A Sense of 'Self'

Feel overwhelmed? Between a magazine career, volunteering, and raising three children abroad, Patty Welch de Llosa ’54 certainly did, leaving her questioning how to find time for herself—and her self.

Now a life coach, de Llosa shares a few self-fulfillment tips from her latest book, Finding Time for Your Self:

• Sit quietly for a moment. Become aware of the presence of an energy in you: the energy of being, different from doing. Every day, ask whether two energies might be calling you. Are you more invested in one than the other?
• Hurrying expresses a wish to be in the future, speeding yourself away from the present moment. Say “I have time” out loud to send yourself a message to delay action for a nanosecond.
• Light a candle and focus on it. Return to your doings with the flickering flame in your mind’s eye. Sit still for a moment as you visualize your self still watching the candle.  

+ REFRESH, RECENTER: findingtimeforyourself.com