Feb. 14, 2007

Welcome to Escape the Pace - a blog filled with simple and quick ideas to pull you out of overwhelm.

If you're a small biz owner or entrepreneur, you're no stranger to overwhelm. In fact you've probably battled having to pay taxes when money is tight, too many emails, tele-marketers, too many unfinished project and not enough time...

I have an idea - take this week and do something you love to do. Don't just tell yourself you're going to do it, add it to your calendar or Palm Pilot like an appointment. When people phone, don't cancel it - simply say, "I'm booked up at that time. What other times would work?"

Next, decide what you love to do and write it down, better yet - write down your top 100 things you love to do.

For example, you might like traveling, drinking Mochas at Starbucks, playing raquetball, watching sports on T.V., getting a massage, exercising, getting outside...It really doesn't matter what you love, just that you STOP MAKING EXCUSES AND PUT YOURSELF FIRST.

If you take care of your needs, you'll have energy and motivation to help others.

If you need some ideas for the top 1oo things to love, email me at: info@escapethepace.com and I'll send you my PDF sampler list to get you going.

Happy escaping,

Lisa Rickwood - "Small Biz Stress Buster"

P.S. Here's something I love to do - go to the beach with my two sons...