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October 27, 2011 By Julie Gray

My Trick For Creating More Time Each Day

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“There just isn’t enough time in the day!”

It is a common frustration I hear. Or this one:

“I have too much to do – I will never be caught up!”

Sound familiar?

I tend to get stuck in these patterns of thinking, too. That time is the enemy. That there is never enough and so I always need to be rushing off to the next thing so I can squeeze in as much as possible in any given day.

And for what reason?

What are we rushing to?

What are we hoping to achieve with all of this doing?

I believe it is part of my life’s purpose to understand this phenomenon in myself and others. The other part is to teach what I learn on my journey.

Here is what I have learned so far:

  • That whatever is chasing us to do, will never stop until we turn around and greet it with love and acceptance.
  • That the experience of “being done” and “caught up” is unreachable by doing more. It can only be felt by enjoying the fact that we are never really done.
  • That the more I rush, the more I need to rush in order to keep up. The pace of life quickens the more I allow it to.
  • That the more I believe I don’t have enough time, the more I experience this reality on a daily basis.

And one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned so far is this:

That in order to create more time in our days we have to give time to ourselves first. This is my secret trick. We have to demonstrate to the universe that we trust there is enough time by keeping some of it for ourselves – every day. I call this tithing your time.

It is amazing to me how much calmer, more relaxed, and more spacious my days are when I meditate or do yoga in the morning. So much so that I believe tithing your time is a necessary part to ending the cycle of rushing and finally break free from “time is the enemy” thinking for good.

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Filed Under: Habit Change Tagged With: Motivation, Self Care

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  1. Dominique says

    October 30, 2011 at 7:35 am

    My boss, during a conversation on this topic, said to me this year: “Once I accepted the fact that my TO DO LIST will be full until the day I die, I relaxed and just cross off what I can when it’s done and look forward to the next in line”. That resonated for me and I’ve changed my attitude to gel with this thinking. Very helpful.

    • Julie says

      October 30, 2011 at 9:16 am

      Thanks for this Dominique. It really is about embracing what is true. I love that your boss was able to convey this in a way that helped you shift. Thanks so much for sharing.

  2. Jennifer says

    October 28, 2011 at 3:39 pm

    I gave myself an extra hour today. I canceled a meeting to allow the employee (who I was going to meet with) to take on the task himself. I chose not to be involved because really, I didn’t need to be.

    • Julie says

      October 29, 2011 at 8:19 am

      Nice way to support your team Jennifer! Thanks for the comment.

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