Ever found yourself in the middle of a thousand tasks and ask yourself, "How in the world did I get here?" I have. It creeps up on me. I'm doing fine, on top of things, and then POW, I'm knee deep in responsibilities that are pulling me in 15 different directions at once.
Life is that way sometimes. But we can minimize this occurrence by thinking ahead. To illustrate, I thought of this concept when I was returning to my office from a meeting. I knew I needed gas and the Sheetz station was up ahead on the right. So, before I approached the stop light, I moved into the right lane - in anticipation of turning right into the gas station. I was thinking ahead. In fact, while sitting at the light, I snapped a picture from the driver's seat (for those visuals reading this post!)
We can take this same concept into our balance and self-care. Here are a few examples:
- Think ahead and plan to accomplish some light duty tasks just before that potentially negative meeting with someone in a few hours.
- Think ahead and plan to take some time off just after officiating an especially difficult funeral.
- Think ahead and plan some block time to do some research if you've been asked to present on a topic a month from now.
Thinking ahead won't always keep the multitude of tasks from creeping up occasionally and making us feel overwhelmed. But it will help us keep it to a minimum.
Think ahead and you'll be Serving Strong!
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