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Balance Your Life with White Space

  

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In December I wrote about creating email white space. Just when I needed a little more white space advice myself, I encountered Tara Sophiamohr's Ode article titled "Create White Space In Your Calendar and Life."

This self-proclaimed people-pleasing woman made a decision to deliberately manufacture white space on her calendar...to give her life more balance. She could have taken the easier way out and built in white space in her future. Instead, she toughened up and canceled things she was already committed to.

When was the last time you were that brave?

A friend of mine was that courageous just yesterday. She called early morning to announce she could not join me for book club that night. She won my admiration at "hello." She communicated authentically about her schedule and how she felt. She apologized for the possible food gap. And I'm guessing she went about her day more at ease and, as did Tara, feeling generous and connected to herself.

How much white space do you need on your calendar to balance your life?