I dropped in the other day to visit my friend Vicki, who just opened her third store last month. As she was juggling phone calls, a conversation with the bookkeeper, orders coming in and her mother's illness, I asked her if she had eaten lately. She hadn't. It was 3:00 pm. Vicki is a very organized person, a good businesswoman and a nurturing person with everyone but herself.
A lot of us are like that. We look to ourselves last. Family and work always have a priority to taking care of our own mental and physical health. Unfortunately, the end result is myriad of problems that ultimately cause us to miss work, keep us too fatigued to do anything with family, and make happiness elusive.
I used to envy people who could balance their lives and remain healthy and happy while still having a successful career. As a restaurant …
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