Protect Yourself

Your schedule is on overload, and your mind is on overdrive, and if you don’t get some relief quickly, you might just pop like a balloon. You’ve allowed yourself to buy into the misconception that you need to be all things to all people and that your “calling” requires you to work continuously from day to night because if you don’t do it, then who will? And as you read this, you are wondering if there is a way to manage and sustain this pace.

Let me assure you, there is a way. And the way starts with you, is managed by you and is maintained by you.

The “way” begins with you making the decision to say, “I will no longer run myself to exhaustion. I will learn to block out time on my calendar exclusively for family. I will put a schedule in place each week that enables me to both lead and love it.” But you have to make this choice. I can attest to you that no one will do this for you....read more

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Linda Seidler is a writer, speaker, leader and pastor and has a strong passion for building the local church. She and her husband, Tim, co-founded The Experience Church in Bridgeport, Ohio, where they lead and pastor together. Linda’s drive is to energize the church to reach its full potential and to develop and strengthen leadership. In her spare time, Linda loves to peruse the local thrift and salvage stores and has an affinity for repurposing existing furniture and items for her home. This blog post was written for Leading and Loving It.