Hello world!

This is my first official blog for Smart Step!  I am both excited and a bit stressed.  The thought of saying something meaningful on a regular basis can be very scary.  But I know that the best way to make progress is to just move forward!

My coaching practice is all about determining what you want your life to look like and then making it happen.  Mainly focusing on balance issues for professionals who mainly focus on work.  Both my husband and I fall into this category and it has taken me years to figure out how to manage what I want and my expectations of what can be accomplished.  For many years I focused so hard on achieving work goals that I would work very long days.  My health – mental and physical health waivered, my spiritual life came and went.  Since both my husband and I worked long hours it was easier to not let that become lost.  Then we had Max, my adorable patience testing 3 year old.  All of a sudden the lifestyle did not work for me, but I struggled to focus on what I really wanted and struggled to adjust my lifestyle.  Why?  Because I did not know what I really wanted out of life.  Not what my 15, 18 or 25 year old self wanted, not what my husband wanted, not what my parents wanted – but ME as I am today.   Through many trials I finally figured out how to determine what I wanted, what could be pushed onto the back burner and ultimately how to manage it all.  What made it all work for me?  I worked out my top five values, wrote my vision and mission statement and continually reviewed where I was out of line with those things.  Suddenly decisions were easy – I just had to re-read them and I knew what was needed.

So what is my first advice to any struggling professional – determine what the most important values are to YOU in your life.
Then start taking steps to focus on those values.

Need help with determining your values? Download your values assesment at:
http://www.smartstepomaha.com