When is the last time you asked yourself (in any situation or daily decision) what’s best for me?  This is not a question we are in the habit of asking ourselves. Respectfully, it should be. Especially when we need to make seemingly so many day-to-day decisions.

Now some decisions are seemingly simple, but even still can turn into huge time demands that can pull us away from our true desires.

One example is accepting invitations we are not sure of. This could be a supposed 30-minute lunch that turns into 2 hours. Or the last time you said “yes I can” to something optional and knew darn well it would just be a time trap.

Maybe it’s a family member or co-worker that has no time boundaries.

And seriously, just the sheer number of “notifications” or calls we can either allow or simply block on our phones can be the difference between feeling happy and productive or tired and irritated.

So why is this important? Just taking time to pause and ask this simple question can improve our health by creating space for our own “down time” which can cut emotional and physical stress dramatically.

The sheer numbers of choices we may need to deal with on a daily basis can be staggering.

More than this though is the negative effect our own daily behaviors have on our physical and emotional wellbeing.

Here’s my point.

It is so easy to lose sight of what we want from life. What we want to do, experience, or have. This is a byproduct of the world we live in today. When we allow, the world can constantly bombard us.

The answer? Just start asking yourself what’s best for me? Get better at saying “no”.

Just be sure the time you gain enhances the quality of your life and those who you love the most.