Everyone is overbooked these days. We schedule our kids after school and balance our social calendar and run all over town never quite checking everything off of our to-do lists — especially during the holiday season! There’s never enough time to get everything done and every person taken care of. Busy, busy, busy.

If you look up busy in Webster’s, definition No. 4 says, “Full of distracting detail.” What is the busyness of your life distracting you from? Are you using a hectic schedule to give you permission to avoid doing things that are necessary but not fun? Like getting your teeth cleaned? Or getting a mammogram?

A friend of mine always schedules her mammogram on or near her birthday for three reasons:
1) It’s a date that she will always remember.
2) There’s usually lots of other fun things going on to reward herself with when she is finished.
3) Her health is a gift to herself.

So slow down, get un-busy and make an annual date with yourself. You are SO worth it.