tasks. Work step by step, until each of the smaller tasks may be checked off the list.
6. Keep an extra set of all your keys.
7. Always make copies of important papers, and back up your hard-drive.
8. Repair or toss things that do not work. Throw away items that are out of date, or are in any other way not useful.
9. Keep a master planner (hard-copy, or electronic) and write things down.
10. Seek wise counsel and be teachable.
Copyright, 2012. Bonnie Shelton.