Humans lead busy lives. Women's schedules are often jam-packed with tons of responsibilities between friends, families, careers, hobbies, schooling, volunteerism, spiritual practices, errands, chores, vacations, and beyond.
How do you manage to keep your schedule organized when you are this busy? Learning how to balance your time effectively among all your priorities is critical.
Balancing your time effectively among your priorities means you are careful about how you spend your time.
You ensure that your preferences – or your most important tasks and responsibilities – are paid the appropriate amount of attention they need. Rather than allowing one priority to hold more space and weight than another, you can ensure that each focus has the proper amount of energy and time you need to commit to them.
Women seem to spend a lot of time looking for the meaning of life or dreaming of living a happier, more fulfilling life. It is easy to find contentment in buying more prominent, more expensive things, from cars and homes to watches and designer handbags. But just collecting more and more stuff does not make you happy. It makes you frustrated and dissatisfied. The answer to fulfillment is much more straightforward. It is within your innermost self.
Luke 1:45 KJV, "And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord."
Fulfillment lies in knowing yourself – the good, the bad, and the ugly – and acknowledging it.
Romans 7:22-23 KJV, "22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is...
I enjoy my home. It is my place of refuge. I sense physical and emotional comfort from the moment I walk through my front door.
It is home, sweet home to me.
My home is in a great location for me. Work, family, and friends are all conveniently close. I am proud to live here and feel grateful whenever I arrive home. I live in a safe location and feel secure.
I enjoy the external appearance of my home. I like the floorplan and have all the space I need. I even have a pleasant yard for fun outside activities. I enjoy my home!
My home is just right for entertaining my friends and family. It is a warm and inviting place. I enjoy having company, and they enjoy spending time in my home.
After a long, demanding day, I look forward to going home. I keep my home neat, tidy, and pleasant, so it has an inviting atmosphere. I instantly feel better when I step inside my home and close the door behind me.
My home is decorated tastefully in a style that I...
Christian Life Coaching is an approach that aims to help women improve their personal and professional lives by setting and achieving goals, enhancing their self-awareness, and developing the necessary skills and strategies to overcome any obstacles that may stand in their way.
At the heart of Christian Life Coaching lies personal growth and development through learning to live like Jesus, which is the driving force behind the transformative journey that clients embark on.
It is an incredibly effective approach that can help women achieve their goals, unlock their full potential, and fulfill their divine purpose by living with a Truth Mindset. Working collaboratively with a professional life coach can help clients identify their unique talents, passions, and goals, leading to a customized plan of action to achieve their desired outcomes.
Christian Life Coaches are experienced professionals who play a pivotal role in helping...
Every woman wants to achieve excellence, whether it is something monumental that changes the world or just being the best person she can be and positively impacting the lives of the people she cares about most. Many spend their days trying to be perfect. Every day, they put in hard work, struggling to say and do everything perfectly. However, achieving excellent results is not easy and does not come overnight. Learn how mistakes can help you achieve the level of excellence you can reach.
You may be thinking, “How does making mistakes help me to achieve excellence? Mistakes are usually considered bad or undesirable. How does that lead to excellence?” Most women do consider mistakes bad or undesirable. But they also realize that errors are unavoidable.
Stop the continual struggle to be better. We are only human, after all, and humans make mistakes from time to time. Stop feeling shame when you fail. No one is perfect. But we are all under grace!
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When you cannot balance your time correctly, you will feel frustrated. When it starts to turn into choosing work over the home, you will begin to feel guilty and shameful. Soon enough, you will not enjoy either aspect of your life.
Balancing your time has to be strategized correctly to be the most effective in your happiness. You have to plan out your days with a fair share of your time going towards each life.
Creating an outline or what priorities you need to focus on will keep you on track and result in a newfound level of time management. Set aside downtime for yourself. Everyone needs to take time for themselves.
If you do not, it will lead to stress and a lack of productivity. But you will have to limit your downtime if you want to focus on getting as much done as possible. You could take small breaks throughout your workday, spreading them out to give you a breather when you need one.
Or you could take fewer but longer breaks and work in shorter...
Has this ever happened to you? Everything appeared to be going so well, personally or professionally. Then, without warning, you lack motivation, everything seems stale, and you have no idea why you were even trying so hard. In short, you lost your "Why," and now you are wafting and trying to figure out where you went wrong.
Cheer up! The truth is, whatever happened, you can still resolve the issues. Your confidence was not there when you started doubting yourself. You are likely also questioning the things you believe. After all, how can you get something so important as a "Why" right when you go wrong in other subjects you have a go at? You can do it because God made you to do good work!
"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." - Ephesians 2:10 KJV
Before setting goals, see what the Word of God says about them. Prayer is...
Our daily habits shape our identity and determine our future. If we persistently engage in harmful habits, they can harm our overall well-being, causing us to feel depleted and unfulfilled. We must challenge habits for improved focus and better growth.
Here are 4 common examples of harmful habits that can rob us of our joy and peace if we allow them to persist unchecked:
Our reactions to frustration can either motivate or irritate us. We should try to use them as a driving force rather than let them bring us down. Life is a matter of perspective, and we control how we view it. Instead of getting angry, we should try to find a lesson. Instead of feeling envious, we should cultivate admiration. When worries arise, we should act. When we doubt ourselves, we should have faith. It is important to remember that our response to any situation is more powerful than the situation itself. While completely uncontrollable...
This COVID-19 crisis has radically changed our lives. Just a few months ago, we had no idea our 'world' would be our homes!
This crisis is a powerful reminder of how important freedom is - and how much we need human connection!
Remember, you are not alone. Because what is DIFFERENT here is that everyone is impacted! Your neighbor, mom, boss, friends, and counterparts worldwide are all going through something similar.
So, it's important to remember:
Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. Viktor E. Frankl
This is the challenge each of us must rise to today! If we are going to be at home, we may as well make the most of it.
When we feel powerless or helpless (as so many of us do at the moment), one straightforward thing is to create a...
One of the greatest questions many women face is, “What is my purpose?” It can be difficult to discern our lives true meaning and direction in a world filled with various demands and expectations. However, as Christian women, we are called to seek God’s purpose for our lives rather than pursuing what the world deems important. Aligning our lives with God’s will brings fulfillment and peace that surpasses all understanding.
God has created each of us with a specific purpose in mind. Jeremiah 29:11 is a verse that offers hope and assurance: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.” This verse reminds us that God has already mapped out a plan for us, a plan that is filled with peace, hope, and purpose. By aligning our lives with His will, we can discover what that “expected end” is.
The journey to aligning...