Personal Independence

I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A WONDERFULLY CELEBRATORY INDEPENDENCE DAY! GET OUT AND HAVE FUN! XO

In our professional and personal lives, we often
lose track of our own needs--and rarely address them. Make this Independence
Day different!

1. Step 1

   Pick a day that belongs to you and you alone--no meeting family needs or job requirements and proclaim to all that this is "MY INDEPENDENCE DAY".

2. Step 2

   Go to any place that brings you serenity and allows you to focus and identify how you got SO lost-and how you can find yourself, by identifying those activities and behaviors that makes you feel content, fulfilled and at peace.

3. Step 3

   It may have been a long time since you have focused on yourself, so bring a pen and tablet, to list your own needs. Until your own needs are met, it's pretty hard to satisfy others, without harboring resentment.

4. Step 4

   Announce to family and co-workers that you are making changes in the way you participate in life--AND follow thru.

5. Step 5

   Your new found activities may include joining a gym, or a garden club, taking a class, learning to play an instrument or even learning about the artist in yourself, through a craft.

6. Step 6

   Keep the new you in the front of your mind, because it is much easier to slip back into the old routine of being everything for everybody.