How’s Your Relationship, w/ Time Going?
What are we talking about?
What comes to mind when you think of time? Is time something you feel good about? Is time something you use wisely, and it works well for you? Or do you find yourself not using your time the best, like almost wasting it? Do you wish you could control time, slow it down or speed it up? Maybe you are like many others, frequently wishing you had more time, and if only you did surely you could get all the things done that you wanted to. At some level, all of these questions describe our thoughts, feelings and even our habits. Time indeed is something worth considering.
In my years of education, living and coaching others I have learned that when it comes to the concept of time, we need to develop a better relationship. Rather than complaining about how fast or slow time is moving, or the lack of time we have, we need to fall in love with time. The truth is that we engage time based on our level of value and affection for it. Our relationship with time is best known by how we use it. If you can clearly understand how you use the time you have, then you can determine the health of your relationship with it.
Why does this matter?
The conversation on time matters for many reasons. Yet, let me narrow the motive in a few obvious but often forgotten reasons. Firstly, all of life and nature moves based on time. Even if we did not have an actual clock system, we would be governed by nature as a way of marking points in life. We would do well to submit to a structure that reality already moves by.
Secondly, this conversation matters because you only get one lifetime to live. What you make of the time you have is totally up to you. Whether time is wasted or invested depends on your daily choices and habits. Personally, this is a level of control in life that many of us simply do not take advantage of.
Thirdly, time is one of the most valuable assets in life. Something is of great value when it cannot be reproduced, or when it is not easily accessible. Such is the case with our time. Once a time period has passed, it is gone. The good times of yesterday will never happen again. With this motive in mind, we should carefully and efficiently handle those things that cannot be reproduced, that passes the point of no return with every second. The only way to live like this is to carry a high value and affection for time. This sounds much like our relationships with those we love.
What do I do now?
If we can agree that all of life and nature moves by time; and that we only have one lifetime to live and because time cannot be reproduced we should handle it with efficient care then we should consider our relationship with time.
Submit to time - Slow down…pace matters. Time is a gift designed for our optimal success. We need to start living like it's an asset, and not a hindrance.
Invest your Time - Make today work for your tomorrow. Living in the moment does not mean sqaunder. It actually means seize today in a way that makes tomorrow better than yesterday. Waste time and you never reap the benefits of it. Spend time and you only get what's received in that moment. Invest your time and you'll reap the joyous results of time well spent.
Enjoy your time - Embrace each moment. What's most regretted by those at the end of their life, is forfeiting felt-experiences in lieu of putting things off thinking that you’ll have time tomorrow. Have you heard that before? So I say yes! Live well and enjoy today. Why? Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow is not promised. All you have is the time you are given right now.
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