I looked at a forum yesterday and people were complaining that they were working 10 or 12 hours a day without results. Well, this is a long process and if you are looking to make money out of a blog, you have to be in it for the long term. It's a business and like any other business it takes time to establish.
Having said that how do you recognise that you are getting the balance wrong?
There is something addictive about blogging and I am sure it gets worse when money starts to come in.
So how would you recognise that something is seriously adrift?
Do you recognise yourself in any of these ?
* You constantly check your emails, in fact your "door" is always open
* You look at your stats more than once a day just to see how your blog/ article is doing
* You write that 1 "last post" (and tweak others)
* You find yourself following up what appears to be an interesting email, and before you know it you are 4 websites away, following link after link and an hour has passed.
* You find yourself reading that email and again before you can blink, you are on a sales letter with your credit card poised.
* You are feeling bombarded with information and you feel you are losing focus. You are not achieving what you thought you might achieve that hour, day or week.
There will come a point when you need to start thinking about creating healthy boundaries in order to keep your health, relationships and a life.
Creating a healthy work life balance (without going too far the other way) should perhaps be something you take time out and consider at any time in your blogging life whether it be at the start or even (and perhaps particularly) if you have been at it a while.
What can you do?
* Take time out in the day set aside for family/friends
* Take a holiday. I feel much better for having had a few days off
* Take some exercise, even if it is just a walk around the block
* Set some time limits on how long you will spend on a day and what time you will go to bed
* Get some hobbies
* Set times when you will read your emails, perhaps twice or 3 times a day and switch it off in between.
* Plan your day and your week. I find it useful to write down what I want to achieve this day/week. It is sometimes over ambitious but I am finding it easier now not to overstretch and end up achieving very little. A plan will help you focus and it feels great to tick off things once done
* For a day or so map out exactly what you do, and how long you spend on it. If you simply get a piece of paper and write down what time you start something and when you finish it (or start something else) you will see where you are spending your time and possibly wasting it. Doing something like this can help you focus more, stop you wasting time and ultimately give you some of your time back to do other things like seeing friends/ taking exercise.
What do you do to achieve that work life balance? Do you do anything at all? If so what?
Love Can Damage Your Health
We are living a very fast-pacing and complicated life which can be a threat to our health. Our everyday lifestyles can become stressors to cause our health to gradually deteriorate. One main factor of which is the food we eat. People now, are so much in love eating delicious yet unhealthy foods. Oftentimes, we compromise our health for what we call ?comfort foods?. Foods that may not only deprive us of nutrients but worst will become cause of sickness. Because of a busy lifestyle our choices of food changes to ?ready-to-eat foods?, ?canned foods? and the very popular foods from ?fast-food chains?. This is reality.
What can you do? You need to get out of your comfort zone! Forget about what is ready! Think of how much you are killing yourself every time you open a canned food or eat junk food even eat in a fast-food restaurant. Think that you are what you eat. If you eat healthy, you become healthy as well. If you eat junk, you will be ?junk? as well. Of course this is just a clich?. This is my way to get your attention. Eventually, whatever you take in will be reciprocated back to you. My point is that, you can do something. You just have to make a choice.
If you are ready to change, I have some very important tips for you. Here is the reality. Most obese people have a wrong notion of losing weight. They focus more on what is outside of their body. They target to get the bulges out, to trim their buttocks and waistline and if they can't see the result for a few weeks, they are discouraged and finally would like to quit. On the contrary, I advice you to focus more on what is inside of your body. Think of what you can do to make it healthy. Focus in getting rid of the toxins that you get from your old unhealthy lifestyle. Think of a clean and toxin-free living. Natural healing is best if you can find books that provide reliable information that will help get rid of the toxic substances from your body.
When you get rid of the toxins from your body, you are preventing the sickness to occur. You therefore need not worry what happens to you many years after. Why? Because by doing this, you are taking really good care of your body. How long have you been imprisoned to an old, unhealthy lifestyle? Just imagine the amount of toxins your body has taken in. If since your childhood days, you have been eating these unhealthy foods, it must have been in your system a long time now. It must have affected you in a very subtle way but it is there. If you are not going to do something about it, it could kill you.
Almost all of the foods you buy in the market have chemicals. It is best to find something chemical-free and natural. Tea, are Chinese favorite drink. When you go to Chinese countries in Asia, you will find no water in restaurants. They make tea as substitute for water. Why do I have to emphasize tea? Because tea is chemical free. It is very effective natural healing herbs. When you choose something natural, it is not only healthy but also it is considered a medicine. It can heal and prevent sickness at the same time thereby getting rid of lot toxins inside your body.
We have actually so many sources of natural herbs available. Although most of the natural healing herbs are unpopular and yet to be discovered, they sprung out like ordinary grasses in the forests and in rural areas.
You don't normally expect friends to tell you that something is wrong with the way you look to keep you from being embarrassed. It is important to take time and have your own self-assessment. Look at yourself in the mirror. If you think you look healthy and your body is in top shape, all you need to do is maintain it and stay healthy. But if you think it needs change, then it's time to think of what you can do to prevent it from possible danger.
Consider taking these natural herbs, foods, vegetables and drinks. Some may not taste really good like that of ?comfort foods? but these are the ones that can give real comfort to your body and will truly prevent danger to your health.
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