The End of the Season

Honestly I do like baseball....I like it better if I am actually at the game. I am one of those people who gets wound up in what is happening at the park .....the people, the excitement, the energy.

I don't get quite the same feeling watching on television but if I have some free time I will watch a game with my husband. M husband on the other hand is a baseball fanatic. He would vehemently disagree with me describing him this way ..but believe me it's true.

Well I am happy to report that baseball season is finally over. Just a few minutes ago the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series...though how it is a World Series if it is only U.S. teams is beyond me.....that is a discussion for another day.

In the end the winning team was not our team. Why? because they are National league and the team we usually root for is in the American league...(the Yankees).

All in all to me it is a win-win....a team who has not had the title in many years won..(I am all for spreading the wealth)....baseball season is over and I perhaps have a little more of my husband's attention.

Time Management

Well here's a little insight I have learned about time management. The more I have to do the better I manage my time. I have to. In order to get everything done I have to be clear cut and focused. I seem to make critical decisions better. I can manage relationships better and I know exactly the time table I have to keep.

The outcome is that I get a lot accomplished. The downside is that I often feel keenly the accompanying high level of stress when I operate at this level for to long. It tends to give me some health symptoms I don't enjoy...but boy oh boy I do get things done. (often with the help of two much coffee.)

On the flipside.....when I don't have too much to do....nothing gets done. My focus is gone. I find myself feeling as though I have attention deficit and can't get on track.

So what would I really like? Balance. A certain amount of quality things that need to be accomplished each day with time for fun afterwards...my idea of utopia and I'm not going to give up until I get it.

Women's Health Issues

I was with a group of my women friends last night and we were talking about the variety of women's health issues we are all wrestling with. Migraine headaches, peri-menopause, high blood pressure, creeping weight gain, changing shapes, insomnia and on and on. We were not complaining so to speak and many of the women's health issues we were talking about are also shared by men.

I know, I know...not the peri-menopause........that's just for us ladies.

When did this all begin? It seemed that one day I went into peri-menopause and then menopause and the hot flashes keep on coming. This particular women's health issue just is not talked about unless you get together with your friends or are lucky enough to join in a chat room or forum....there are some great ones that give a lot of info.

No classes ...no real preparation....in fact most of my women friends have had to finally after bumbling along ask their doctor....."hey what's happening here?"

A major life transition and often we aren't even sure what's going on. And yes I understand that the wide age range this particular women's health issue effects is widespread..... but still you think it would be something we would be talking about from about late 30's on.

So that's what I am going to start doing.....talking about it. Women's health is not to be taken lightly and the symptoms of peri-menopause and menopause are widespread.

If anyone has anything to share please jump in .......I'm still learning.

Almost Time To Go Home

Well vacation is winding down....this is actually the longest vacation I have taken since my school days and it is going to be a bit of a mental adjustment even though I was doing some work while away. I am just starting to completely unwind...enjoying the sun the swimming and on occasion even the golf.

Time to get back to focusing on all of my clients and the readers of my ezine....which leads me to remember that I never announced the winner of the contest. I heard from so many of you and it was a lot of fun getting to know all of you better. I have said it before and I will say it again. In life coaching I have the incredible opportunity to meet the most fun, courageous and interesting people.

The winner of the contest is..................Sue B. It was a hard choice and it made me realize that many of my readers could benefit from a taste of coaching. So with that in mind I would love to offer any of my loyal subscribers a free 30 minute coaching session. It will give you chance to ask any questions you may have about coaching and the whole process.

If you want to take advantage of the offer just send me an e-mail....what have you got to lose...nothing. What have you got to gain?? Maybe a whole lot.

Let The Creative Juices Start To Flow

You know, I don't think I realized how burned out I was feeling until I spent a few days on vacation....Sitting on the beach or struggling on the golf course. I had been pretty much working 24/7 the last 8 weeks and thought I was handling it pretty well. NOT SO.

I was really overworked, overtired and spread pretty thin. My creative juices were dried up and my brain was beginning to feel like mush. Even I can fool myself into thinking I am some kind of junior super hero. I can do it all and even do it with ease. But in fact I was like a computer that was running slow.....slower...and finally slowest.

I came to Hilton Head with my computer in hand and bags of work related texts to read and immediately went to war with myself. It was a fight between what I "thought" I needed to do and what I really wanted to do which was to relax and hopefully recharge my batteries.
I am happy to admit that what I wanted to do and in the end what I really needed to do is what I indeed did. I got some sleep. I sunned myself and swam for hours. I rode my bike everywhere. Yes I did some work but I did try to keep it to a minimum.

And lo and behold the creative juices began to flow again. The fog is beginning to lift. I am starting to sleep....Yeah! I can take that step back and see that while I am in this transition phase of my life it is easy to slip out of balance...and pay the price.

I talk to women everyday about staying in balance and now again it's time to heed my own advice. Over the next few days I plan on getting a better structure in place so I don't go overboard once I hit N.J. again,
A few more days of sleep, swimming, sun, my bike and oh yes golf and them it's back to work...at a more healthy pace.

Making The Time Go By

I just arrived in South Carolina for which I am very grateful. It was a long trip down this time...partly because we left later than we wanted to on Friday afternoon. That meant that we ended up traveling through Washignton D.C. at rush hour.

What a mess. It truly was hours just hanging out in bumper to bumper traffic.
We had it a little easier because with my husband with me that made two of us so we could travel in the HOV lane. Not a whole lot faster but a little. We also had each other to talk to and a book on c.d. going on as well.

I couldn't help wondering what people do with all that car time. Do they listen to books or talk radio. Do they talk on the phone catching up on calls or just enjoy the silence. I am spoiled in that my longest commute to work is 5 miles and takes about 7 minutes. I was fascinated observing the hours of each persons life being taken up just getting back and forth to work.

I would have to make it meaningful in some way and I just wonder how everyone else is making out?