"women's Total Life Management"

"women's Total Life Management"

By:


WOMENS TOTAL LIFE MANAGEMENT

Times have changed. There is a paradigm shift in the role of women in this new era. This article is written with special reference to career oriented women. Life management by career women is a broader concept which includes prioritizing between career and ambition on one hand, compared with family, pleasure, leisure on the other.

Most of the women feel additional stress when they have to decide what they feel is best for their career or for their families. This burnout of career and family hits women at the very young age in this competitive environment.

A womans individual work life management will vary over time. The situation and the environment of today will be different for her tomorrow. The right balance when she is single will be different when she gets married or once she has children or when she starts a new career or when she is at the verge of retiring. The difficulty stems from the fact that there are multiple pressure factors on these career women as they are forced to compete between various competing roles: a good daughter, daughter in law, wife, mother and a dedicated employee or employer. A career womens life is a jig saw puzzle.

Try out these 20 strategies mentioned below which helps all the career women to reduce or totally avoid the career and family life burnouts.

Strategies you can try out at work place

1.Cut down all unnecessary activities and learn to say no and do not feel compelled to chair every organizations committee or event. Activities can certainly go on without you.
2.Focus on one task at a time. Keep in mind a sense of your physical and emotional energetic resources as a discrete quantity. No one is a superhuman; everyone has limits.
3.Learn some desk exercises. Stretch your hands and legs at your work table.
4.Go for a walk around your work premises.
5.Have a chat with your colleagues and friends.
6.Avoid talking to your energy suckers. For instance, people who are continually negative or who turn to gossip can bring you down. This is a blow to self-esteem and is a time waster (and you already know how valuable time is).
7.Go to cafeteria and sip a cup of hot coffee or tea.
8.Have some soothing pictures, dolls at your work table.
9.Take a break in between during the working hours, play indoor games if such facility is provided by your company.
10.Work for the organizations that follow flexible work time.





Strategies you can try at your home

1.Prioritize what matters most in your life.
2.Set aside time for your spouse and children. Go to movies, parks, picnics, trekking on weekends,
3.Take your pets for a walk.
4.Make a habit of doing exercises, yoga, meditation and so on, to keep you fit mentally and physically.
5.Make a deal with your spouse to share the household work if you live in a nuclear family, if living with in laws then speak to your mom in law to assist you in your household work.
6.Indulge in your time. You need time to care for yourself, physically and emotionally. Go for a walk, long walks are particularly thought provoking and calming.
7.Appeal to your intellect, expand your knowledge and enrich your life by joining a book club, laughing club or a social organization and build contacts and networks.
8.Do gardening, play outdoor games with your spouse and children like tennis, badminton, go for jogging on the beachside and so on.
9.Go on a date with your spouse or your prospective life partner.
10.Meet friends and spend time with them.

I can assure that the above strategies will definitely help all the career women to reduce or totally avoid the burnouts. Try it and make out the difference.


About the Author:



Article Originally Published On: http://www.articlesnatch.com


Tags: ,

|

Loading...
Related....
Videos...

Recent College-University Articles

Comments

Still can't find what you are looking for? Search for it!

Loading

Site Navigation:

Copyright 2005-2011 ArticleSnatch, LLC - All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy | Terms of Service.