Prepare to delegate and the little things in life...
It's Monday and if you're facing a day at work where you're juggling everything - thinking that only you can do things right - check out my article in today's Express newspaper… prepare to delegate.
Wrote this piece on the back of some research that showed working mothers did an average of something like 13 hours a day. You'll go bonkers if you don't start delegating some of your responsibilities.
Personally, I work hard to delegate - in the past sometimes not successfully like when I was a senior research psychologist at a London teaching hospital my biggest fault was not delegating enough to the three junior psychologists I supervised.
TODAY’S THOUGHT: you might think that it's a virtue and not a fault - but it's a fault! Because if you feel you have to do everything, you diminish your quality of life. It only leads to stress addiction - thankfully I'm so much better with that stuff nowadays. Have a job to do? Hmmm... who can I hand it on? Definitely buying into delegation nowadays thank you very much!
It's the little things of life that bring moments of sunshine like music. Lovin new Kings of Leon and Linkin Park. Still lovin Die Antwoord and their advert on TV - blink and you'll miss it - check out their music if you like interesting hybrid urban music. Yup, I'm a bit obsessed with them but I think it's phenomenal way they've worked so hard to get where they are.
Savouring the tastes of Tuscany brought little moments of joy last night...we had a lovely ‘Italian’ dinner with some of the things we brought back from Tuscany. Real parmigiana, Parma ham, Italian herbs and pine nuts all in a pasta dish. Alongside it we had some of the delicious Tuscan wine we brought back from Italy last night… it won't last long! And there was something about regional taste in the news today - I envy the Italians their various regional taste.
Btw, treated myself to the Clarins After-sun for the body and face when in Gatwick duty-free on the way out for our holiday. Supposedly super hydrating...er, some of the usual body lotions I use like Dove or Olay seem richer!
Have a happy Monday - the trick to doing so? Stop believing in the myth that Monday's have to be miserable! Defo, I'll be on the phone to pals today for a gos in between meetings...those little things again at brighten up live. Love, Pam X