Grandad's Gems - Grandad AO's Blog

WORK AND PLAY Its your Grandad AO, Welcome back growth family. Managing work and play will be a big factor in all of our lives, especially for students who always have the opportunity to do both. In order to do both we need to manage how much we work and how much we play. If we don't then it is very easy for us to fall into a bad situation. In order to be able to balance work and play then there is a few things that need to be addressed.  Your ability to SACRIFICE is most most important. Me, you and the whole of the growth family all have big aspirations. We all want to achieve great things. With all great things come great things come greater sacrifice. Regardless of what your goal is. There will be a time where you have to say NO to play so you can work.  You need to know when to say YES and when to say NO . Decide what your balance is and stick to it. It may be 70% work and 30% play or 50 50. Balance does not mean equal.    Find out what YOUR LIM

BEING INDEPENDENT HAS IT'S NEGATIVES TOO It's Grandad AO. The growth don't stop! So let's get it! When you become independent there are 5 things which you need to be aware of as they may each effect you. First comes ISOLATION. You are going to be alone a lot of the time because you are able to be by yourself, which you probably need to be so you can get everything you need to do done. ACCOUNTABILITY. Where will it be if you are just on your own all the time? There won't be anyone around you to keep you in cheque or to ensure that you are acting correctly. Who will make sure your head is on correctly if you are all alone? ASKING FOR HELP. Independent people struggle to ask for help because they are so used to doing everything by themselves all the time. Now when they really need to they either don't know how or they can't because of their pride. they just feel so uncomfortable that asking for help is the very last thing they will ever do.