We all know that this industry provides us all with heavy uncertainty. We’re always uncertain whether we’ll make that important family event, we’re uncertain that the weather will play nicely for the burial that is to be conducted tomorrow, uncertain how far we can push ourselves before we start to feel tired and worn out. But, what if we eliminated the ‘uncertainty’ factor of our industry? Sure, we can’t change the weather, but what if we DID make that important family event, what if we DID know how far we could push ourselves? Wouldn’t that be grand?

I would encourage you to start finding certainty in what you do each and every day. Find the certain time that you’ll be knocking off that day, find the certainty of what time you’ll take your designated lunch breaks. Find the certainty of what time you’ll be home, of when you’ll have dinner, of when you’ll take the time to be with your family and when you’ll find time for you. It’s important that when we’re around the grief and trauma on a daily basis, that you find a way to debrief and and let out the emotions that we often bottle up for the better of others.

When you find that time to yourself, I want you to try something – close your eyes, for as long as you like and think of this word: PEACE. It can be of the word, it can be of the feeling or it can be then most singular thing that brings you this emotion. This is making the most of ‘your’ time.