Time is the great equalizer. Everybody gets the same amount: 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour. We can't save time or accumulate or rearrange it. We can't turn it off or on. It can't be replaced. You can always make more money but, you can never make more time. But these days, it seems as if the lament of not having enough time has become a national anthem. Everywhere women and men, especially small business owners, find themselves constantly in a rush, over-booked and over-scheduled with no time off. Life is accompanied by the ongoing stress of not enough time. And sometimes doing too much and being too busy can be a way of numbing feelings or disguising depression or anger. Though it may not always seem so, how we fill our time and how we spend it is our choice. Answer "true" or "false" to the following questions to discover if you're caught up in the "too-busy" cycle. If you answer "true" to four or more questions, it's time to reach outside yourself for help to step off this treadmill and start living a life you love! Read the rest of this entry »