It seems like everyone I meet these days is busy, busy, busy! Everyone is too busy to do this or that and in such a rush that they are frazzled and weighted down with the obligations of their to-do list. Raising children and taking care of families no doubt takes a toll on the 24 hours available in each day and most of us find ourselves wishing or begging rather for just a little more time to get things done.
That being said every one of us who finds ourselves too busy to really indulge in the abundance of life should take pause and try to understand just where all that time is going. Think about it. In the course of a week there are 168 hours! On average we probably (hopefully) spend 50 or so sleeping, 14 hours eating and another 7 in the bathroom taking care of ourselves. There goes 71 hours of existence. If you work full time you give up another 50ish hours between work and your commute (if you work outside of the home.) That leaves around 47 hours left in your week? So what are you doing that is keeping you so busy that it consumes 47 hours of your time?
Recently I heard someone say that there were few things in life that deserved our time, energy and talent. Obviously, raising our children and being with family are two of those things that are of the utmost deservance. This comment prompted me to keep track of how and where I spend my time. By paying close attention to the details of where my time was going I was better able to honor the time I had and make better use of the hours left in my week. I was able to partner with myself in deciding exactly what my energy and time was wroth being spent on and was awakened to the things that truly inspire me.
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