The Time Finder with Paula Eder

The way you use your time is the way you live your life.

Finding Time with Focus and Clarity

Posted on July 24, 2008, under Time Boundaries.

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SoaringFinding time, as we’ve been discussing, often depends on your comfort with setting time boundaries. Likewise, your comfort with setting time boundaries has a lot to do with focus, clarity, and assertiveness.

Deepening and clarifying …Boundary-setting requires that you clarify your goals. It asks you to deepen your understanding of who you are and what you value. With this knowledge as your base, your next step is to learn to be a little more assertive than usual about your time.

Setting boundaries around time is not the same as setting boundaries when you are dealing with toxic people. Asserting a boundary with someone who is toxic is a self-protective measure. On some level, you are simply saying, “No.”

When No is a kind of Yes!Setting time boundaries, on the other hand, is a fundamentally proactive and affirmative activity. While a time boundary is also saying “No” to something, it is at heart an expansive enterprise. Your time boundary gives you the space to soar!

Time boundaries and your values …The most important thing to remember about time boundaries is that they enable you to use your time in a way that is consistent with your values; and they are an essential component in values-driven time management.

Let’s explore time together …

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