Finding time to follow your dreams may require waking up first.
How many automatic time choices are embedded in your life from childhood? If you did the exercise in yesterday’s post, you may have been amazed at the messages you were carrying.
It’s very helpful and important to spot these early default settings. That’s because unexamined patterns can set you up to be living someone else’s life.
It’s your life…
And the thing is, your life is unique – never before and never again to be. What a loss, to not live out that uniqueness to its fullest!
So, unconsciously repeating patterns you learned from someone else is like trying to wear someone else’s running shoes for a marathon. It isn’t going to help you finish the race. Just so with your time legacy. However well your family’s time choices may have suited them, they probably don’t fully address your needs.
If there are places where you can feel your time choices hobbling you, those are what I like to call Time Traps. And those ‘stuck places’ usually hold treasures of information, for those who choose to explore.
3 Steps
So, why not start rethinking a habitual Time Trap right now? These 3 simple steps provide a jumping off place:
- Name one time choice that frustrates you.
- Quickly describe how it conflicts with your conscious values.
- Compare it with what family members did with their time in similar situations.
Following these steps gives you key information about how your Time Trap first took root. As you connect the dots between your troubled time choice and your upbringing, fresh ideas may pop up. Your explorations energize and empower you – as you awaken into your own, unique life!
Curiosity helps…
And here’s a lesson you can carry with you wherever you go: Self-consciousness and self-criticism lose ground when you’re genuinely curious and motivated to learn. This is a powerful reframing of perspective that can absolutely transform all of your choices, explorations and discoveries. It’s a proactive, heart-based approach that puts you in the driver’s seat, no matter what challenge you are greeting!
This does, too…
Are you interested in learning more about the Heart-Based Time Management™ Path? Here’s one way that you can transform and deepen your relationship to time in the Heart-Based Way … I invite you to explore Secrets of Heart-Based Time Management™ – my chapter in the book I co-authored – Stepping Stones to Success! In it I share my proven system for exploring and harnessing the power of your mind, your body and your spirit to help you deepen your experience of time and of your life.
As you work with the ideas I offer, you’ll explore your patterns, clarify your values, identify and prioritize your goals … and create your path for achieving them. You can give yourself the gift of this wonderful resource today, and get started on your journey toward success, Stepping Stone by Stepping Stone …just click this link to get the details!
Let’s explore time together …
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