A FabYOUlous life. We all want one but how do we get one? Well, would you believe that living a FabYOUlous life is as easy as ABC?
Just follow these 26 simple suggestions and you’ll be feeling the FAB in no time!
Melissa Venable
Keeping Yourself in Check
How a Simple Checklist System Changed My Life (and How it Can do the Same for You)
S E L F D I S C I P L I N E
A simple concept really–do what needs to be done when it needs to be done so as to gain a future benefit.
Yet, as simple as the concept of self-discipline is, the practical implementation of it can be so, so hard.
Why is this? Why is self discipline something that so many of us struggle with on a daily basis? We know that getting off the couch and going for a walk will pay off with better health down the road, but still, we down another bag of Cheetos while watching yet another episode of Pretty Little Liars or we put off balancing our checkbook even though we know that the two checks that we bounced last month could’ve been avoided if we had just taken a few minutes to reconcile our account.
Why is it so easy to procrastinate and so hard to take disciplined action towards our goals?
31 Questions for 31 Days
August 2016
If you’ve studied any philosophy in high school or college, you’ve no doubt heard of The Socratic Method. It is a form of inquiry (named after the classical Greek philosopher, Socrates) that is based upon asking and answering questions to stimulate critical thinking and to illuminate ideas.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been one to ask a lot of questions. I’m sure that this sometimes annoyed my parents and exasperated my teachers, but asking questions is how I learned to satisfy my curiosity about the many interesting things in the world around me. Once I was in college however; my academic advisor taught me the value of asking questions in order to gain understanding not just of the world around me, but also of the things that were going on inside of me. Not only did this help me to finally decide upon a major–it also helped me to become more connected to my inner being and more sure of the direction that I wanted my life to take.
Simple & Stlylish D.I.Y. Chakra Necklace
We’ve wrapped up our series on the chakras where we first received a basic introduction to our chakras and then learned how to harness our chakral energy to add more vitality to our lives and reduce stress. Finally, the last post in our chakra series outlined several more strategies for freeing up your chakral energy by releasing chakral blocks.
Even though I had originally planned for this series to only have four posts, I have found that I’m just not quite ready to say good-bye to the fascinating world of chakra energy.
Time to End the Juggle Struggle
Six Strategies to Help You Find a Balance Between Work and Life
Juggling is for circus clowns but unfortunately, it has become an activity that far too many professional women have had to master. Maybe we aren’t juggling bowling balls or chainsaws (yikes!) but we are spending our days in a non-stop cycle of trying to juggle work responsibilities, family obligations and community involvement; not to mention leisure activities and fun (if we have any energy left that is).
The fact of the matter is that, as women, not only are we still paid less than our male counterparts, we also rate lower in satisfaction when it comes to things like career fulfillment and a happy home life. In fact, a recent study found that men are consistently found to be 25% happier on the job than women and 8% happier at home.
What gives ladies?? Why the discrepancy between our job satisfaction and happiness at home and men’s?
As a strong willed, self-empowered and success focused female, it is difficult for me to admit when I find something that men seem to do better than women; however, as I did my research for this post, it became clear to me that there is something that the fellas really do seem to be better at…juggling.
Study after study shows that women on average spend more time engaged in non-paid, domestic work than men–even when both parties hold down full time jobs. Research shows that in the “average” american home (with a husband and wife who both work full time), women do 62% of the laundry, 56% of the cooking, 53% of the household cleaning and 61% of the grocery shopping. The data also shows that men are 35% more likely than women to take a break and relax and 25% more likely to engage in leisure activities that they enjoy (golf, TV viewing, video games etc.) In short–men appear to be better at finding a balance between their professional and personal lives.
This “juggle struggle” that women seem to be losing is one that should not be ignored. The World Health Organization estimates that 35% of work related stress cases result in prolonged mental health issues. Additionally, 87% of women (and men) surveyed say that an imbalance between work and leisure affects their physical health in a negative way. EIGHTY-SEVEN PERCENT! These physical ailments include (but are not limited to) headaches, weight gain and depression, and end up costing employers nearly three billion (yes that’s billion–with a B) dollars a year in lost productivity due to absences.
So…what can be done about this? Is it possible to truly find a work-life balance? I think that the answer to this question is yes,