How is that Working for You?

Ever find yourself daydreaming and playing around on the internet rather than getting busy with the project right in front of you that needs completing today? It happens! We’ve all been there. And it is so easy these days to just wander off on some tangent! It seems the world has made “irrelevant searching” its business to distract us.

We can get very busy rearranging the closet and lose track of time when all we did in the first place was go there to find a handbag to match our outfit. The bookshelf in our office calls out to us to dust and organize the books as we are trying to get a report done. Getting up from our desk chair to stretch our legs leads us to the mailbox and we get involved in replying to a silly request of some sort. It’s maddening!

Thinking About How Life Works

We can try implementing a few new tools to help create better and effective habits. If we give it a chance, it’s a way to get the most important things done in our day without stressing. And wouldn’t that be refreshing? Whether we work from home (while some of us are also taking care of our children), or we work outside the home, we all need to develop a better routine that works for us.

As single-again women (and this includes divorced, widowed, and single moms), all the hours in the day belong to us versus sharing the load with a marriage partner. So, we must decide how to use our time the best way possible. And, yes, it can be done! The clue is realizing and accepting that arranging our day may be quite different than we have ever experienced. 

In the past, we have tried changing things and it hasn’t worked, so we gave up. Who can relate? Any hands raised? Sure, but, we were simply missing the last scrap of the 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle! The “picture” of our lives is different now and our methods of finding our way through our own labyrinth could benefit from a new “map.”

Five Tips to Begin a Change

Request. Nothing works better for starting our day than spending Quiet Time with God and requesting His help for the day’s moments. He knows our needs.

Scone anyone?

Comfort. Incorporate into your day a comfortable starting point. For some of us it’s a fresh cup of coffee. Or it could be a chocolate chip scone to go with our cup of tea. Soft, quiet music (especially classical) activates our brains to be creative. Really, it’s proven. Whatever puts us into a great mood, use it!

Design. Have a plan (that you wrote out the night before) for what you want to accomplish that day. That’s one main plan or at the most, two projects. Don’t try to reinvent the world all at once. Even God took six days to create the world!

  

Break. And then God rested on the seventh day! Once a week get in the habit of leaving the house to do something fun and enjoyable. It will refresh your mind and body; adding something physical to it, like hiking, biking, walking, etc., is an additional boost.

Repeat. End the day by repeating a prayer. It’s the time to thank God for a productive day and for giving us the strength and energy to find that missing puzzle piece!

Your Own Truth

Only you know your own life circumstances. So, we encourage you to experiment and add what works perfectly for you. The idea is to enjoy what time, talent and resources God has given you to make each day count! We can do this!

“I will answer them before they even call to me. While they are still talking about their needs, I will go ahead and answer their prayers!” Isaiah 65:24 NLT.