Scared and sacred are spelled with the same letters.
Awful proceeds from the same root word as awesome.
Terrify and terrific.
Every negative experience holds the seed of transformation.
I know. You are booked solid, and have no wiggle room in your schedule. And, you would really like to get some time to attend to yourself. But the truth of the matter is that it is not that difficult to find an hour for yourself by stealing a little bit of time from other activities. Every person needs a little quiet time because, without it, stress, depression, and anxiety will creep into our lives and consume us.
Creating an extra hour each day for reflection can really pay off over time. You will find that the quality of your life improves when you make time to reflect on your life, your goals, dreams, and desires.
Focusing your mind on what is most important to you helps you in pursuing those dreams with a passion and bring them to life.
Where can I find time?
1. Re-purpose some, or most, of your TV time. Television is a big time waster. Most people spend an average of 4+ hours poised in front of their TV every day. If that sounds like you, this is an easy place to find an hour.
2. Spend less time on the internet. The net is a great source of information, but it is also an easy place to spend a lot of unproductive time. For example, how much time do you spend on social media websites reading about what your friends are having for dinner? Seriously? Just cut back and use the time for yourself.
3. Early to bed, early to rise. If you can get up an hour earlier, that is an extra hour you have to yourself. There is something quiet and peaceful about the morning that you cannot get at other times of the day.
4. Limit your email time. Plan a specific amount of time, once or twice a day, to check and reply to emails.
5. Cut out some shopping. Drop all your shopping, except of course, grocery shopping, for a month. Do not panic! We are only talking a single month. You can go for a month without buying something you really didn’t need, can’t you?
6. Extend your lunch break. If you are getting your work done, perhaps you can extend your lunch and get your solitude in the middle of the day.
7. Skip the news. Go for 30 days fast of watching, reading, or listening to any network news. You can go back after a month if you really miss it. I o not watch much TV, and I have not watched the news in years. My philosophy, about local, national and global news is that if it is significant, someone will say something about it before the day is done. In the meantime, I am at peace.
8. Let go of some of your extraneous after work activities. Instead of all the other things you might have planned, try using some of this time for yourself.
9. Ration your reading time. Keep the most important parts of your reading activity and limit the non-essential reading (usually on the Internet) to a set amount of time each day.
10. Cut down on your playtime. It is absolutely important for your wellbeing that you take time to relax and participate in activities that you enjoy. However, if you find, for instance, that you play video games for hours on end, or spend frequent evenings out on the town, perhaps you can shave a little of this time off for your personal reflection time.
These are just 10 of the ways you can find another hour, and you can easily come up with 10 more. If you use just 4 of these ideas each day, you would only have to cut out 15 minutes of each activity to find your “extra” hour.
Now that we have carved out the hour, how can you use that hour to create a more fulfilling life?
Here are a few suggestions to get you started:
1. Review your goals. Remind yourself of your goals every day. How are things progressing? Is your plan to reach your goals moving you forward? Just reading them each day is helpful. This keeps the things that are important at the forefront of your mind.
2. Review your day. Each day, ask yourself what you have learned. What did you do well? What mis-steps did you make? Can you make choices that serve you better? How? What are you grateful for today?
Just think. If each day were just a little better than the last, on the average, what would your life be like a year from now?
3. Meditate. Escape the hustle and bustle of life and quiet your mind.
4. Journal. Unless you journal on a regular basis, you would be shocked at how much you can learn about yourself when you write down your feelings. Plus, a journal gives you a venue in which to freely vent about your challenges, reduce your stress about them, and work through them to find solutions.
Give yourself the gift of an extra hour each day for reflection. An hour a day can be transformational. Find your hour and take advantage of it. You will be so glad you did!
To your continued success!!
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