Be the Best YOU you can be!

With the coming rush of Fall Registration and all that Back to School entails, it’s easy to get caught up in an overwhelming feeling of frustration and self-blame because you can’t always be all things to all people. You may be thinking “There aren’t enough hours in the day” or “I’ll never get it all done” or “I can’t believe we’re going to actually do this with as few people as we have.” And you may allow yourself to feel badly because of those negative thoughts.

But wait! There’s another way. Why not take just a moment and appreciate the wonderful person you are? Be thankful that you have the skills and abilities you have. If you’re reading this, you’re probably somehow associated with software and accounting, so you have the opportunity to use that fantastic brain of yours every day – and that keeps the juices flowing.

So bottomline: Don’t beat yourself up if it doesn’t all get done. Do the best you can, try to be nice to your co-workers, the students, and yes, even their parents. Look around yourself and realize that in one way or another, every single person is doing the best he or she can. They may not be as bright, or as talented, or even as motivated as you’d like them to be, but there they are. They deserve your respect and your patience, even at the end of a long day of endless lines, countless questions, and innumerable interruptions.

You are special. There is only one of you. Be good to yourself. When you look at yourself in the mirror, look right into your eyes and smile at that beautiful face and say “I love you. You’re a marvelous being!” That may sound a little odd, but it’s wonderfully powerful. When I was growing up and we’d leave for school in the morning, my mother would lean down and say, “Be the best YOU you can be today. You don’t have to be better than anyone else or worry about anyone else. Just be the very best YOU!” So during these times that get a bit challenging with hectic schedules and conflicting demands, I encourage you to take care of yourself – and be the best YOU you can be! You are worth it!