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I'm Aisling Healy, the Work-Life Balance Coach here to help you on all things Work and Life related.
Happy New Year to you! January can be a really tough month to navigate through. It’s the month where you are back to reality with a bang after the Christmas festivities and the break that you needed. It’s the month that contains Blue Monday (the third Monday of January said to be the saddest day of the year).
However, it is also the month where you can start fresh. You can reflect on your goals of the previous year and set goals for a new year. It can a be positive, hopeful month, and you can prepare yourself for the challenges ahead.
While understandably, the pandemic and lockdowns can really be taking a toll, I’m here to give you tips on how to focus on the areas of your life that you can control and make plans to have a successful 2021 for you.
Work-Life Balance
Work-Life Balance will always be a challenge. You may know what you need to do but each week it seems to slip by without any changes in place and you’re growing more tired and weary. Check out this month’s Self-Care and Career tips to help you achieve that all important balance.
Self-Care
Last month my tips to self-care were to journal, limit your time on social media, and take a mindful walk. Was this successful for you? If not, try again 😊
This month my self-care tips are as follows:
- Take up that hobby/course that you’ve been putting off. Even if it is to dedicate 10 minutes a day to begin with. I have been saying for a few weeks that I want to get back into playing the guitar and to start painting. I kept letting other things get in the way. This week I specifically put time aside to spend time to do these activities and I did it! The achievement I felt afterwards was amazing rather than the feeling of Oh I didn’t do that again this week. You can do it too!
- Take 5 minutes per day to yourself to breathe. Breathing is so important to relieve stress and instil calmness. Deep breaths in, deep breaths out for just 5 minutes per day. It can really make a difference to your whole day. Give it a try.
- Look at your schedule and physically slot time in for yourself and do something solely for you. Whether it is that hobby or course that you’d been putting off, the meditation and breathing or having a cup of tea in peace, slot that in just for you to ensure that you do it.
Let me know how you get on with the self-care challenges! 😊
Career Tips
This month my career tips are around setting goals for the new year. This month is the perfect time to evaluate where you are in your career, what you want from your career/job and put plans in place on how you are going to get there.
- Evaluate how you feel towards your job. Are you happy currently? What can you change? What can’t you change?
- Brainstorm where you want to go, what you want to be, what you want to achieve out of this year. List them all down, everything on your mind.
- Make your goals SMART. (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-bound). Remember unless you’ve set a specific deadline to achieve these goals, it’s unlikely you’ll start working towards them.
Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you need help navigating your goals! 😊
Motivational Quote for January:
"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right"
Henry Ford
Coming up on Aisling Healy Coaching..............
I share daily motivation on my Instagram, so make sure you follow for daily inspiration. I’m also working on my YouTube videos where you can expect weekly videos on tips around; Work-Life balance, Achieving Career Success and Creating and Maintaining a Positive Mindset. Weekly videos will begin from 1st February so make sure you subscribe to my channel to be instantly notified 😊
My online course “Land Your Dream Job” has officially launched this month with great feedback already on how it is well structured, very informative with excellent downloads. This is a jam packed course of all the tools that you need to get ahead with your job application and I have upgraded the FREE group coaching call to a FREE 30 minute personal coaching session with me so you can get all your questions answered and be fully ready to navigate the job application process with confidence (for a limited time only). For further information on the course and to sign up, please click here:
Please see video below for more information:
New Course:
I am also working on a Goal-Setting mini-course which will be launched next month at a low price which will guide you through the goal setting process with ease. You’ll be able to define your goals, make them specific towards deadlines and start achieving those goals that you find impossible to get started on! Stay tuned as I will have a special offer available.
If you need help around your Career or Life goals don’t hesitate to get in touch by booking in your free consultation here:
https://link.aislinghealycoaching.com/book-free
I look forward to hearing from you and if you would like me to cover any career or life tips, don’t hesitate to get in touch!
Happy New Year! Let's make 2021 our year 🎉
All the best,
Aisling
https://www.aislinghealycoaching.com/
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