Finding Time to Move Smoothly Through Your Transitions

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Finding Time to Move Smoothly Through Your Transitions – Just Ask Paula!

Posted on May 27, 2010, under Time Boundaries, Transitions and Time.

Finding time to live life and move through daily transitions in a mindful (and planful) way is often a matter of creating time boundaries and centering activities for yourself … and then following through on them!

As you can see from the question we received recently, this is a challenge for many!

Lynne from Syracuse, NY writes:

Dear Paula,

I like the idea of marking my days with specific activities that I can repeat over and over. However, I can’t seem to find the time to actually do them, even though I try. And even if I do have time, I don’t remember the activities. Do you have any suggestions?

Dear Lynne,

You are identifying two separate issues. The first is not finding the time, and the second is not remembering the activities. Perhaps you feel caught in a Catch-22 where you can’t find the time to find the time! And, as a result, you feel can’t center yourself enough to remember just how you’d planned to center yourself!

This may actually sound counterintuitive, but making the time to work on grounding, welcoming, or stress-reducing activities, will actually help you find time more consistently. And creating these transitional rituals will enable you to use your time more beneficially. These activities will smooth your daily path and help guide you throughout your day. As you begin to do them regularly, you’ll feel like something is missing when you don’t do them.

Start small with one brief activity that strongly appeals to you. The more you resonate to it, the more incentive you’ll have to find time and recall your plans. If needed, place small Post-It notes in your living or working space, as reminders.

Make it easy. For example, if you find a book of quotes very inspiring and uplifting, buy 2 copies, and keep one in your car for easy retrieval.

Repeat this one activity until it becomes automatic. Then you can integrate a second one into your daily life. Make sure you continue to do the first one, also. In that way you will build your transitional activities into the routine of your day, each day, every day.

Let me know how this works for you.

Warmest regards,

Paula

How do you deal with these kinds of challenges in your life? Was this helpful? Please feel invited to drop me a line – I’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences!

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