The holiday season always makes me think about gratitude and blessings; about all the things that we take for granted.
We Americans have such an overabundance and such busy lives that we forget about the simple blessings in life. Sadly, we forget to be grateful. 😢
Gratitude is appreciation or thankfulness, a positive emotion or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive. Gratitude has been found to be connected to a feeling of well-being.
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The start of the final quarter is a good time to review your efforts and make adjustments to meet the goals you established for this year.
And to start thinking about your self-improvement plan for next year…
You may need to roll over some goals you didn’t meet this year into next year’s plan. You may have found some skill or knowledge gaps that you’ll want to work on next year.
But the plan is simple, identify your weaknesses and develop a way to master them. Everyone has weaknesses and that’s okay. You’re human and you’re not perfect.
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Is there really such a thing as work-life balance?
Is there a perfect balance?
Will we really be happy once we find our balance?
I believe that this ambiguous term can be described differently by each person depending on each person’s individual needs.
Our needs can be as distinctive as we are individuals and will depend on many factors: our age, marital status, whether we have children, our physical condition, health, income, and many others.
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I haven’t always been a positive person. I wasn’t raised in an abundantly positive home environment. It is something I’ve had to learn and work on.
I’ve had many lessons and teachers. I’ve learned to be happy even for the little things. I’ve learned to be thankful even in the midst of turmoil. It isn’t always easy. But I’ve decided it is better than the alternative — to be unhappy.
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