Volume 4, Issue 1 - January 2003

Do you ever notice that at the beginning of the year we often set resolutions that never last? Well, I think that for 2003 we should all make one resolution that we intend to keep. And it doesn't involve losing weight, exercising, or quitting smoking. At least not directly. I'm talking about resolving to regularly "recharge our batteries". Let's make some concrete and realistic plans that we can follow through with.

Be honest with yourself. How much "recharging" did you do in 2002? Most of us have somehow got ourselves into situations where we are filling up every waking hour of every day doing 'stuff'. Much of that time is spent working. Sometimes too much of that time is spent working. The time that isn't spent working is spent on maximizing every waking hour. At least for most of us, that is. And when we've finished filling up our personal and professional schedules, we sometimes feel the need to start working on our kids' schedules. We get busy filling up every spare moment that they have to keep them out of trouble, or to keep them from becoming bored. It seems as if we aren't "happy" until their days, and therefore ours, are completely full. They are enrolled in hockey, soccer, swimming, piano…

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