— n
1. happening or recurring at intervals; intermittent
2. of, relating to, or resembling a period
3. having or occurring in repeated periods or cycles
Previously in my last post, I came to the conclusion that a positive attitude would propel me forward in my career and in life. Unfortunately but true, it's not realistic to always project a positive attitude and ambition with life. Experiences can impact us in powerful ways that may take us off course when least expected. Enough diversions will derail a train. With that in mind, I've been trying to move my career forward and rebuild a struggling marriage by focusing on myself. Before I always focused on what other people weren't doing to make life easier instead of owning up and taking personal responsibility of what my roles are. I'm still struggling to find a work/life balance with work and my marriage but haven't found it yet with time management and prioritization.
The good news however is that I'm learning more about myself and how I react to things and in context the periodicity of progress I follow. I made general personal guidelines for myself to accomplish personal goals, but had a hard time sticking to them. This year I've taken on two freelance clients, more work responsibilities, school certificate program, training for 1/2 marathons, 10ks, house/pet chores, grocery shopping, weekend obligations, social events -- it all added up to not having that work/life balance. I'm just lucky I don't have children yet. I can't imagine how fathers get anything done while raising children and working. Props to fathers.
I fell behind in my certificate program, I've left the two freelance clients waiting impatiently for me to finish a project for them, I escaped to video games, tv, and movies and failed to manage my priorities when I took on too many responsibilities.
I say periodicity because, my life seems to follow a cycle pattern of doing too little, lose all motivation and get into trouble, so I make a plan and schedule my priorities only to find I can't stick to what I said I would do. So I let myself down, I let those around me down and I lose sleep with all the stress and become increasingly irritable. It's a recipe to falling back.
I think I have to do whatever I can to "eat the frog" so to speak and get those hard tasks out of the way with however much time may require to bring my life under balance again. Once I get there strive for consistency of turning in work on a consistent date/time so I don't fail to meet deadlines and learn to say "no" when I'm overwhelmed.
If you can relate to my situation, there are some good articles out there that may help:
- http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2007/05/33-rules-to-boost-your-productivity/
- http://www.studygs.net/timman.htm
- http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/work-life-balance/WL00056
- http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/08/16/the-not-to-do-list-9-habits-to-stop-now/
- http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/10/25/weapons-of-mass-distractions-and-the-art-of-letting-bad-things-happen/
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