Category: Lifestyle

When your relatives begin to grow older, you will likely notice that they are no longer as spritely as they used to be. They might struggle with simple tasks every day, such as walking and making a cup of coffee. When this happens to an older relative it can be sad to see and hard to manage. This is why today we are going to talk about some of the ways that you can prepare for caring for an elderly relative this year. 

Look for Home Care 

One of the best things you can do for an older relative when they are struggling with independent is to hire a home hospice care company. A company like this will help your older relative keep their lifestyle and keep them company and it can make a positive impact on their lives.

Make a List 

One helpful way to prepare for caring for an older relative is to make a list where you will outline the things they need help with, any activities you want to do together and also any equipment you might need to bring into the home for them. For example, in the house, you might need things such as: 

• Bath lift 
• Stair lift 
• Rising bed 
• Rising chair
• Hand rails 
• Emergency cord 

Once you know what you need to do to help your family you can take measures to do this and keep them safe and sound. 

Educate Yourself

It is important when you come across a situation such as this that you educate yourself on the matter and how to help your family in the best possible way. Take the time to read up on the matter online and speak to a doctor or two to get some real advice on what you need to do and what precautions have to be taken to keep your family healthy and happy. 

Set Boundaries

Although you love your family and you would likely do anything for them, you need to think about your own life too. Make sure that you don’t let your family take over every aspect of your life because if they get used to depending on you too much they will never be able to do things for themselves and look after themselves in a healthy way. Create a healthy boundary and make sure they are able to find independence. 

Share the Task 

It’s not fair to you to have to do everything on your own. You’re only human and it’s important for you to be able to share the burden of looking after a family member with others. If you have other family members who can help, you can create a rotation to make sure that your family member is safe and cared for. If you don’t, it’s a good idea to get some help from professionals and make sure that they are able to take on the heavy load as much as you. This will make things easier for you and it won’t compromise your relationship with your family member. 

Caring for an Elderly Relative

Caring for an elderly relative is an important part of life. Most likely, this is a parent or grandparent who took care of you. It’s important to return the favor and help them. Have you care for an elderly relative or are you preparing to do so?

Winning at life isn’t guaranteed. Some people get unlucky from the outset. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t carve a niche for yourself and win at the things that are under your control. Not everyone can be a champion athlete. But there are ways that you can max out your chances of success in the areas that matter to you. Check out these insightful ways to win at life and get what you want from the adventure.

Develop Winning Habits

Researchers think that they can now predict who will be successful in life, and who won’t, based on habit formation. Those with good habits who do them consistently tend to wind up in better places than those who don’t – no surprises there.

But winning habits are different from regular habits. For instance, a good pattern could be the way that you think about yourself. Most people unconsciously develop thinking habits that undermine their success. A person, for instance, might falsely believe that they can never have money or a successful relationship. But, more often than not, these thoughts have nothing to do with reality and everything to do with unconscious programming.

Good thinking habits include things like believing that you have the same capacity as anyone else to achieve success.

Keep Your Health On Track

Another winning habit is to keep your diet and health on track. Being healthy gives you so much more energy and enables you to do all the hard stuff involved in success, like working hard, coming up with great ideas, and pouring emotional energy into relationships. Pursuing objectives is a lot harder when you don’t feel well.

Be Confident About Who You Are

If you’re wondering how to improve self-confidence, you’re not alone. Many people struggle to build confidence, thanks to a mixture of early experiences and doubt in their own abilities. But what’s essential when it comes to success isn’t so much the skills you have, but whether other people get value from what you’re doing.

You don’t have to be the most eloquent, technically sophisticated, or intelligent to win at life. You just have to carve yourself a community that respects what you do and derives something positive from the experience. Often, the most successful people are happy with who they are and just put stuff out there, hoping that others will like it and latch on.

You Have To Work Harder Than Others

Being successful is about working hard every day. You need to be able to work harder than other people consistently to give yourself an edge. The good thing, though, it is that being just 10 percent better than your rivals is enough to win the game. You don’t have to be many times better.

Usain Bolt, for instance, is widely regarded as one of the most successful sprinters of all time. But even he is just one or two percent better than his rivals, leading him to dominate the sport.

How to Win at Life

If there are things you want to accomplish, do it! If you seeing others who “win at life” and you don’t belief you can do that too, you need to change your beliefs. You can accomplish big things, you just need to first believe in yourself.

Want to learn how to squash those limiting beliefs that are holding you back? Check out what coaching can do for you!

“Self-care is a priority and necessity, not a luxury, in the work that we do.”

In today’s fast-paced world, self-care is an important and essential factor to deal with your everyday stress. So, ladies, self-care doesn’t necessarily mean self-indulgence but somewhere it’s an opportunity to think of yourself and care for yourself.

Let’s divide the self-care into three parts to derive an easy and thorough perception of it. These three parts are personal self-care, professional self-care, and financial self-care.

Let us discuss how you can implement self-care ideas in your daily life to bring a change.

1.   Personal self-care

It may sound quite absurd as self-care itself implies personal. Still, there’s something beyond it and you should think of it from a different perspective. Personal care includes caring for your body, mind, and spirit.

• Physical self-care
  Whether you are a working lady or a homemaker, it is a primal fact to take care of your physical health. It includes consuming healthy food and drinking ample water. If you think that preparing healthy food is difficult, you’re wrong. There are ways to consume simple and healthier food in your everyday life. Along with it, do exercise, maintain basic hygiene, follow the proper medication, and get enough sleep.
  Keep in mind that there always works a strong connection between your body and mind. So, if you take care of your body well, your mind will also stay fresh.
• Mental self-care
  Life can lead you to a hectic schedule sometimes without leaving you enough time for yourself. And for this reason, you may have higher chances to feel low, depressed, stressed out, tired, and anxious. And, the only thing that your mind permits you to do is lying on a bed. This is not the ultimate solution that you know very well.
  So, stop escaping from yourself and binding yourself in such beliefs that limit your mind with stagnant thoughts. Rather, know how to overcome your limiting beliefs to achieve goal in your life. Just open up yourself and fill your mind with self-compassion and acceptance.
• Emotional self-care
  Emotions are complex things as we all know. Still, you should have control over them so that things don’t get out of your control. For this, you need some self-care practices. Such practices can include keeping a diary to write down your feelings, reading a good book to divert your mind, walking amidst nature to take fresh air, listening to the songs that lift your mood, having a conversation with your dear one to relieve your anxiety, and the list goes on.
• Spiritual self-care
  Don’t confuse spirituality with religion because they bear two different concepts. Where religion welcomes diversity, spirituality forms a unity. So, tend yourself with the beliefs that depend on qualities like cooperation, kindness, and respect for all. Nurturing positive things in mind is a kind of self-care too.

Professional self-care

Professional self-care is about taking care of your mental and physical health just to retain and improve your performance at your workplace. Especially, for women, it becomes quite difficult to balance work life and personal life. And, this difficulty leads them to sacrifice self-care.
Below are ways that all you ladies can follow to take care of yourself while being at your professional place.

• Know your company’s policies
  Ask your employer about work policies on flexible hours and working from home facility while not being able to come to the office. If you are a strong performer, you’ll have an opportunity to negotiate an arrangement that’ll work for both you and your employer.
• Stop feeling guilty
  It is not always possible to give 100% to everything you do. A real human being can’t do what a Superwoman or Superman can do. Be realistic, think realistic when you approach doing a work. If you make mistakes, learn from it instead of feeling guilty.
• Stop being a people pleaser
  Sometimes it’s ok to say ‘NO’ to people rather than being a people pleaser. Keep in mind, you can’t please everybody and you are not committed to do so. You are liable to your job responsibility and perform it as per your ability. Be true, be real while you are dealing with people.
• Make your own work environment
  It can be quite difficult for you to make your own work environment when you are already a part of a team. Still, it’s up to you like how you look at the things! Sometimes, a positive outlook of a situation can help you to handle the things swiftly and smoothly. So, stay positive, feel positive!
• Be confident and be passionate        
  To linger on a work, it is quite necessary to be passionate about the work you are assigned to do. Being passionate about work can help you a lot to manage responsibility and stress at the same time. So, follow your passion and be confident while you are choosing your job role.

3. Financial self-care

Cash in the bank works as a tonic for our mind. Well-built finance doesn’t only secure our future but also soothes our mind. When there is mental peace, you can handle everything with ease.

Apparently, it may seem that the finance has nothing to do with self-care but somewhere deep down there’s a correlation.

• Make you involved in your family finances
  If you’re a stay-at-home mom and your husband manages your finances, you should get involved in it. It’s not about your right but it’s about the responsibility that you can’t ignore. Getting involved in family finances will let you know about your bank accounts, savings, insurance policies, wills, and so on. Educating yourself about your family’s finances is a kind of self-care as it imparts you with financial knowledge and mental peace at the same time.
• Help you to lead a debt-free life    
  If you’re well aware of your financial state and know how to manage your financial life, you might not have to fall into the debt trap. But, by any chance, if circumstances make you debt-ridden, then what will you do? Yes, there are ways that can help you to be debt-free.

You can take the help of several debt consolidation options but at first, you should gather knowledge about them. Credit card balance transfer is one of them and you can handle it on your own. In this process, you’ll have a new card at a low or 0% interest rate, with which you’ll be able to pay off your unsecured debts. Make sure, you’ve paid your transferred balance within the low introductory period.

Self Care Ideas for Women

These self-care ideas for women are sure to increase your quality of life! You are the heart of your family so it’s vital that you fill your cup. It’s important for you to stay happy and healthy for yourself and your family. And, for your wellness, self-care is a must which you should think about.

Remember, “Self-care” is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.”

Contribution: Valentina

It’s been a minute since I’ve blogged about my love for Macy’s and clothes, so it only seems appropriate that I get back to it and tell you about this incredible North Face sale that’s going on!

Do You Love a Good Sale?

Obviously, that’s a rhetorical question! I love snagging great deals and it wouldn’t be fair to keep them to myself. Right now, you can get 25% off select The North Face styles.

I had to share a few of my favorite items that are on sale now!

So, we all know that fanny packs are back and I haven’t seen one that’s this cute before. Check out this North Face fanny pack here. And you can get it in either this pretty pink or a shady blue.

I am obsessed with this waterproof rain jacket. Obvi, pink is my favorite color but it comes in several different colors. It’s also super lightweight so it’s perfect for rain and wind.

And while it’s technically Spring here in Indiana, we’re having a rainy and cold weekend. This means pulling out my favorite hoodie. This one will be a staple in my closet for sure!

Head Over to Macy’s for These North Face Deals!

Don’t wait to take advantage of these great North Face deals. They are good through 4/22/19. But Macy’s is also having other great deals throughout April, so you’re sure to find something perfect for you!

What are your favorite things to get at Macy’s?

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Time is seriously valuable. In fact, it’s one of the most valuable of all “resources” that exist in the entire world. If you don’t have much money today, you may be able to earn and save up a significant amount tomorrow. But you only ever have 24 hours in a day, and who knows how much time over the course of your entire life.

People don’t usually like to think of their own mortality – but the harsh reality is that none of us is on this earth forever, and so it’s a really good idea to use our time as wisely as possible, rather than allowing any of it to go to waste.

Easier said than done, right? Well, here are a few tips for getting the most out of your time.

Do Your Research & Planning in Advance

Whatever it is you’re doing in life – whether you’re trying to run your own business, or are trying to get fit, or get your house in order – it’s a really good idea to do your research and planning in advance.

A lot of time often gets wasted, because we don’t do our due diligence before involving ourselves in different pastimes, or making certain commitments.

This applies even in terms of buying consumer goods. By looking up reviews on a site such as TriStar products review, for example, you are less likely to find yourself shopping around endlessly for the one product that does what you want it to, and having to return goods every couple of days.

Likewise, if you’re going on vacation, planning out your itinerary in advance allows you to spend all your time at the destination actually having adventures, instead of sitting around and racking your brains trying to figure out what to do.

Listen to Your Own Conscience

Our consciences need to be developed with a bit of practice, but all of us have some kind of innate sense of when we are acting “well” or “badly.”
When you’re trying to figure out if you’re using your time as well as you possibly can, it often pays to listen to your own conscience. How do you “feel” deep down, while you’re doing what you’re doing?

If a significant part of yourself feels like you’re wasting your time – you probably are. Try doing things that make you feel proud, instead.

Reduce Distraction

We all tend to follow the path of least resistance, over the course of our day-to-day lives. At least, to a pretty significant degree.

If you make distraction and procrastination extremely easy, like keeping your phone nearby so you can constantly scroll Instagram, expect to spend more of your time procrastinating.

Instead, try to make it significantly harder to actually engage in distracting activities, and significantly easier to engage in positive and productive activity. In the Internet age, using web blockers is often a good way of starting to reduce distraction.

If you’re struggling to manage your time so you can accomplish your goals, life coaching may be for you. Check out the ways we can work together.