Reclaiming My Time: 4 Lessons from Auntie Maxine Waters on Establishing Boundaries

In late July 2017, unassuming hero and everybody’s favorite play-auntie Congresswoman Maxine Waters started a social movement with three simple words: “Reclaiming my time.” Beyond its practical meaning in the context of a House Financial Services Committee hearing, the phrase struck a chord with women across the country and the internet exploded with the new catchphrase. Within days the story had taken overĀ news feeds, trending hashtags, and even had a gospel remix.

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If you haven’t seen the clip, please get your life together and watch it. (Bonus points if you watch the entire questioning.) We should all be taking notes from Auntie Maxine, who gave us a solid schooling on why it’s so important to establish and enforce boundaries in a professional environment.

Fortunately, the lessons she offers up are universal. Here are four key takeaways that we can all use to start reclaiming our time in other areas of our lives. Continue reading “Reclaiming My Time: 4 Lessons from Auntie Maxine Waters on Establishing Boundaries”