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How Did I Get So Busy?
The 28-day Plan to Free Your Time, Reclaim Your Schedule, and Reconnect with What Matters Most
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There’s no doubt about it: these days we are just too busy. With the conveniences of technology, we’re compelled to get more done in less time and end up constantly striving for the next thing – rarely stopping to consider if it’s something we even want. As a result, we end up missing out on the things that truly matter: our relationships, the activities we love, quiet time to reflect and replenish our energy.
Valorie Burton’s How Did I Get So Busy? is the solution for anyone who feels perpetually overwhelmed and overworked: a simple, effective 28-day program to help you rediscover your true priorities, shift out of overdrive, and reclaim your life and schedule. Built around Burton’s “Ten Commandments of Self-Care,” each day presents an easy-to-follow task to help you strip away the meaningless activities that occupy your time and make room for what nourishes you—mind, body, and spirit. The tasks are simple but yield big rewards:
Take a full hour for lunch
Set “no-email” periods
Add fun goals to your to-do list
End your day “on purpose” – meaning that you decide when to leave the office, head home, and fall asleep.
Uplifting and inspiring, How Did I Get So Busy? offers an easy way to be rid of the busywork that fills our days and rediscover the life you’ve always wanted.
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December 26, 2007 -
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- ISBN: 9780767929158
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- ISBN: 9780767929158
- File size: 413 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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October 22, 2007
Burton, a certified professional coach (What’s Really Holding You Back?), addresses the problem of rushed and overloaded lives in sympathetic, persuasive language, confessing that she, too, was once part of the “busyness epidemic.” She draws a firm distinction between being successful (reaping financial gain or status) and being fulfilled (living, working and loving in a way that brings you emotional and spiritual satisfaction). Above all, she believes busyness is often based in fear and interferes with the primary job of life: making authentic connections with others. Burton pushes the reader to make deep but simple shifts : taking all your vacation days every year and leaving the office for at least a half-hour during the day will allow you to set healthy boundaries. She outlines what she calls a “self-care lifestyle,” which promotes living well and in balance. Exercise, good health habits and pampering are crucial, she says. Each of the 28 short chapters ends with a challenge, a five-minute journal exercise and a one-minute meditation. Burton’s book is a wakeup call, an effective and inspiring plan for change. -
November 15, 2007
Rather than offer a quick fix, author and life coach Burton ("What's Really Holding You Back?: Closing the Gap Between Where You Are and Where You Want To Be" proposes a self-care lifestyle in which adherents will be less busy and more fruitful, well rounded, and productive. She guides readers through an assessment process and suggests self-care tasks such as taking a full hour for lunch and delegating chores. Each chapter offers several pages of personal stories, a daily challenge, a suggested journal topic, and a one-minute meditation. While the information is sound, there's way too much here to be absorbed and completed on a daily basis. Those pressed for time might find relief, but they'd have to work at it. Optional.Copyright 2007 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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