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Posts Tagged ‘frazzled’

The Rat Wheel and 7 Signs That You’re Caught In It, Baby

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

“I observe that many people seek happiness “out there”. They imagine it will come to them if they get a raise, a new car, a new lover, or something else they want but do not have. My own experience, repeated many times, is that the actual reward of getting and having, is usually much less than the one imagined.” Dr. Andrew Weil

Have you ever experienced any of these situations:

- You’re walking down the aisle at your wedding, and a family member jokes in their wedding speech, “When is the baby coming?”
- You give birth to your first child, and 3 months later, someone asks you, “When is baby #2 coming?”
- You give birth to baby #2, and 3 months later, someone asks you, “When is baby #3 coming?”
- You got a 9/10 and someone asked you where the other 1 percent went.
- You wait for something to happen. Something great happens, and the next day, it’s already old news. Onto the next. More expectations to perform other great things.

So my question to you is, “When is it ever good enough?”

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A Tale of Business Travel

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

We’re kinda “off the fence” today, ladies. This story was just too wacky not to share. And these things always seem to happen to me.

So grab a coffee… This one’s gonna be a longie.

Last Wednesday, I left for Corner Brook, Newfoundland. I was speaking to the Newfoundland and Labrador Organization of Women Entrepreneurs about Work/Life Balance. I really didn’t know what to expect there, despite being from the Maritimes myself. Yes! There’s a fact about me perhaps you didn’t know. This big city girl was born in the small town of Fredericton, New Brunswick. I only lived there a year, but I have a big family there.

Anyhow, back to the story. I was already nervous about my connecting flight, for sure a small plane from Halifax to Deer Lake, Newfoundland. I had a feeling it was a prop plane, so my stomach was already gurgling on the way to the airport. Note: I HATE FLYING.

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Help, I’m Totally Frazzled!

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

I would like today’s Blog to address a comment a friend of mine made to me the other day. It went something like this:

“Erica, I have to tell you, I’m losing my patience.  I’m yelling at my kids a lot lately.  I can’t remember the last time I sat on the floor with them to do a puzzle. I’m short tempered with my husband. I’m pulled in a million different directions, and I’m completely frazzled!”

Can any of you relate? I gotta admit, I can completely relate to this on most days.

As a stay-at-home mom, as a working mom, as a single mom, or as a busy career woman, we are under tremendous strains. Our entire day is planned, from the moment the alarm goes off, to the time we plop into bed at night. We run from thing to thing, from this to that. In fact, I sometimes feel like Thing One and Thing Two from The Cat in the Hat. Look at these two creatures! They look like someone pressed the fast-forward button on them!

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