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Scheduling to Avoid Burnout: Learn to Take More Breaks

Many people who experience burnout had one thing in common: poor time management. Everyone is given the same number of hours in the day, but some people tend to seem super productive, while others seem to run in circles being very busy but not accomplishing anything.

 

The thing to remember is that productivity is not about how busy you are but about how many things you accomplish.  Productivity is all about results. If you want to have more achievements and thus be more productive, you’ll need to learn how to schedule your life in a way that lends itself to your entire life, including downtime and breaks.

 

Understand Your Limitations

 

Feeling Overwhelm

 

It’s easy to compare yourself to others. If you use that other successful people are working 100 hours a week, it’s tempting to think you must. However, you really don’t need to do that, nor should you.

 

There are 24 hours in a day, and you need to sleep at least 7 of those hours, exercise about an hour, and eat for about three hours a day. Then you may want to spend time with your family, friends, and yourself learning and exploring.

 

If you really want to fit it all in, you’ll have to be realistic about time and your own limitations in terms of resources financially, mentally, and physically.

 

Know Your Priorities

 

When you look at your overall life plan and goals, what are your actual priorities? You have priorities for all the different areas of your life, including spiritually, personal development wise, health-wise, romantically, socially, family, business, career, and so forth.

 

Determine Your Daily Energy Levels

 

Everyone has their own daily rhythm to life that works best for them. Some of us are night owls, and some of us are more productive in the morning. Know where you fit in so that you can schedule the most physically or mentally taxing tasks to the right time frame.

 

Delegate and Automate When Possible

 

You shouldn’t do everything yourself in business or life. Instead, get help either by using automation technology or outsourcing or both. It costs a lot less than you think to hire someone to handle your customer service emails or to install automation that saves lots of time.

 

For automation and outsourcing ideas, look at your accounting, bookkeeping, administrative tasks, customer service, data entry, marketing, tech support, web design, web maintenance, content writing, and so forth. If the task does not need your personal touch or smiling face, let go of it.

 

Set Up and Organize Properly

 

It cannot be overstated how important using the right tools for the job can save you time and frustration. This is true whether you’re cooking a nice dinner or if you’re setting up customer service options with software. If you don’t invest in the right tools, you’re not going to get the best result.

 

Avoiding burnout requires that you be very honest with yourself and others about your capabilities. No one really needs to work 80 hours a week. The human body was not designed for that. Therefore, you will need to learn how to schedule yourself to accomplish your goals without overworking because you’re not here to simply work and make money. You’re also here to have a full and well-rounded life that includes downtime, vacations, family, friends, and joy.

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How to Take Personal Time Off as An Entrepreneur

If you thought it was hard to take personal time off as an employee, you might be shocked that it’s even harder to take time off as an entrepreneur. After all, it’s your business, so there is more work than can ever be done even if you worked twenty-four-seven 365 days a year.

 

Knowing that it’s hard to take time off, but if you want to avoid burnout, you need to take personal time off or pay the price mentally and physically.  You are probably not going to be surprised that the way you take personal time off as an entrepreneur without worrying is to plan in advance so that you can postpone, automate, and delegate the tasks that need to keep happening even when you’re off the clock.

 

Plan in Advance

 

If you really want to take time off, it’s not going to happen without planning for it in advance. You’ll need to prepare not only yourself to rest and relax, but your business to run without you for short periods of time.

Your Lack of opportunity

 

The more you set up your business to be hands-off, the more likely you’ll be able to take the time you need without adversely affecting your business. That may include automation, outsourcing, and other technology that makes business and life much more straightforward.

 

Postpone, automate, or delegate

 

Everything you do doesn’t have to keep going while you’re on vacation or taking a day off. Some things are helpful, such as checking in on social media with your audience, but they can stop for a while without affecting anything significant.

 

You can also set up pre-scheduled content to appear in your blog or on social media, even if you’re not really there. The more you have automated, the better because you can keep email marketing, social media marketing, and more while you’re not there, and no one will even notice because of the automation possibilities with technology today.

 

You can also delegate specific tasks to your virtual assistant or others while you’re gone. For example, you can ask your VA to post or answer more questions in your private group while you’re gone than normal.

 

Disconnect but Set Realistic Check-in Periods

 

As a business owner, it may be impossible for you to totally disconnect for weeks at a time, but you can certainly check in fewer times. For example, you can go on a weeklong vacation and agree that you’ll only check your email once every 48 hours, in which case you’ll delegate any fires to your VA.

 

By setting a realistic check-in period times, you can reduce the stress of the unknown while also enjoying your vacation without checking in during the times you’re disconnected. Turn off your technology from business notifications during the disconnect times and only turn it on during the prescheduled check-in periods.

 

It can be difficult as an entrepreneur to take personal time off, but if you start now setting up your business to run as much as possible without you using technology and human resources to get things done, you’ll be glad you did. Try taking short times off to start and then work yourself up to taking off a month at a time.

 

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Say No More Often: Purge Your To-Do List

The telltale signs of burnout are feelings of overwhelming exhaustion, cynicism, and detachment. You may also feel as if you are ineffective and are not accomplishing anything in your life while simultaneously feeling irreplaceable and as if no one else can do what you do and help you.

 

In other words, you may be experiencing signs of burnout because you never say no. Purging your to-do list can help. But first, how do you know what to stop doing, and more importantly, how do you stop saying yes to everything?

Burnout Symptoms

 

Remember these keywords:

Eliminate, automate, and delegate as you rid yourself of extra work and start saying no more.

 

Eliminate

Whenever you look at a task, you need to first think about whether it’s even required to be done or not. Just because you’ve always done something does not mean it has to be done. Try to anticipate what happens if you just take it off your list completely. Write down the pros and cons of totally letting this task go.

For example, if you are a writer, do you limit how many times you read through and edit any one piece of work? If not, you should. There is always a point at which future editing will just make the work less effective.

 

Automate

Can the task that you need to do be done with software? If you can eliminate a task through automation, taking it off your plate in an affordable way, it’s essential to do it as soon as you can financially accomplish it. There is a technology that exists that you may not even be aware of yet.

It might help to talk to someone aware of the technology available for productivity in your space. The advice will be paramount in helping you move your business forward with as much automation as possible. For example, did you know about IFTTT technology that you can use through platforms like Zapier.com?

If This Then That (commonly known as IFTTT

 

Delegate

If you can’t let it go entirely, and you can’t automate it, perhaps you can outsource it to someone else? You might want to pay a virtual assistant to help you with customer service, editing, or other things. Maybe you can get your spouse or kids to do more housework, so you have more time for business.

For example, if you are a writer and you know you have to edit your writing, it might work out better for you if you let someone else do the editing and final revisions to ensure it gets done in a timely manner? Or perhaps you cannot yet afford an editor, so instead, you get your spouse to cook dinner so that you have more time to edit in a timely manner.

Finally, once your to-do list is cleaned up, start saying no more often when asked to add something to your plate. Make it a habit to never say yes right away. Instead, tell people (or yourself) that you have to check your schedule. Then determine the benefits and drawbacks of adding that task to your life. If it helps you advance your goals, you can say yes, if it doesn’t do anything to move you forward and only adds stress to your life, say no.

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Journaling Tips for Burnout Prevention

Numerous studies tout the benefits of journaling for all sorts of issues from helping you lose weight, to helping you build better relationships, and yes, to help you avoid experiencing burnout. Keeping a journal is a great way to get organized as well as dump your thoughts and feelings out to analyze.

Studies are showing that journaling:

 

  • Reduces symptoms of illness
  • Improves cognitive function
  • Strengthens the immune system
  • Offsets adverse effects of stress

 

While there are some drawbacks such as tired hands, if you’re handwriting your journal, the disadvantages are easy to overcome now that you can use electronic journals. In fact, journaling is a great way to prevent burnout or reduce the effects from and overcome burnout that pretty much anyone can do even if you have a physical or mental disability.

 

There are different types of journals you can use depending on the problem you’re trying to solve. Let’s look at a few options.

 

  • Gratitude Journal – This type of journal is simply for writing in it once or twice a day, one to three things you’re grateful for that has happened or that you experienced. It’s useful to read back when you’re struggling as well as beneficial to bring thoughts and feelings of gratitude to your heart and mind daily.

 

  • Emotional Release Journal – With this journal, you’re going to write in it when you feel overwhelmed emotionally. It’s a good idea to use this type of journal in private so that you can experience your emotions. You can write or speak your feelings, without judgment, to get them out.

 

  • Bullet Journal Method – This type of journal is a way to keep a journal without having to write complete sentences. You’ll want to have tabs for each part of your life, business, and work. Then you’ll simply use phrases and words in bullet form to remember the task or information.

 

  • Personal Planning Journal – This type of journal is great for planning your life and your business. It can help you identify places for improvement in your business and your life. It enables you to gain accountability in all areas of your life.

 

Depending on the type of journal you want to use, the main point is that you should work on being honest with every entry, and also commit to using the diary for at least thirty days before you even start. The only way a journal works is to use it regularly and continually until it’s as second nature as walking and talking. Choose your type of journal, and your method of entry, then just keep doing it every day for a month. After the month is over, you can evaluate whether it helped you or not.

 

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Advice for life from a Navy Seal! One of the Best Motivational Speeches

I recently watched a video of a commencement address by Admiral McRaven, who has been a Navy Seal for over 30 years.

In his talk to the graduates, he outlined how they can be instruments in changing the world.

Click Below to view the Speech.

I wanted to include the link so that you could watch the talk as Admiral McRaven can say it much better than I.

Here are his 10 suggestions that can help us on our way to a better world.

 

Be The Change

 

 

10 suggestions to help us overcome our struggles and help others in this world.

  1. Start the day with a task completed.

  2. Find someone to help you through life.

  3. Respect everyone.

  4. Life is not always fair, move forward.

  5. Don’t be afraid to fail often.

  6. Take risks.

  7. Facedown the blues.

  8. Step up when times are toughest.

  9. Lift up the downtrodden.

  10. Never Give up

 

Number 10 Is one of the most important and that is

NEVER GIVE UP.

I hope you take the time to watch this short 16-minute video.

It is extremely motivating and inspiring and will give you a good feeling about the future of our world.

 

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Block Burnout: Develop SMART Goals

The truth is that burnout often happens when you haven’t done the work to match your personality with your business, and you end up disillusioned by still hating your work even when you’re running your own business.

 

Maybe you thought that you didn’t like your work as an accountant due to working for a corporation, but now that you have your own business, you’re discovering how much you dislike the work in general, even if you’re on your own. Discovering something like this can be a real roadblock for many.

 

However, most of the problems mentioned above can actually be solved in advance through good planning. Planning starts with understanding what you want from life and business and being able to develop goals that turn into plans that turn into actions that result in the lifestyle and business you really wanted.

Burnout

 

To stop burnout in its tracks learn the right way to develop your goals. The very best way to create goals is to learn the SMART goal technique. The reason setting SMART goals works so well is that it automatically creates actions that you put into your schedule that will provide the results you want.

To develop S.M.A.R.T. Goals, look to the meaning of the acronym.

 

Specific – The goal needs to be small, simple, sensible, and significant too.

 

Ask yourself what you really want to accomplish with your business or your life. You may have relationship goals, exercise goals, diet goals, and business and lifestyle goals that you want to achieve.

 

Know precisely why it’s essential for you to achieve this goal. When you think about doing the steps to attain this goal, who will help you, which resources will you use, or do you have limits there? It may also help you to identify where the actions will take place.

 

Measurable – A good goal is also meaningful and in and of itself motivating.

 

Without a metric to track, it’ll be impossible for you to know whether you have succeeded in reaching your goals or not. Therefore, always attach a number to the goal, such as how much, how many, and what metric identifies that you’ve accomplished the task or goal that you’re trying to reach.

 

For example, if you have a goal of adding 1,000 new subscribers each month to your email list that lets you know if you’ve made it or not. Likewise, if you have your own bookkeeping business, you might set a goal to have five new clients within a specific time period.

 

Achievable – In addition to being even achievable or attainable at all, it should be something agreeable to you.

 

When you set a goal, it does nothing for you or anyone else to set goals that are totally impossible even to do. For example, if you don’t have use of your legs and you’re in a wheelchair you cannot run a marathon in the normal way, that’s okay, but don’t make it a goal when it’s impossible.

 

Instead, find ways to make goals that are possible so that you have a chance to achieve them. It’s okay if it’s challenging, and you fear you’ll fall short, but it’s not helpful to make a goal that can’t be achieved at all. Not only that, if it’s not even something you want to do, why even make it a goal? If you don’t like running, and never will, don’t make it a goal to run a marathon in the first place, find something else you like instead.

 

You need to know how you can accomplish the goal, and what the potential constraints are so that you can ensure you have the right tools, resources, and assistance as required to accomplish the goal.

 

Relevant – All goals, of course, need to have something to do with the ultimate thing you’re trying to accomplish, but they should also be reasonable, and results-based. Not to mention if you don’t have the resources to do it, you’ll need to ensure you do because otherwise, it’s not realistic.

 

If a goal you make is not worthwhile or it’s the wrong time, and it doesn’t match your other needs, it’s not relevant. If you’re not the right person or your company is not right, it’s not relevant. If you don’t have the funds to support this goal right now, it’s not relevant (or realistic), and that’s okay. Focus on something else.

 

For example, perhaps you want to upgrade to a more expensive membership or funnel software that costs a grand a month, but you’re not earning a grand a month yet. It’s okay to put that idea on the back burner and use something else for now.

 

Time-Bound – You have to set up each goal with a deadline for achieving it because if you don’t set a time limit or make sure the goal is timely, it might not even matter if you achieve it.

 

If you don’t set a time or goal target date, it’s going to be hard to accomplish in a timely manner. One reason is that Parkinson’s law says that “work expands to fit the time available for its completion” and that applies to this idea of setting time limits and due dates for yourself for the work you’re doing to reach your goals.

 

If you know when and then follow that up with tasks each day that ends up with that final due date or time you set, you’ll achieve a lot more.

 

For example, if you need to finish a 40,000-word eBook, you need to set a deadline so that you know how much work you want to devote each day toward completion. If the due date is 40 days from now, make a list of all the actions that need to be taken to have a finished eBook on that due date. Some items on the list might include outlining, researching, writing, editing, designing, and so forth. Enter each activity into your calendar so that it happens in time to move on to the next thing.

 

It’s the only way you can be sure you’ll get finished even close to the time because human nature will cause you to stretch out the time indefinitely. It’s hard to run a life or a business that way.

 

As you see, setting SMART goals is the best technique for helping you achieve your goals. When you are actually doing what you want to do and achieving the goals you set, you’re going to be a lot less likely to experience burnout.

 

Setting Goals and having written down is essential to having success in your Freedom Lifestyle. 

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Make your Goals Real: Write them down and take Daily consistent Action

 

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Five Steps to Reviving A Fading Dream

Do you remember what you wanted to be growing up?

Many people forget their once cherished dreams because of bad things that have happened from the time they realized their dream of becoming such and such to where they currently are.

Growing up, you may have wanted to be an Astronaut only to end up with a completely different profession due to unfavorable conditions or a series of misfortunes along the way.

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If you are wondering whether reviving a fading dream is possible, I need you to know that it is.

You can begin chasing your long-lost dream, bring it to life, and start living the life you have always wanted no matter where you are, what you have accomplished, how many times you have failed, or how old you are.

You just have to believe you can do it and begin taking the necessary steps that will get you a step closer to your dream every single day.

Top 5 Ways Of Reviving Your Fading Dream And Making It Work.

  1. Write down your vision.

Every professional worth her salt knows that keeping a journal of the most important things you intend to achieve is a smart way of moving forward.

Writing down your fading dream is going to give you a clearer image of where you desire to be and it will make you realize that fulfilling your dream is still possible.

Writing things down is a smart way of reducing a seemingly huge and impossible task into a much more sizable and doable undertaking. It is a brilliant way of reviving a dying dream.

 

  1. Find out what needs to be done to bring it to life.

After writing down your dream as a way of reminding yourself of what you once desired, start finding out what you need to do to bring it to life. Identify the main things that you need to begin paying more attention to.

For example, “Do you have to change your schedule?” “Do you need to take a short course?” etc. Once you realize what needs to get done or changed, go ahead and implement the change.

 

  1. Take small essential steps.

A lot of people haven’t gathered enough courage to renew their vanishing dreams because they fear things may not turn out the way they are expecting.

You may be thinking of changing careers but you are afraid that resigning from your job may not be the smart move at the moment.

The good thing about revisiting your vision is that you don’t have to quit your job. You can begin working on your dream while continuing with your occupation.

The only thing that matters is that you allocate at least an hour a day to reviving your dream and always take small but significant steps.

Let that sink in for a minute. Even small steps can move you closer to your Goal. Keep Moving Forward.

 

  1. Take calculated risks.

Taking risks isn’t something that many people are comfortable with mostly because not all risks turn out the way they are expected.

However, the most noteworthy academics and business magnets had to take risks at some point in their lives and some of the risks they took turned them into the experts they are today.

Know that there is nothing wrong with taking risks.

You just have to make sure you make a careful estimation of the outcome that is most likely to occur.

Once you have concluded that you have more to gain from making that choice, go ahead and take the risk. It may turn out to be just what you need to begin living your dream life.

 

A perfect example of someone who took an unusual risk is Steve Jobs who sold his Volkswagen bus to raise $1, 500 in capital to start his tech company Apple Inc. Steeve Job’s shares had a net worth of over $10 billion at the time of his death!

 

  1. Be persistent.

The most effective way of renewing your fading dream and making it work is by being persistent.

As you continue to bring your vision to life, you will experience feelings of insufficiency and doubt but don’t give up.

Keep moving and stick it out until your long-cherished dream becomes a reality.

 

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Are Baby Boomers working after Retirement

Are Baby Boomers Continuing to Work after they Retire?

Yes, you know that many retirees do continue to work for many years after Retirement Age.

Baby Boomers have a great deal to offer in the world of Entrepreneurship.

So many years of Experience to share.

Baby Boomers Technology

“For Baby Boomers who have been studying the Internet Marketing World but are not quite satisfied with their marketing skills and feel at times overwhelmed by all the different steps needed to make a successful Online Business. Baby Boomers, stay at
home moms or anyone struggling with the task of learning new skills   “I absolutely know how you feel. Nobody was as Frustrated trying to learn the online marketing niche than I was. At times feeling like a total loser, until I realized every day I was learning new and valuable skills and that you can’t compare yourself to some younger person who has been learning technology stuff their whole life.

I struggled in my business until I learned these 6 simple strategies that keep me more focused.

I know the pain. I remember many times I felt like throwing my computer against the wall when I could not figure out how to do a simple thing like adding a picture to my blog or setting up my auto responder. There were many times my husband would beg me to walk away from the computer for a while and try later. My answer would often be “if I stop now I will have to start all over again”.

At times of Frustration I have to remind myself the reasons Why I wanted to start my Business. I have been working in Real Estate for many years and although I do have some flexibility in the hours I choose to work I found out quickly that if you want to make good money you need to put in many hours. I want to be able to have more freedom in my life spending more time with family and friends and traveling where I want and when I want. The real estate business is not scalable. If I want more money I need to work more hours Trading my time for Money. Finally I had to ask myself “Is there a Better Way?”

I remember feeling so dumb because I couldn’t figure out the whole social media thing. It seems like you just start working with one platform like Face Book and then everyone starts saying you need to check out Pinterest or Instagram. It can Drive you crazy.

I heard someone say on a web cast “Do what you Know While you Learn and Grow” and I make that my mission in my daily life. If I suddenly feel overwhelmed I just repeat those words over and over again.

“Do what you know while you learn and Grow”

Here are my Six Steps that Keep me Focused

1. Be Consistent in your daily commitment to building your business.

Being consistent helps to measure your growth, establish your reputation and consistency continues to promote your Message.

2. Read good business building and self help books or materials every day.

Reading daily helps to keep you informed, helps you to set goals and increases your focus.

I agree with Jen Sincero “We need kickass people to be out of struggle and living large and on purpose so they can be an inspiration to others who want to rise up too.”

This is a philosophy I truly believe.

3. Do at least 30 minutes of exercise daily. For some this may be too little but I am talking the person who does not exercise at all. Get up and move It will help keep you energized.

Exercising daily Boost some Crazy Happy Feelings and keeps me energized through the day. “When I walk 1-3 miles daily I find I am happier, less stressed and have more energy to do what is needed for my business.

4. Drink Plenty of water daily.

Keeping hydrated can have a huge impact on overall health… Just do it

5. Celebrate your successes.

Don’t wait for some great Big Goal to be met. As you progress in your overall goals take the time to reward yourself for achieving little milestones in your business plan. This could be 21 successful days of posting on your blog, reaching your first 30 leads per day or reaching a monthly monetary goal you have worked consistently to achieve.

6. Find a Mentor and Accountability Partner

I have many Mentors in my life and before you start thinking I could never afford a mentor (some can be 40K and more) let me make myself clear I don’t think you have start spending a lot money on Mentors but you should be following people who have the lifestyle you want and start modeling what they have done to become successful.

What is your Next step: That really depends on what you want out of your life.

I have been an entrepreneur for years working from home and enjoying a flexible schedule so that I can attend my Grand kids award ceremonies something I could seldom do when my two girls were growing up and I was working in the Corporate world.

I am part of a community who believes in paying it forward and helping others succeed to have a freedom lifestyle.

This unique opportunity but you must be willing to work and follow the steps laid out for you.

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