Women's Elevation Magazine February 2016 | Page 10

Letting Your Self off the Hook: NO GUILT Go! By AnnyB As a self-described workaholic, small business owner, writer and mother it has often been very difficult for me to allow myself a moment’s rest. I tend to overschedule everything and when the Type A side of me kicks in, my schedule is often booked from morning to late at night. That is, until recently, when I decided that I had to make a change. I realized that I was often working in such a frenzied state of overdrive that I was constantly working on my never ending to-do lists. Of course, my clients pay for me to be Type A on behalf of their various business ventures, however, I kept piling on more of my own “stuff” on top of everything else. As I entered into 2016, I realized that it was time for a change. 10 | Women’s Elevation Magazine