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Find Time to Move Your Body No Matter What!
Posted on March 9, 2010 by Paula, under Self-Care Time, Time Choices, Time and Energy.
Find time for a little exercise every day – it’s really important, and it’s been my mantra for quite some time now!
You may think it’s a tall order, but note that I said “a little exercise”! That’s because it’s much more important to do something, and do it frequently – then to exercise strenuously and well, but only every once in a while. Not only is that less helpful for your fitness over the long haul, but it also sets you up for possible injury.
But how do you find time to work exercise into your busiest days? And what if you’re sick, or over-tired,or away from home, or just don’t feel like it? It can certainly be a challenge, I know. But for starters, making movement a priority AND being mindful of even your smallest choices can really, really help!
For example:
- What if you park at the far end, rather than the near side of the parking lot?
- What if you walked back upstairs when you forget your glasses, rather than asking your partner to bring them down to you?
- How about walking to the grocery store for the half gallon of milk, rather than hopping into the car?
A lot of the efficiencies that we undertake in our lives are geared towards saving us steps. I’m suggesting that you flip that over for yourself, especially when you don’t have time to go to a gym or do some other form of planned exercise.
Instead of saving yourself some steps, try adding a few. This will get your energy moving, and I guarantee you’ll find it refreshing.
Time choices like these can have the added advantage of diminishing your carbon footprint (less time in the car), modeling helpful behaviors for others in your life, and gaining you some quiet time (those walks to the store) to boot. Even very small increments of time spent exercising present you with lots of bonuses, as you can see!
Of course it’s great to get out for a longer walk or run or bike ride — or to join the Pilates class, or practice yoga, you name it! These things are wonderful and I heartily encourage them.
BUT … even on a day when your schedule is “too full” or you don’t feel quite up to it, you can still work some movement into your moments. Try it! And let me know how it goes – I’d love to hear!
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Finding Time for the Olympics-Yes You Can!
Posted on February 16, 2010 by Paula, under Time Boundaries, Time Choices, Time Priorities.
Finding time to enjoy cultural events like the Olympics can be a big challenge in your already-busy life, can’t it? These infrequent-and-thoroughly-engaging events bring up questions of time choices, time priorities, time boundaries, you name it!
The first thing to remember is that your time is finite. Adding something to your day means, realistically, that you’ll need to cut something out. This can be a challenging time choice – AND it can be very clarifying and empowering to make it consciously and proactively.
Ask yourself:
- What could I let go of temporarily, to make room for keeping up with this once-every-four-years event?
- Are there tools that I can use (like a video recorder or on-line access) to fit my Olympic time better with my day-to-day schedule?
- Are there tasks that I could delegate to make more room in my schedule?
The fascinating thing about asking these questions and making these adjustments is that in exploring temporary tweaks to your schedule, you may well discover some permanent changes that you’d like to make.
What a great bonus! Not only do you find yourself time to follow these exciting and inspiring Winter Games, but you also give yourself an opportunity to review and refresh your time priorities.
Have you found time to watch any of these Olympic Games yet? Do you plan to? Let me know how it goes for you and what you discover - I’d love to hear!
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Find Time for Agility and Nimbleness!
Posted on February 10, 2010 by Paula, under Time Choices, Time and Energy.
Finding time and being efficient is often thought of as a matter of developing systems and being steady and disciplined about sticking to them. And don’t get me wrong – those skills are very important!
But the recent blizzard(s) that have inundated and paralyzed the Mid-Atlantic region of the US provide a reminder of the need for agility in meeting the challenges that the world sometimes presents us with.
Finding time to be nimble in the face of the unexpected is a matter of time choices AND a matter of the energy that we bring to those choices. And I would add that our energy can be very much affected by the language that we use to describe our choices!
I love words like agile and nimble because they are so energetic, active, and positive.
Contrast them to a word like flexibility. It’s not a bad word at all – but it can have a slightly reactive feel, can’t it? Something happens and we are flexible in response to it. It just doesn’t have the same “in charge” feeling that a nimble response has.
The next time you are confronted with an unexpected wrench in the works … try framing your response as “agile” or “nimble” or some other active and in charge word that strikes a chord for you. How does it feel? I’d love to hear!
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Find Time to Be in Charge of Your Time (Rather than Vice Versa)!
Posted on February 3, 2010 by Paula, under Time Choices.
Finding time to step up and take charge of your time is the path to learning that 24-hours really are enough! Rather than feeling trapped by the ticking clock, when you are in charge of your time you live each tick (and tock) to its fullest. The finiteness of time isn’t something you experience as scarcity so much as a quality that highlights and elevates the importance of each moment!
So, being in charge is all about being proactive and focused, and about asserting and maintaining your boundaries.
My friend and colleague Maggie McCauley recently wrote a wonderful blog post about this. It’s titled The Simple Secret To Taking Charge Of Your Time and in it she offers lots of very helpful, concrete tips while encouraging us to think in terms of abundance, rather than scarcity, and take charge of the time we have each day!
Maggie includes a list of 12 tips, and notes:
When you are always in a rush, a slave to clocks and watches you are allowing time to manage you. When your day planner is overflowing because you’ve said “yes” to every interesting event or project, it’s all scheduled back to back with no space in between to breathe and life’s “unexpected interruptions” are not taken into account you have given time all the control. There isn’t enough time because you haven’t added in enough space in between events.
I’d like to highlight just one of her tips for you right now – a very concrete and grounding one: “Learn to time yourself with tasks.”
It’s tip #11, and I think if you try it you’ll find it very eye-opening. A BIG part of the reason so many of us feel short on time is that we don’t give ourselves enough of it – because we don’t know how long our everyday tasks actually take. I bet if you try this, you’ll find that you are setting yourself up to be behind, right from your first task of the morning!
Here’s a challenge … pick a day this week or next, and time your activities. Keep track, and see what you discover! Oh, and please feel invited to drop me a line – I’d love to hear about what you find!
What if you could find another hour every day? You can! You are invited to sign up for The Finding Time Success Kit. It’s FREE, and it provides you with key tools for your time success! Grab it and see how you can recharge your energy, reduce overwhelm and frustration, and come to learn that 24 hours really ARE enough!
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Find Time to Take Yourself and Your Business to the Next Level!
Posted on January 27, 2010 by Paula, under Time Choices, Time and Energy.
Did you find time to join Heather Dominick and me last night as I interviewed Heather about The Time and Money Mistakes that Smart People Make? If you did, then you know what a dynamic and wise coach Heather is! So read on – because I want to share something very important with you …
I’m sure you sense that there is a monumental shift taking place in the world. You may have secretly begun to believe that this is a shift into greater darkness and experienced fear, worry and concern about what’s to come. There is a sense of doom and desperation circulating … but this is NOT the truth … the Truth is this shift is poised for major light.
My good friend and colleague, Heather Dominick – EnergyRICH® Entrepreneur Success and Master Coach, has a very clear answer to what’s currently plaguing the planet … it all comes down to a personal decision. This is the Universal Law of Free Will, the most powerful energetic principle that you can activate at any given time. And Heather has a powerful plan to help you to be able to do this in the most prosperous way.
Just imagine completing your very own EnergyRICH® Core Business Building Success Template right on a teleclass! So by the end of the call you walk away VERY clear about what’s missing in your mission and your marketing and how to step into 6-figure (and beyond) success that’s aligned with who you are and that will have you fast-tracked into modern marketing rather than relying on old-out-dated-past-paradigm marketing methods (so you can prosperously serve the world)
This shift into light is about YOU stepping out and up to be the magnificent person that you are! And Heather is going to give you an inner and outer plan that will show you EXACTLY how to do this on her next EnergyRICH®, revolutionary teleclass:
“The 6-Figure Foundational Success Secret You Must Have As A Healer Coach or Heart-Centered Entrepreneur”
Date: Feb 3rd 2010
Time: 1:30-3:30pm EASTERN
Sign up here! (affiliate link)
I am so confident of the high-value, high-impact information you will receive on this call! In addition to her incredible, inspirational energy Heather is known for her impeccable, easy to understand and implement information. (And if you heard our interview last night, or have participated in any of Heather’s other classes or groups, you absolutely know what I mean!)
I truly see this as a gift for you and highly recommend that you reserve your spot on this revolutionary interactive-training teleclass now by signing up here! (affiliate link)
This is the time for you to step into your highest self.
This is the time for you to serve those that you are meant to serve.
This is the time for you to receive your most prosperous reward.
Be sure to be on this call that is going to give you the exact foundational formula you need to be able to do this no matter what is happening for anyone else around you.
Your time is now.
This is a must be there teleclass. See you on this very special, unique call.
Oops, I almost forgot, Heather is truly one of the most generous coaches I know. She always freely gives of her time, her energy AND on this teleclass she will be giving away Cash Prizes! That’s right. Three of them. But you MUST be on the call to win. So be sure to reserve your special seat by signing up here! (affiliate link)
Are you ready to take the next step?
What if you could find another hour every day? You can! You are invited to sign up for The Finding Time Success Kit. It’s FREE, and it provides you with key tools for your time success! Grab it and see how you can recharge your energy, reduce overwhelm and frustration, and come to learn that 24 hours really ARE enough!
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Find Time to Start Making Your Smartest Time and Money Choices Ever … Tonight!
Posted on January 26, 2010 by Paula, under Time Choices.
I am SO excited to be kicking off my FREE EducationRich and HeartBased Interview Teleseries at 7PM ET TONIGHT! And I’m even more excited that my first interview is with EnergyRICH® Entrepreneur Success & Master Coach Heather Dominick!
Our topic? What are the Biggest Money and Time Mistakes Smart People Make? I’ll be asking Heather about her coaching experience and success secrets … as she has mentored people toward creating a healthy relationship with time and with money.
Do you feel chronically short on time and money? Are you struggling to keep your head above water? Well, you’re not alone – not at all! Are you ready to explore the many ways that your choices about time and money are intertwined … and start untying the knots?
And you know what? Therein lies the good news! That’s because, as intertwined as time and money can be, when you work to clear up your relationship with one, and start untying those knots, it usually affects the other as well!
Imagine how you’ll be able to fly once you’re unshackled from old fears and doubts. Picture what you can accomplish once you can confidently trust that you will always have enough!
So join us and kick start your year of abundance with LOTS of excellent insights and ideas about making your smartest time and money choices ever! Sign up for my interview with EnergyRICH® Entrepreneur Success & Master Coach Heather Dominick. That’s TONIGHT – Tuesday, January 26th … at 7PM ET!
Can you see your path to making different time and money choices for yourself? Join us on tonight’s call … and then let me know what you think … I’d love to hear!
What if you could find another hour every day? You can! You are invited to sign up for the Finding Time Success Kit. It’s FREE, and provides you with key tools for your time success!
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And don’t forget – sign up for tonight’s call with Heather – you’ll be so glad you did!
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Find Time to Set Goals as You Move Toward Success and Abundance!
Posted on January 21, 2010 by Paula, under Time Choices, Time and Energy.
Finding time to succeed, prosper, and experience abundance in your life … that’s something we’ll be focusing on here at The Time Finder as 2010 unfolds!
Kick start your year of abundance and you’ll receive LOTS of excellent insights and ideas about this when you sign up for my interview with EnergyRICH® Entrepreneur Success & Master Coach Heather Dominick. That’s Tuesday, January 26th … at 7PM ET!
In the meantime, here are 3 tips to help you set your success and abundance goals for the coming year. It’s so important to align your energies and intentions as you move ahead, so that your time choices can further your dreams as efficiently and effectively as possible!
- Ask yourself – how much time have you actually spent creating a clear picture of what you want and why you want it? If you have not seriously reflected upon this important question, or if your idea of what you want changes frequently, your goals will be written in sand. Give yourself the gift of taking 15 minutes a day for one week to think about what you truly want and why you want it. Jot down notes. At the end of the week, you will be ready to set clear goals that truly represent how you picture your ideal life. You will have created the motivation to achieve that outcome, as well.
- Building on Tip #1, examine the outcome you have defined to ensure that it’s realistic. You may find that you need to make it more specific, or you may need to modify it in order to make it come alive in your mind.
- Cultivate awareness. This valuable state of mind, encouraged by setting goals, can dramatically improve your life. Make a habit of looking at your goal, or outcomes you have defined as most desirable for your life, at least 3 times a day. You may find it helpful to use a timer to set aside 5-10 minutes before breakfast, lunch, and dinner to focus on it. Doing this will help to ensure a constant state of awareness of your goal, and of why it is important to achieve it.
Once you’ve thoroughly assimilated your goal, you’re ready to work backwards on planning the steps to achieve your goal. Working backwards prevents you from falling into the common trap of making action steps too big.
Finally, document each action step you need to take to be where you want to be.
Can you see your path to abundance? Let me know what you think … I’d love to hear!
And don’t forget – sign up for my call with Heather – you’ll be so glad you did!
What if you could find another hour every day? You can! You are invited to sign up for the Finding Time Success Kit starting with The New Finding Time Personal Boundary Template. It’s FREE, and when you sign up you will also receive (if you don’t already) my FREE, weekly Finding Time Tips and my FREE, monthly Award-Winning Finding Time E-zine … key tools for your time success!
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Find Time to Fully Own Your Day-3 Tips to Get You Started!
Posted on January 19, 2010 by Paula, under Time Choices, Time and Energy.
Finding time to step proactively toward your time choices and “own your day” is one of the most empowering gifts that you can give yourself every single day (or more often, if you want)!
How often do you hear people say some version of the phrase, “My time is not my own”? This is a huge misconception – and one that leaves people feeling out-of-control and victimized when it doesn’t need to be that way. Not at all! Our time choices are ours to make, no matter what! And the reality is that, if we choose to let others dictate what we do with our time, THAT is a time choice we are making. Ultimately, it is in our hands.
So how do you find time to fully own your day? What does that mean?
I like to think of each new day as a blank slate, filled with possibility and promise. I may have tasks and responsibilities to fulfill in those 24-hours, but how I go about that is entirely my choice. Here are 3 tips for “owning” your day, right from the outset:
- Know yourself. Are you a morning person? Do you do better at night? Don’t set yourself up by trying to start your day in a way that just isn’t “you.” There is no ideal here. The key is to fashion a routine that works for you and that helps you enter your day positively and proactively, no matter what is on your plate!
- Have a plan. Planning is, perhaps, THE key to owning your time choices, not to mention getting traction on accomplishing your goals. I like to have a plan for each day that I usually start the night before and then refine when I’m ready to start my day. It can also be very helpful to use the two column method to track what you finish and what you don’t, each day.
- Give yourself a moment. It is important to take at least a moment, first thing, to touch base and connect with yourself. Whatever works for you is the way to go. If you are a morning person and love to get out and exercise, a walk or run might be great for you. Or maybe you choose to write in your journal, meditate, work quietly in your garden.
The specific activities that you undertake aren’t so important. What is VERY important is that you are connecting with yourself. This starts your day on a positive and proactive note that empowers and energizes you for whatever else the coming hours bring!
How do you start your day? I’d love to hear!
What if you could find another hour every day? You can! You are invited to sign up for the Finding Time Success Kit starting with The New Finding Time Personal Boundary Template. It’s FREE, and when you sign up you will also receive (if you don’t already) my FREE, weekly Finding Time Tips and my FREE, monthly Award-Winning Finding Time E-zine … key tools for your time success!
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Find Time to Make Your Holidays Yours!
Posted on November 24, 2009 by Paula, under Time Choices, Time and Values.
Finding time to get everything ready for the holidays and finding time to celebrate special times may not always be the same.
As Thanksgiving gets closer and closer, with the December holidays waiting in the wings, I have been thinking about two very different ways we can approach these events. The energy we bring to the holidays can make all the difference in how we experience them!
Do you feel overwhelmed by the holidays? Are they yet another “task” in your already-full schedule? Does it look impossible to get the necessary cooking and shopping and planning done before holiday time arrives? Do you find yourself wishing that you could skip it all?
Maybe it’s time to step back and take another look.
I always encourage people to think of time as a basket. In the basket are all of the things that your have committed your time to. Chances are that your basket is full. Perhaps it is even overflowing. How do you fit something like the holidays into it?
Well, the other thing that I encourage people to do with their basket of time is to take something out when they add something to it. Even as a temporary measure, this is important as a way to relieve stress and keep your expectations realistic.
So, as a first step, add the holidays proactively to your basket of time. Making this your own, proactive choice removes the “victim” energy that can sometimes accompany the holidays – especially if you are feeling stressed and impinged on by them.
Next, think about what you can take out of your basket, temporarily, to give yourself some breathing room!
- Make yourself a quick list of possibilities.
- Don’t remove your self-care time, as that will leave you feeling depleted just when you want to have access to your best energies.
- Act on at least one, and ideally two or three of the possibilities you’ve listed.
- Be sure to let others know, if they will be impacted by your choices.
- Remember that this is a temporary measure! Once the holidays are over, you can return to your regular priorities.
As an added bonus, in letting go temporarily, you may discover that there were things on your list of time priorities that you didn’t actually need to be doing. This can free you up even more going forward!
While we’re talking about holiday planning, here’s something to add to our basket of time for Thursday, December 3 from 7:00-8:15 PM ET! It’s a FREE teleclass offered by my friends and colleagues Cindy Hudson and Maggie McCauley titled: Color Your Holidays With Calm, Confidence & Courage – Tools To Help You Thrive In The Midst Of Holiday Madness. As they say, “If you’re tired of the same ole’ same ‘ole holiday routine and you’re ready to feel calm, confident and courageous all during the holidays this year, come to the class and make this the most effortless and joyful holiday season ever!” Knowing Cindy and Maggie, they are going to have some very useful and inspiring information to share. I encourage you to check it out!
How are you feeling as the holidays approach? Have you made room for them in your basket of time? There’s still time to make proactive choices about it … there’s always time for that … so here’s to your time success!
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Finding Time For Yourself, Even on Your Busiest Days
Posted on October 15, 2009 by Paula, under Self-Care Time, Time Boundaries, Time Choices.
Finding time for yourself when you are over-the-top busy can seem impossible, can’t it? Your To Do List is overflowing, and there’s a back-log of tasks left over from yesterday (and maybe the day before) as well. You are running from one thing to another, and can’t see any breathing space on the horizon.
How often do you have a day like that? More often than you’d like, I am guessing. In our fast-paced, plugged-in, super-scheduled world, it is easy to do this to ourselves.
I am a big proponent of time boundaries, and would generally advise you to schedule in time for self-care, even when you’re jam-packed with tasks. But I know that’s not always possible. So when you can’t even find 10 or 15 minutes for yourself, what can you do?
Here’s where you need to become a multi-tasker. Scan your schedule and look for the times when you will either be moving from one task to another, or when you will be doing something that doesn’t require your full attention. Make these your times for briefly focusing on your breathing, mentally checking in with yourself, giving yourself a pat on the back, and remembering things that you are grateful for.
I’d encourage you to, at your leisure, come up with a menu that works for you. Maybe there are some affirmations that are particularly meaningful. Maybe simply focusing on your breathing or thinking of 3 gratitudes is grounding and revitalizing.
Whatever it is for you, finding time for self-care, even in the midst of your busiest days, is always within your grasp. You can give yourself what you need, no matter what your situation. Remembering this is a huge asset, as you navigate your busy life!
Speaking of time choices and time boundaries, watch for an e-mail today about a FREE Teleclass next week, when I’ll be interviewed by my friend and colleague Melissa McCreery. It’s on Wednesday, October 21 at 7PM ET. Please join us on the 21st – and drop me a line – I’d love to hear your thoughts about this!
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