Finding time involves managing your energy, and one of the biggest energy drains around is the tendency to shy away from difficult or challenging feelings.
Feelings Fact…
Avoidance eats up time and saps energy … and it keeps you stuck right where you are.
I recently wrote about this in an article titled Time Management Tips – Your Golden Key to Initiate Effective Changes in Tough Times at ezinearticles.com.
Challenging feelings may arise when sudden change disrupts the routines and patterns that you have built in your life. The terrain is suddenly unfamiliar and you may feel lost and disoriented. It is a natural human tendency to want to avoid these feelings. However, as Carl Jung states:
Not around, but through.
Once you take in the fact that it is an illusion (and a debilitating one at that) to think that you can get “around” a difficult feeling … you are more than halfway there! The next step is to find time in your day to let your feelings out and explore them, either yourself or with a friend, coach, or mentor.
Get ready for changes to come…
You will be surprised at the possibilities that open themselves to you as you do this!
Initially, you may have no idea how your own time choices must change to become more effective. But as you relax, your alertness increases. By accepting that even profound challenges and losses are a part of life, you mobilize yourself to analyze your time choices, so you can align them with your values as well as the situation you now face.
As you open to your feelings – especially those challenging ones that your first impulse is to avoid – here are some affirmations that you can carry with you. They will help remind you of the core importance of this exploration that you are undertaking – AND they will strengthen and encourage you along the way!
- Discomfort serves as an essential catalyst.
- All change requires moving beyond one’s comfort zone.
- Compassion and responsibility go hand in hand.
- Gratitude can help broaden your perspective.
- Your promise lies in growth.
How do you find time for your feelings? Try setting aside some time, a few times a week, to begin practicing this skill. I’d love to hear how it goes!
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Let’s explore time together …
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