As I've previously mentioned, I work as a Project Manager. This means that January, which is a quiet month for most everyone else around here where I live, is INSANE for me, with all the new projects starting up for the year. I am buried in work at the moment, and haven't been this far behind in ages.
So what did I do today? I stopped, left my desk for an hour and went to exercise. I could really have used that time to get caught up on all my email. But I decided that exercising is more important.
Then tonight I went to a workshop that continued my thinking along this line. The leader helped participants identify their core values and then asked us to consider whether our schedule reflected those values.
My day used to be driven/controlled by work and I would claim that work prevented me from doing...well, many things. You pick it, I probably used work as an excuse not to do it. Now I'm choosing to control my day, and if that means stopping work for an hour to exercise because ultimately taking care of my body is more important than work (in terms of my core values), then so be it. The work will all still be there (along with some additional) tomorrow anyway!
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