Do
you have a friend who is always late for appointments? No matter how
much you try to explain to them that they need to be punctual, they
always end up at least five minutes delayed, if not more. It can be a
very frustrating experience, especially when you are extremely
particular about honouring your time.
Or
perhaps it’s the other way round for you. No matter how hard you
try, you always end up missing deadlines and reaching late for
meetings. It’s not like you want to get late, but invariably you
get held up at the last minute doing something urgent. Then you rush
around like a headless chicken trying to make up for the lost time,
but still can’t make it on time.
How
you handle time is a good reflection of how you handle yourself. If
you respect your time, that is a good indication that you have a
healthy sense of self respect. If time is always racing away from
you, then you are chasing the feeling of self worth without ever
experiencing it.
If
you don’t care enough about yourself to bother with managing your
time efficiently, you are happy to get bogged down with things that
demand your attention.
These
situations may seem more urgent to you than your own health and self
care. Notice I said urgent, not important. Nothing is more important
than you, and yet you can make time for everything and everyone but
yourself.
Do
you deny that you will not have time to take out ten minutes to do
meditation, but will speak to a friend who calls up discussing the
weekend outing for more than that duration? Don’t to find it easier
to watch mindless television series to “unwind”, than to go out
for a walk that will help keep you physically fit?
All
of us are guilty to some degree of not honouring our time.
Today’s
Call to Action
Do
a life audit. Write down the five things that you seem to spend the
maximum time on during your day. Then write down the five things that
you would rather be doing in your day. How deep is the disconnect in
what you are doing and what you want to do?
Stop
squandering your time on things that you really don’t want to do,
but feel that you must. Don’t commit to activities that eat into
your personal time. Try to avoid taking on more than your mental
space can handle during the workday.
It’s
okay to let go of an old project that doesn’t seem to be moving.
You may have outgrown the dream, but are still hoping to get some
return on your investment of money. However, if it’s draining you
of the most crucial resource of time, do you think it’s worth it?
Affirmation
– I
choose to honour myself by honouring my time. I make good use of each
new day granted to me.
I
wish you happy
times ahead.
Love
and light, always
Cashmere
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