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Have you ever put yourself on your calendar and then had to cancel yourself out because someone else needed you, a client, a family member or friend?  I was forever doing that and loving the fact that I could be there for others but I was cheating myself and not being there for me.

 

Since November of last year, my friend Fannie Green and I have been helping one  of our members Laura Jorge who had a stroke at 58.  She had no family, no friends and no money, so we had to fight the system to get her the care she needed as she is paralyzed on her right side.  We also then ended up taking care of getting her house emptied and her creditors off her back and so much more.  What we did not know is that she lived in a hoarder house so that was a nightmare to start dealing with, and to make it worse when we got the clutter out we could not do a garage sale or estate sale where she lived so we had to reach out and founds some great gals in Riverside CA that came in with trucks and moved all the stuff out. They do Ebay and Garage and Estate Sales which worked for us as Laura also had lots of collectable's that will bring in some funds for her as well as the gals so they are placing those all on E-Bay as well as doing an Estate and Garage sale, without their help we could not have completed this project. 

 

Also some of my great members Sheila Caruso who helped us go through all the boxes to see what she had, Ritchie Wills, Lisa Ramsey and others helped us get her into a nursing home as they knew the right people to ASK, as I always say the POWER is in the ASKING, and in fact Liz Mitchell one of my other members is the person who connected me with the gals that took all the stuff to do the sale.  Laura had so much stuff, I guess she was also a compulsive buyer as well. Anyway this project engulfed Fannie and my life for months and yet we could not give it up as Laura  had no one, so I am happy to say as of Sat we got the house completely empty and the keys to the owner so now she will not have any expense to pay the rent each month with what little money was coming in. Once Medicare is approved they will take that little bit of money each month, so there would have been no money to pay the rent.

 

Our next task on the project once the medicare is approved is to get her back to South Africa where she has a sister to take care of her, free medical and a family home.

 

So in taking care of yourself another thing I have learned is to make sure your own affairs are in order. Do you have a WILL, is your power of attorney in effect, and do they know where to find your documents. Remember at any age something can happen to us and it makes it much easier if the person stepping in to help you  if they have and know where to find the info to  work with..

 

So now, that project is finished I had time for me so what I have learned in this past week since I have taken the time to start living a more healthier life style that I can make the time and still have time to get all the work for my clients done and actually I see more energy, I sleep more sounder and my mind is so much clearer to be creative.

 

So now what I am doing is looking at my weekly schedule and carving out a time for me everyday and then working my schedule around that.   I take time to eat three meals a day, something I never did before plus a mid morning snack and an afternoon snack that way my body is not going to hold on to the fat  because it never knew when it was going to get fed again.  Just this one change has helped me already lose 4 lbs in the first week, several inches around the waist and midriff,  and I can already see the results and I am excited  and its amazing we really can learn to eat healthy and not feel deprived, exercise, and still have time to get all our work has done

 

So are you SHOWING UP for yourself  or are you still SHOWING UP only for others?  You owe it to yourself to take time for YOU, as once you start taking time to SHOW UP for you, what starts to happen is that you will be able to have more energy, feel happier, and you will actually get more work done.

 

I decided to SHOW UP for me to have time to exercise, I had a gym membership for years right in the same town I live in and its an awesome gym with every class plus and indoor pool and it opens at 4:30 am and yet I never seemed  to have time to get there and yet each month I was paying for it.  So when the doctor put  me on more pills for my bones I said this is it, exercise is a great way to build up the bones as the pills both kinds she gave me to try made me so sick, and so I went off of all medication and took to the gym and so far so good. I am feeling better than I ever have for years, and I know that to keep doing it and also to keep being effective for my clients I need to SHOW UP everyday for ME first and then I will be there for others.

 

If you are an Entrepreneur than you make your own hours so add to your schedule YOU and believe me it won't be easy but as time goes on you will be so glad that you did. I would love to hear how you have changed your life to add time to SHOW UP for YOU...