MY DAILY PASSION
Dr. Curtis McElroy
imdocmac.com
I am a physician with an interest in health and wellness, fitness, self improvement and motivation.
Those are my passions.
It doesn't matter what your passion may be, if you are going to achieve optimal success you must give your attention to the above. If you take time to think about it, each one influences the other. If you start implementing these four passions into your daily routine you will begin to experience a more healthy, productive, and satisfying life.
If any of you are like me you may find yourself sitting around, day to day, wondering what to do next. Our daily list can be as long as all of our life experiences. We may find ourselves doing what we imagine to be the most important obligation or the least important task just to feel that we have accomplished something that day. In reality the things that matter the most take a back seat and are neglected or never accomplished at all.
It is imperative that we find some balance if we are going to live a healthy, productive and satisfying life.
Start making the 5 secrets for balancing your life, work, and relationships a part of your daily routine.
Do You Know What Really Matter
If you don't it may be time to start figuring it out or someone else may edge you out of the race. We all have to determine what our priorities are before we can make any progress in moving forward with our life and relationships. It is too easy to put the wrong things first on your list, thinking that you can make up for it later. Friends, time waits for no one. By the time you realize you didn't have your priorities straight someone else may have stolen that passion from you.
Sit down and ask yourself "If I could only focus on one thing in life what would it be"? Try making a list of five things that you think are the most important to you.
These 5 things will be your top five priorities. Did you chose your children, spouse, a love, career, volunteer work, religion, health, sports, art, hobbies, travel and adventure? Whatever they are, put them on your list.
Stop Doing Unnecessary Activities
Everyone needs some down time doing unimportant task. However, these should be eliminated until you are adequately allocating time to your highest priority list. Drop any other commitments and false obligations.
Protect Your Private Time
Most of us would not even consider skipping work, a meeting with your child's teacher, or a doctor's appointment. Your private time deserves the same consideration. It is imperative that you schedule routine time for yourself and your relationships. Stop checking emails and put the phone on mute. Give yourself or the one next to you your full attention.
If your work is always interfering with your personal time, try to be more efficient and accomplish more in less time. Your competency at your job shouldn't be determined by the number of hours you work. Obviously, if you are required to work a certain number of hours try to find other time in the day that can be used for personal time.
Giving value to your personal time will allow you to be more creative and make your life more productive and rewarding.
Allow Others To Help You Balance Your Life
Allow others, that are willing, help you with watching your children or other task to help you focus on your top priorities. No one can be all things to all people, so don't be afraid to ask for help.
Plan Time For Fun and Relaxation
This has to be one of your top priorities, so go back and put it on your list. Plan it just like you do your work schedule. Make whatever arrangements necessary to follow through with this priority. If you do not, you will end up stressed, burnt out and worthless to everyone around you.
These secrets are for you to give away. Spread the word by demonstrating how you conduct your life to others. Listen to others that are older, wiser and may have experienced what you are going through. They may not have all the right answers, but I will guarantee you that they can tell you what they did wrong. Learn from their wisdom.
Make this site a permanent part of your life.
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