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Dear Friends,
Thank you very much for supporting our webstore by giving yourself a
gift of self-care. I appreciate the emails and notes in the comment
section of the order from (I read every one!), and I'm thrilled that
so many people are being touched by the movie, You Can Heal Your
Life. It really is life-changing. You can find it here.
If you had trouble hearing the MP3 file with Adam Dreamhealer, we
have good news. Carl, a community member, has adjusted the file
making it easier to hear. You'll find this fascinating conversation
here.
Thanks Carl!
Finally, I'll be hosting a weekend of Self Care again this year at
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in the beautiful Berkshires of
western Massachusetts. We'll be holding it in the fall - September
19th through the 21st (a gorgeous time of year in New England), and
I'll be teaching new concepts from my next book, "The Art of Extreme
Self Care." Concepts like protecting your sensitivity, leaving the "good girl or boy" role behind, learning to disappoint others, or
uncovering hidden parts of you that long to be expressed. It's a
great way to attend a more affordable retreat and you'll find more
info here.
Have a wonderful week...
Love,
Cheryl
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"Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut
diamonds.
Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve
them
and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
As we kick off summer here in the Northeast, I thought it might be
fun to rerun a newsletter about making time to enjoy your life using
shortcuts. I hope you find one or two ideas that will make a
difference. Here goes...
Teaching yourself to look for and use shortcuts is a way to perform
everyday tasks more quickly and efficiently, allowing yourself more
time for the things that matter. This week I asked a few friends
about the ways in which they save time (and money) so I could share
them with you. Here are 10 examples:
1. Buy in bulk. The next time you go shopping for household items
(toilet paper, paper towels, etc.), purchase them in bulk. By doing
so, you'll avoid making multiple trips to the store throughout the
year which saves gas, and since many warehouse stores offer better
prices for bulk purchases, you'll not only save time, you'll save money, too.
2. Call all your creditors and have the due dates on your monthly
bills synchronized to the same date. By aligning the payment dates of
your bills, you'll be able to pay them all at once - hopefully once a
month. This also helps to insure that they're paid on time.
3. When cooking meals, double the serving and freeze the other half
for future meals when you'd rather relax than cook.
4. Use a pick-up and delivery service. You might be surprised to
discover that your dry cleaner, local restaurant, or copy shop offers
this service as part of the cost of doing business. Just ask...
5. Order your household goods or office supplies online. I recently
needed supplies for a workshop at the last minute, and when I ordered
them from Staples.com, I not only received the supplies the next day
(for free), I saved 10% as well.
6. Keep an on-going list of books, movies, or music recommendations
on your computer so you can easily recall them when shopping. This
way you avoid spending time trying to remember what you like. A book
list may also give you an incentive to visit the library -- this will
allow you to save money by borrowing the books you really don't need
to purchase.
7. Learn new shortcut features on your computer. It's amazing how
much time you can save by taking a few simple steps. For example,
did you know that using "control A" will highlight all of the text on
your screen so you can copy, move or delete it all at once? Or using"control Z" will undo any previous keystrokes, making it easy to
recover a great thought that you mistakenly deleted? Check your
computer's help or tutorial file for common keyboard shortcuts.
8. Schedule automated tasks on your computer so you'll remember to
perform the most important ones (like backing up your hard drive or
scanning for viruses). Take a look at the help index on these
programs for set-up instructions -- it takes about two minutes. By
the way, this also prevents you from spending time trying to
eradicate viruses or spyware programs from your computer later on.
9. Set up a carpool with neighbors to take kids to and from
activities. I know this may sound obvious, but many moms tough it out
alone, too busy (or afraid) to ask for help. If you hate playing
chauffeur, challenge yourself to make a few calls.
10. Set up short cuts on your desktop so you can quickly get to
important documents that you use on a regular basis. For example, I
keep a "to-do" list in a word document. When I go to my computer, I h
ave an icon called "to-do" on my desktop that I can click on to take
me right to the file. If you're a PC user, right click on your
desktop, click "new," click "shortcut," and follow the instructions.
Enjoy!
~*~ Take Action Challenge ~*~
Choose one of the above steps and implement it this week. Once you
experience the benefit (reduced stress levels and extra time), you'll
start looking for and using time savers on a more regular basis. Have fun :)
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