15 minutes to a better you

Yes, you can have it all — improve your life now with these simple tips

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15 minutes to a better self
March 7: Lucy Danziger of Self magazine reveals simple solutions to life’s everyday dilemmas.

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By the editors, SELF

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updated 11:57 a.m. ET March 7, 2008

If being healthy and fit were an all-or-nothing proposition, most women would be a lost cause. We haven’t stopped caring about our well-being, certainly — we all want to be healthier, happier, fitter, prettier, better organized, more stylish and less stressed. We simply don’t have time.

Women today are striving to stay one step ahead of the clock. But in trying to do it all, we often feel we don’t do any of it well. There’s no time to cook a healthy meal. No time to exercise, to get a checkup, to de-stress. According to a SELF survey of more than 2,000 women, 25 percent are too busy to take a single day off from work.

These sacrifices have put us on the fast track to health-and-happiness deprivation. Well, enough is enough. Let’s put our own well-being atop our to-do list. Even if it’s only for 15 minutes a day. We all have 15 minutes. That’s the time it takes to boil water and cook a pot of pasta, or take a shower and dry your hair. Why not get started right now with these tips (above, right)?

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