Are you a hurried woman? The Daily Mail on Saturday 30th April
reported on the increasing way that women lead a hurried life
which is caused by chronic stresses in life. The article was
based on some work by a U.S researcher, Dr Brent Bost, and
defined the main sufferer’s of the syndrome as “affecting as
many as 30 million women each year, the Hurried Woman syndrome
can drain your energy, cause you to gain weight, (or have
trouble keeping your weight stable) increase your moodiness and
frustration…”
It seems that many factors are adding together to make women in
the 20-55 age group feel over hurried, rushed and stressed in
their lives. You may have a completely different set of life
circumstances to your peers, and yet still have the end result –
tiredness, trouble with sleep and a lack of motivation amongst
other things. How do you put yourself in a position where you
can break this cycle, without adding to the ever-increasing
amount of time that you have to spend doing a thousand and one
tasks each day?
Here are 5 top tips to help you put the hurry behind you and get
that much needed perspective back in your life.
1. Understand where you are now. Create self-awareness of what
is important to you and your life, to help you see if your
hurrying is achieving what you want it to. A great way to do
this is to take a blank piece of A4 or larger paper, and draw a
circle on it that you divide into 8. Name each part of the
circle with an area of your life that is important for you, for
instance health, wealth, fitness, family, friends, career,
spirituality, relationship/ partner, fun, relaxation – whatever
best reflects the different spheres of your life. Think about
each area of your life