Friday, November 14, 2014
Hayley Hynd: Procrastination
Hayley Hynd: Procrastination: Hi, my name is Hayley, and I am a procrastinator. Not only, in fact, am I a proscrastinator, but I am an EXPERT one at that. I decided to ...
Procrastination
Hi, my name is Hayley, and I am a procrastinator. Not only, in fact, am I a proscrastinator, but I am an EXPERT one at that.
I decided to write this blog about three hours ago. Since then I have found another 10 'to do' items which I have indeed ticked off and completed, but what about the first idea? What about the project I first started?
As we speak I have another ten items in a pile on my desk. All important and yet so many MORE imporant items seem to come on to my desk all day long. And the items already there are pushed to the bottom.
Make no mistake, I have read books on how to prioritise. I have read books on how to PRIORITISE prioritising :) I have researched, I read motivational material every single day. I am mentoring curently for the biggest business school in South Africa. And yet I STILL battle to get this right.
I realise that as an entrepeneur, the 'to do' list never decreases, and as somebody who has ideas every single hour of every single day, that I feverishly email to myself all hours of the night, that it is expected that some things would be pushed to the bottom of the pile..... I also realise that it has been a very long year, not only for myself, but for every person in my immediate circle, and the people in their circles too! 2014, let's be frank, has been a nightmare.
HOWEVER I also realise that I only have 20 more working days until the much-deserved December break. And as a perfectionist, and as somebody who takes tremendous pride in my work, I realise that this means that the time is now. To prioritise. To diarise. And to accomplish.
If you can identify with this at all, join me, hold me accountable as I will hold you accountable, and let's end 2014 off with a bang and with a totally empty inbox :)
I have now typed this blog in ten minutes - and this means that I have accomplished what I have been postponing for weeks. Says something doesn't it :)
Lets go. Benoni, Joburg, South Africa. Let's put our all into not just this day, but every day. Not just this week, but every week we are blessed enough to see.
Let's live our legacy and leave our mark!
Bring on 2015!
Be kind to one another.
I decided to write this blog about three hours ago. Since then I have found another 10 'to do' items which I have indeed ticked off and completed, but what about the first idea? What about the project I first started?
As we speak I have another ten items in a pile on my desk. All important and yet so many MORE imporant items seem to come on to my desk all day long. And the items already there are pushed to the bottom.
Make no mistake, I have read books on how to prioritise. I have read books on how to PRIORITISE prioritising :) I have researched, I read motivational material every single day. I am mentoring curently for the biggest business school in South Africa. And yet I STILL battle to get this right.
I realise that as an entrepeneur, the 'to do' list never decreases, and as somebody who has ideas every single hour of every single day, that I feverishly email to myself all hours of the night, that it is expected that some things would be pushed to the bottom of the pile..... I also realise that it has been a very long year, not only for myself, but for every person in my immediate circle, and the people in their circles too! 2014, let's be frank, has been a nightmare.
HOWEVER I also realise that I only have 20 more working days until the much-deserved December break. And as a perfectionist, and as somebody who takes tremendous pride in my work, I realise that this means that the time is now. To prioritise. To diarise. And to accomplish.
If you can identify with this at all, join me, hold me accountable as I will hold you accountable, and let's end 2014 off with a bang and with a totally empty inbox :)
I have now typed this blog in ten minutes - and this means that I have accomplished what I have been postponing for weeks. Says something doesn't it :)
Lets go. Benoni, Joburg, South Africa. Let's put our all into not just this day, but every day. Not just this week, but every week we are blessed enough to see.
Let's live our legacy and leave our mark!
Bring on 2015!
Be kind to one another.
Monday, October 13, 2014
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Birthdays
This month just happens to be my birthday month and every year it is such an important month for me. The rest of the year is for everybody else but traditionally September has been for me :)
I am a mom. A single mom to a 10 and 14 year old. Every single mom who reads this knows that this means that there is never time for you. Ever. Period.
I am a boss, with 8 staff members. This means that I am the First Aid Officer, Counsellor, Parole Officer, Agony Aunt and Disciplinarian. It is a tightrope Act of inspiration and of financial prowess. A toilet paper buyer and an emergency light bulb changer. Not anywhere near as glamorous as we have been led to believe. Quite the opposite in fact! I am an entrepeneur and a FIERCE spirit once I have an idea or a concept in site. I don't back down and I always pride myself on doing the very best job I can.
I am a friend. A fiercely loyal and extremely overprotective and absurdly loving friend. I give everything sometimes this even includes the shirt off my back.
I am a lifelong learner. I study life, I study books, I study short courses, in fact I study everything I can. There isn't a time in my life where I haven't been studying over the past 8 years. I order more books than I have space for and I drive everbody insane with my obsession. I have a reading list of books and I encourage every staff member to read at all times.
I am a disciple. I follow the teachings of many great teachers on all mediums I can. I take their learnings and post them all over Facebook, the walls of the office kitchen, my bathroom mirror. I affirm and reaffirm myself :)
The above five things pretty much define who and what I am. Only now, on the eve of my 38th birthday (I have always been a slow learner :)), am I realising that having time for yourself, spoiling yourself and looking after yourself every day not just in September is allowed! This doesn't equate with money, and DEFINATELY doesn't equate with being selfish, or self-indulgent. It equates with longevity, with happiness and with health. If I am not looked after, then I am only doing all these other things with a fraction of what I could. Downtime, rest and relaxation, are all foreign terms to a steam engine that never stops at any one station for very long.
Passion is a must, and something I very clearly have. For everybody except, it would seem, for Hayley! And so my promise and my invitation to every other woman out there, is to look after you FIRST. Its the BEST way to show the people you care about, how much you love them!
Be kind to each other and Happy September :)
I am a mom. A single mom to a 10 and 14 year old. Every single mom who reads this knows that this means that there is never time for you. Ever. Period.
I am a boss, with 8 staff members. This means that I am the First Aid Officer, Counsellor, Parole Officer, Agony Aunt and Disciplinarian. It is a tightrope Act of inspiration and of financial prowess. A toilet paper buyer and an emergency light bulb changer. Not anywhere near as glamorous as we have been led to believe. Quite the opposite in fact! I am an entrepeneur and a FIERCE spirit once I have an idea or a concept in site. I don't back down and I always pride myself on doing the very best job I can.
I am a friend. A fiercely loyal and extremely overprotective and absurdly loving friend. I give everything sometimes this even includes the shirt off my back.
I am a lifelong learner. I study life, I study books, I study short courses, in fact I study everything I can. There isn't a time in my life where I haven't been studying over the past 8 years. I order more books than I have space for and I drive everbody insane with my obsession. I have a reading list of books and I encourage every staff member to read at all times.
I am a disciple. I follow the teachings of many great teachers on all mediums I can. I take their learnings and post them all over Facebook, the walls of the office kitchen, my bathroom mirror. I affirm and reaffirm myself :)
The above five things pretty much define who and what I am. Only now, on the eve of my 38th birthday (I have always been a slow learner :)), am I realising that having time for yourself, spoiling yourself and looking after yourself every day not just in September is allowed! This doesn't equate with money, and DEFINATELY doesn't equate with being selfish, or self-indulgent. It equates with longevity, with happiness and with health. If I am not looked after, then I am only doing all these other things with a fraction of what I could. Downtime, rest and relaxation, are all foreign terms to a steam engine that never stops at any one station for very long.
Passion is a must, and something I very clearly have. For everybody except, it would seem, for Hayley! And so my promise and my invitation to every other woman out there, is to look after you FIRST. Its the BEST way to show the people you care about, how much you love them!
Be kind to each other and Happy September :)
Monday, September 1, 2014
Monday motivational
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light - Plato
Friday, August 29, 2014
Leaving a Legacy
With my TWENTY YEAR school anniversary coming up in September, I have been chatting to some old classmates. One of them today said to me 'Your personality had a great impact on me Hayls, just to be yourself!' WOW! And this on a day where I was feeling like I am not making the biggest mark I can, I am not leaving the legacy I want to, and I am not effecting the impact I desire on this world.
Those close to me, in particular my one mentor, told me just yesterday 'keep following the breadcrumbs Hayls'. So I know that means I need to continue to strive for love and laughter and domestic bliss in my home life, reading and absorbing new information like a sponge, pioneering and engaging on the work front. And all the pieces will start to fit together.
I think the problem in today's age is that we want instantaneous gratification. Emails are sent, an an answer is expected within the hour. Whereas letters would be sent out and a month would be waited before responses were remotely awaited! Gone are the days where if you are not at home, or in the office, people couldn't reach you telephonically. And so therefore perhaps I am feeling a need for my legacy to be here, my footsteps, bronzed, and a day named after me as a Public Holiday, already.
Yet my body tells me to slow down. My senses tell me to stop. Take my shoes off. Feel the grass under my feet and the sun on my skin. LISTEN to the birds in the trees and the bees in the flowers. Appreciate the now. Appreciate the second. BE IN THE NOW. This is what living is. And these are the things one MUST do in order to make a mark, leave a legacy, and effect an impact.
So today, on this cold Friday, I urge you to go home to your loved ones, your family (which for me very much encompasses my friends) and soak them in. Let them into your pores, tell them you love them, and invest in THEM. They are the ones who make us the people that we are, who teach us our greatest learnings, and nurture or break us. They are the ones with whom we entrust our legacies, and boost us to effect our impacts.
Be present.
Be kind, to one another and yourselves.
Those close to me, in particular my one mentor, told me just yesterday 'keep following the breadcrumbs Hayls'. So I know that means I need to continue to strive for love and laughter and domestic bliss in my home life, reading and absorbing new information like a sponge, pioneering and engaging on the work front. And all the pieces will start to fit together.
I think the problem in today's age is that we want instantaneous gratification. Emails are sent, an an answer is expected within the hour. Whereas letters would be sent out and a month would be waited before responses were remotely awaited! Gone are the days where if you are not at home, or in the office, people couldn't reach you telephonically. And so therefore perhaps I am feeling a need for my legacy to be here, my footsteps, bronzed, and a day named after me as a Public Holiday, already.
Yet my body tells me to slow down. My senses tell me to stop. Take my shoes off. Feel the grass under my feet and the sun on my skin. LISTEN to the birds in the trees and the bees in the flowers. Appreciate the now. Appreciate the second. BE IN THE NOW. This is what living is. And these are the things one MUST do in order to make a mark, leave a legacy, and effect an impact.
So today, on this cold Friday, I urge you to go home to your loved ones, your family (which for me very much encompasses my friends) and soak them in. Let them into your pores, tell them you love them, and invest in THEM. They are the ones who make us the people that we are, who teach us our greatest learnings, and nurture or break us. They are the ones with whom we entrust our legacies, and boost us to effect our impacts.
Be present.
Be kind, to one another and yourselves.
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