Want MORE Time? Manage It LESS!

by upbeat on June 2, 2009

Time Management ... subject to relativity.

There is no such thing as more time. Time is something none of us has figured out a way to manufacture. We already have all the time there is.

So how can we have more time? You can experience more time, that's how! It's the only way to have more time, and really a two-step process. Step One, begin to be intensely grateful for the time you have, or the time you're given, depending on your world view. It will change how you value the time and therefore, your experience of it. I guarantee it. Because you'll value time more, as if by magic, you'll experience it more. When people are asked what they are most grateful for in life, “time” is rarely mentioned. It's hardly a surprise then, that many people can only think of time in terms of never enough. It needn't be so. For inspiration, watch the excellent little “The Time Movie” available online for free NSA (no strings attached). Step Two, manage your time less. It's not a misprint. It might sound like an oxymoron, but you'll be amazed. To get more time, manage it less. You see, not only do we take time for granted, we also have a habit of chopping it up - into years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, seconds. We also concern ourselves with the past and future, sometimes to the point of forgetting about the present. But time only exists in the present (or rather we only exist in the present, but let's stay on track). As a result of our chopping time into pieces, and of not living in the now, we have kind of lost our sense of time itself.

Another way of valuing time more is to have less, but I don't wish this to anyone. When time runs out it's like when the cookies run out. The last remaining cookie in the jar suddenly appears more precious than it was when the jar was full. Value time more, and manage time less, starting today. Keep in mind, "time is a great teacher, but it unfortunately kills all its pupils" (Hector Berlioz).


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