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My father, Suresh, gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person. He believed in me.
Wouldn’t it be awesome to be more awesome?
This is going to be a tough read. But don’t forget, you’re tough too! There are only a few reasons why you aren’t where you want to be right now. Consistency. Endurance. Patience.
When it comes to being an adult, I’ve learned that you get to pick and choose who you surround yourself with. You are in control of your tribe!
Do you ever become super irritated at ridiculously trivial things, like dead TV remote batteries or that short stoplight by your house? Most readers may offer a guilty smirk at this moment, but the uncomfortable truth is that most of us struggle with similar irritations each day. Negative, unproductive reactions can be controlled — even eliminated! — by caring less.
I am who I am because of my mother.
In the “nature vs. nurture” psychology debate, there are two ways to determine human behavior. Nature, your genes, or nurture, personal experiences. In my mind, it’s a mix of the two with one main source: our mothers.
After starting my career, I cemented myself into a weekly routine. Wake up. Grab my morning coffee. Work about 9 to 10 hours each day. Commute home. Order Seamless. Put on Netflix. Rinse and repeat. Occasionally, I’d break from my usual weekly trance and mix things up with a trip to the gym, a cooking class, a long weekend. But never did I take a step back and reflect on the weekly decisions I made.
It’s not uncommon to do a deep clean of our homes this time of year. Many of us feel the urge to spring clean — opening windows, bringing in the fresh air, and getting rid of that pile of clothes accumulating in the corner of the closet. But just as we spring clean our homes, it never hurts to spring clean our minds.
We all know that good, wholesome nutrition is crucial to leading a healthy lifestyle. At Siegfried, we strongly support our employee’s emotional, spiritual, and of course, physical health, through our focus on “Live Well Be Well.”
Taking time for yourself, or what a lot of people are recently calling “self-care”, isn’t a new idea and it also needs to be something that we think of constantly, not just when we’re overwhelmed. (It’s also not just for women, guys.)
