What Are Your Priorities as an Audiologist or SLP? Mine is Decluttering

Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a two-part series on setting professional priorities for the new year. Read part one: Setting New Year’s Goals? Even Little Changes Can Make a Big Difference. It’s easy to say and harder to do, but what do you really want from 2018 as an audiologist or speech-language pathologist? Are you trying to improve your sessions with students/clients? Are you trying to grow your business? Whatever your goals are for 2018, think about your top priority. What one goal do you really want to accomplish this year? If you know this primary goal, then you can more easily—and willingly—make time for the smaller tasks involved in reaching this goal. Email can wait, put talking about “Stranger Things” with your colleague on the back burner until Friday, and skip checking Facebook for the second or third time. As I reflect on professional and personal goals throughout the beginning of the year, I like to take stock of my professional spaces. I find an organized and accessible work space brings a sense of calm and order to sessions and improves my outlook on the day’s work. I think one of the most important things anyone can do improve their quality of life involves decluttering—in all areas—physically as well as virtually. From your Google drive to your email inbox, your junk drawer at home to your office shelves or closet, the things we possess can catch up to us. A cluttered space often reflects a cluttered mind. I f...
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