Work Your Plan , and Plan Your Work
B Y : S H A N I T Y L E R J O N E S
Meet Delilah , the epitome of DIVA . She has a successful and satisfying career , a social network 50 pages long , home , car and great investment portfolio . Her calendar is always full with this or that for herself , children , hubby or sorority . Life looks and sounds grand ! Bu wait , what ’ s all of this ? Stacks of late notices , piles of dirty laundry , empty kitchen cabinets and a refrigerator full of take out containers ? Before we continue , let me pause to point out that individually , these are simply signs of a modern day life style , but when added all together they are signs of an unhealthy , unbalanced existence , the beginning of the perfect storm .
DIVA ’ s please believe me when I say that it is all connected and it must be kept in somewhat of a balance . What it “ IT ”? IT is the 4 elements of our Divalicious nature . In this writer ’ s opinion , those elements are mental , physical , spiritual and resources . They are all connected with each other , one flowing forwards and backwards into each other . The health of each contributes to the health of the whole , thereby defining our overall health as individual DIVA ’ s
So how do we achieve this balance or at least begin to develop the balance within our lives AND the life of our family and friends , their imbalance often contributes to our imbalance ? One element at a time , one opportunity at time , planning , planning , planning ! Until it becomes second nature , and you can clearly see the impact on all elements , living a healthy , organized life requires planning . With that said , let ’ s look at some things we can “ plan ” that will have a healthy and structured effect on our lives .