The Self-Care Handbook

4Stop Doing so Much

Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast; you also miss the sense of where you're going and why.

Eddie Cantor

What's a typical week for you? What do you have to do next? What haven't you done? Is there too much to do and too much to think about? Are you trying to cope with what you haven't done and what you've yet to do and you're doing several things at once? It's difficult to think clearly; you feel anxious, frustrated, overwhelmed, and stressed. And life is just racing by. While you like the idea of taking time for yourself – to take better care of yourself – there just aren't enough hours in the day. You've got too much to do and too little time to do it in. And very little time ...