By Suzanne Rath (hello@suzannerath.com.au)
 

Boundaries are limits you set to protect your well-being and define how you want to be treated by others. They can be physical, emotional, mental, time-related, or material.

In today’s hyper-connected and always ‘ON’ world, boundaries, prioritisation and discipline are essential for continued progress. Regularly reviewing & resetting ourboundaries helps us:

• Do the RIGHT work at the RIGHT time (the right work includes high priorityprojects, energising activities and tasks which ‘move the needle’ towards goals-as opposed to working in a reactive, frazzled and poorly planned way)
   
• Approach our personal and professional tasks with energy and purpose.
   
• Get the most out of our life in all respects. 
   
• Avoid draining relationships and interactions. 
   
• Improve our resilience and response to stressors.
   
• Prevents burnout, chronic fatigue and mental health issues.
   
• Look after our health, so we can lead without sacrificing ourselves and improve our lives in and outside of work.

Women are active participants in Rotary, serving their communities in increasing numbers and serving in leadership positions in Rotary. The 1989 Council on Legislation vote to admit women into Rotary clubs worldwide remains a watershed moment in the history of Rotary.

  “My fellow delegates, I would like to remind you that the world of 1989 is very different to the world of 1905. I sincerely believe that Rotary has to adapt itself to a changing world,” said Frank J. Devlyn, who would go on to become RI president in 2000-01. 

The vote followed the decades-long efforts of men and women from all over the Rotary world to allow the admission of women into Rotary clubs, and several close votes at previous Council meetings.