Nine Strategies To Reduce Stress

The inability to sustain margin may be the biggest challenge we face in this always on world we live in.  It seems like the demands of work and home always exceed our capacity to meet them.  Since so many factors are outside of my control, I must discipline myself to Read more…

10 Ways To Confirm You Are Burnt Out

My life has become a daily struggle to maintain margin because the demands continue to exceed my capacity.  When I stay in this deficit position for more than one week, I literally hit the wall emotionally, physically and spiritually.  I am fighting to set boundaries that serve as early warning Read more…

The Role Of Simple Living In Contentment

We are reminded that we brought nothing into this world and it is certain that we can take nothing out.  So when we leave this life compared to most of the world just having food, shelter and clothing should produce contentment.  This does not mean we should all take a Read more…

Don’t Get Surprised By Burnout

This is a painful subject if you have ever had to admit you lost your margin and that you did not know it until the crash occurred.  I have had to put in place some early warning alarms to try to avoid this happening again and again.  This is not Read more…

Why Busyness Is Not Badge Of Honor

The harder we work the more we get done right?  Wrong!!!!  Actually, the reverse may be true because at some point in time we lose our margin and stop being effective at anything.  Being over scheduled is definitely not something to brag about and according to Mark Merrill we must Read more…

10 Ways To Create Margin

A simple definition of margin is the space between our load and our limits.  It is the opposite of overload because you will have something in reserve for a time when you will need it. Richard Swenson wrote an incredible book entitled Margin to help us learn how to restore Read more…

The Problem Of Marginless Living

In the past I have talked about the need to create margin in our lives.  Margin is the space that used to exist in all of our lives between all the physical, emotional and mental pressures of every day and our capacity to respond in a meaningful way to all Read more…