Dealing with Overwhelm

I thought that it would be easy to post a comment or my thoughts every day when I set up this blog a week ago. Well it's been that long since I've posted. The holidays are happening and I am running from early morning to late at night and I am feeling very overwhelmed.

There are a lot of strategies to deal with this, however, most of them require more time that I don't already have.

Here's what I am doing to help manage. I focus solely on what is in front of me. When I find myself 'freaking out' over all the things that need to be done, I remind myself - pay attention to what I am doing right now. This does require keeping a good list of things that need to be done.

Writing down thoughts and what needs to be done is another way to reduce the feelings associated with overwhelm. Of course it doesn't take away all the shopping, cards, holiday parties, family activities, and oh-by-the-way, I get to keep my business going too. Women have a unique ability to keep it all going.

This holiday, keep in mind that you need to focus on one thing at a time to keep relaxed, focused and healthy.

Bloggerati

My friend Minette's husband, Brad, is really tech-savvy and talked me into the whole blog thing. So tonight at Minette's open house for her awesome business, Collin County Kids, www.collincountykids.com, Brad tells me that now I'm a member of the Bloggerati.

Hmmm, I'd say I'm an intern Bloggerati right now! However, there was quite a buzz about blogs at the open house, yet I still got some blank stares when the word blog was mentioned.

After all, the word blog didn't exist until a few years ago. According to Merriam-Webster online a blog is a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments, and often hyperlinks provided by the writer. There are many sites dedicated to helping people figure out what a blog is and how to do it, such as http://beginnersguide.com/blogs/what-is-a-blog/.

Last year there were already 8 million blogs! Supposedly one is started every 7.4 seconds so I can't even imagine how many bazillion blogs that would be. And to think it took me so long to start one.

If you'd like to learn more about blogs, simply type in 'blog' in your search engine and you'll have plenty to choose from.

If you start a blog, practice a little first before you tell the world. Be sure and tell me so we can link to each other's blogs. Post to this blog if you'd like to learn more.

We women need to promote each other's businesses more!

Give your best to current clients

I am looking for a new cell phone and currently considering the Palm Treo to keep my phone numbers and calendar with me when I'm out of the office.

My cell phone company, who I've been with for years, doesn't want to give me the the same deal on a Treo that their new customers get. Hey, I've been a customer of theirs for at least 7 years. It doesn't make sense to give to new clients what they aren't willing to give to existing clients.

What I learned from this is to make sure that I always provide my current clients the best of what I have to offer for the best deal - better or equal to what I would offer new clients. My best source of additional business is from my clients and so is yours. So I appreciate my clients by giving them preference and offers that reflect my appreciation.