Guide to finding your me time! Reclaim your life.

1. Finding Your “me” Time…
A guide for the busy student, working professional, or
stay at home parent looking for a little r&r
Mia Davis. October 2012.

2. First, My Story
How I got myself to regularly practice yoga.
1. Identify goal: more yoga! – peace & exercise
2. Setup: take yoga mat out of closet and unroll it onto
bedroom floor
3. Use time: In the morning, at night, whenever I have time, I
just sit down on my yoga mat and get to posing. I can even
just lie down if I want or sit and think.
Now!
Before Finding Your “me” Time.

3. Step 1: Identify your goal
Pick a leisure activity:
Think about…
What relaxes you?
What’s your favorite hobby?
What makes you happy?
Finding Your “me” Time.

4. Step 2: Set yourself up to succeed
Key to success is AWARENESS
Ease likelihood of success
If it’s in your face, you will be more likely to do
it.
Whatever the activity, make it accessible.
Ex. Place your walking shoes next to the front
door or your desk at work, put your book
on your bedside table or in your purse, put
the French language CD in your car’s CD
player for the drive to work, set up pillows
for a meditation space in your bedroom –
you get the idea
Finding Your “me” Time.

5. Step 3: Recognize and act on
“windows of opportunity”
When you have a spare 5 minutes in the day, use it
to do your activity. If its an activity that takes a little
longer, think about your natural schedule and
identify the chunks of time that are open.
Good time periods:
- right when you wake up
- time usually spent procrastinating
- immediately following meals
- gap periods: between work and home, class and
dinner
Finding Your “me” Time.

6. Keys to Success
Keep it Simple
- what do you enjoy that’s easy to do? it can be a walk around
the block, or 5 minutes of strumming your guitar. It’s just
about doing something in YOUR day for YOU.
Fight the guilt: don’t feel guilty if you do, don’t feel guilty if you
don’t
- there is no need to feel guilty for taking time for YOURSELF.
Conversely, if you don’t succeed in finding “you time”
everyday, don’t feel guilty about that either! What matters is
that you can!
Finding Your “me” Time.

7. One more time
1. Identify your goal
2. Set yourself up to succeed
3. Recognize and act upon windows of
opportunity
Finding Your “me” Time.

8. Good luck!
Remember: Make it easy on yourself. If it’s
in your face, you’re more likely to do it! But
don’t forget, in the words of good ol’ Dr. Phil,
“Awareness without action is worthless.”
You can do it!
Finding Your “me” Time.

9. MiaDavis
em: miadavis@stanford.edu
tw: @mtotheia