A Simple Way to Avoid Trouble
Posted by Denny on 12 Feb 2008 at 07:30 am | Tagged as: self esteem
Many of the difficulties people find themselves in are the result of neglect.
You neglect to take proper care of your car or your home.
You neglect to balance your checkbook.
You neglect to give your family and friends the time and the attention they deserve.
You neglect these things, that is, until a crisis occurs. Then, running around like a crazy person, you make an often-too-late attempt to repair the damage.
Most of these self-induced crises can be avoided by spending time solving problems BEFORE they occur!
Finances in a mess? Spend fifteen minutes a day ( each day!) working on them.
Relationships in the tank? Devote a full hour each day to repairing them (at first), and then continue investing that time in maintaining and enhancing them!
This is my biggest downfall personally and I agree with you completely. The only person that I do not give to is myself. I am always taking care of others, working fulltime, raising a family and taking care of a household. I always put myself last and then there does not seem to have any time for me at the end of the day.
This is truly what I need to focus on in order to teach my son that you yourself are important too, and to never forget that!