catherine's blog

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Take Care! Extreme care of yourself. Protect yourself from stress in the workplace by taking control of the things you can control. Look at your time management at both home and work - learn to prioritise and delegate. Using a "to do" list and completing one task before you moving on to the next can help you feel more in control. List writing is not a forte of mine, so I often have a mental list and get going before putting pen to paper. I have found that if I've done that I often lose momentum. What I do now, is write a list, but also add on all the things I have already achieved (those things that were on the mental list) and cross them off straight away. This gives me an immediate boost and I go full steam into the rest! Remember to establish a pattern you have to do something 21 times, to make it routine you have to do it 100 times. So make it attractive, build in rewards for yourself and enjoy feeling in control.

All the best

Catherine