Value your time. Alongside undervaluing yourself because of the job you have or the earnings you make is that of how you spend your time. If youre performing volunteer or low-paid support work that eats up your time well beyond what you can afford, and youre neglecting other parts of your life, such as looking for a job, spending time with your family, or ensuring that your own life is running smoothly, then its possible that youre caught up in competing value systems. That never leads to anything good! The first value system is that which tells us we must volunteer or contribute community service to others more needy in society because it is both noble and essential for our own sense of well-being. The second value system is that which rewards us for knowing our self-worth and for expecting good compensation for what we contribute to society. These two competing values create tension for many well-meaning people who want to give but find themselves caught up in the challenges of lack of time, lack of money, and a sense of inadequacy with all the juggling. Ultimately, if you are stressed out, feeling undervalued, and youre inadequately compensated, your balance of these two values has become skewed and has depleted your self-worth. Eventually this will lead to one or more of the following: being sick, exploding and walking out for good, resenting the loss of your time, and/or perpetuating an unhealthy balance that not only impacts you but serves as a poor role model for your children, friends, and others watching you. When you feel a need to downplay your talents and skills and give them away freely or at little cost, its a wake-up call to take back your time and to start valuing yourself more.
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 15:00:01 +0000
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