Some days you just need a good nap!!! As amazing as this holiday time of year can be, it is without a doubt exhausting too! There are parties to attend several nights a week, presents to buy, decorating to do, cards to write, wrapping to be done, goodies to bake\u2026there is a never ending list of holiday related things to get done this month and if you\u2019re not careful it can wear you out!<\/p>\n
Today was one of those days. I tried to pack a million meetings in my day and was literally saying goodbye to one meeting as the next meeting was walking in the door and it went on like that all day. By the end of the day my brain was mush and I couldn’t remember what I talked to one group from the next about. My notes were scattered all over my desk in piles and I had no idea what they meant anymore since they were shorthand from the conversations I had that no longer seemed relevant to me.<\/p>\n
Then I came home around 6:30pm from work only to remember I had set yet another meeting into my day at my house to work on a Christmas project I am doing. Ay-yay-yay! What was I thinking! Well, it\u2019s now 10pm and I just finished that meeting and am sitting down to write my blog.<\/p>\n
I realized by the end of the day that there is such a thing as trying to be too productive to the point that you just can\u2019t let it all soak in anymore and it becomes an ineffective use of your time. I guarantee I will forget half of what I learned today in my meetings and half of what we talked about because it feels like it is all a jumbled mess in my head tonight. And at this point my brain is completely fried and I have very little of substance to share tonight other than this \u2013 Don\u2019t try to do so much in a day that the day becomes completely un-enjoyable! It\u2019s good to be productive and to get a lot handled, but it\u2019s bad to do so much that you really don\u2019t get to soak it all in. Lesson learned\u2026scale back the number of meetings you try to pack into the day. Leave yourself time in between your meetings to take little breaks so you can clear your head before you head into your next meeting. And when you have appointments late into the night try to pack your day a little bit lighter and vice-versa. Leave yourself time to at least answer a few emails and answer a few calls. Otherwise you get to the end of the day feeling completely overwhelmed. Trust me\u2026that\u2019s where I am ending my day today and I have decided I don\u2019t want to let that happen again tomorrow, or the next day, or the next. So I am going to be smarter about blocking out my time so I can still be productive, but still enjoy the day and the people I am interacting with and still have a little bit of sunshine to bring home in my heart at night. No one\u2019s family deserves to get just a burned out person at the end of the day\u2026we owe it to them to save a little energy and happiness to bring home to them. That’s my goal for tomorrow because heaven knows I blew that today…now it’s off to hit my pillow and put today behind me with the hopes of a better day tomorrow \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Have a great day everyone!
\n~Amy<\/p>\n
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