KRISTINA'S WEEKLY EMAIL OF THOUGHT-PROVOKING ESSAYS & VIDEOS TO KEEP YOU CONNECTED TO YOURSELF ON THIS JOURNEY CALLED LIFE |
Greetings!
Well, we are officially through the first quarter of 2022 - I'm wondering if the April Fool's Day joke is that it's not actually April Fool's Day?! Not really sure how that happened. Time is a very strange thing these days; each month feels like a year and at the same time January feels like a couple of weeks ago....
Which is why it’s more important than ever to be in touch with your individual time and energy and how you are using it. Are you digging in and making the most of every second of every day? And that doesn't have to be anything thought to be traditionally "productive" - spending time in gratitude or appreciating nature; journaling, reading, watching an inspiring or educational video; examining and healing your childhood wounds; doing anything that brings you pleasure; creating something; spending quality time with your loved ones; making a healthy meal for yourself or simply resting when your body needs to is just as, if not more, important than crossing things off your left brain's to-do list!
And even if you're not maximizing the time you have, at least observe when you fail to make the best of it - be compassionate and forgiving of yourself, and do better the next day.
This is not something that takes a lot of effort, it just requires a certain awareness and routinely checking in with oneself. I always recommend to my clients and workshop attendees to take at least 15 minutes a day to reflect on what’s going with you - what are you thinking, how are you feeling, what has transpired, what needs to be felt and released, and what do you want your current focus to be? That's a daily practice, but then remember to periodically take time for a more in-depth comprehensive review.
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Be Kind Rewind
Originally published on November 15, 2011
We’re working our jobs
Collect our pay
Believe we’re gliding down the highway
When in fact we’re slip slidin’ away
How is it that it is [April 1st]?! I’m not sure why the older we get the faster time seems to go, but coupled with the technological superhighway we’ve been on, the perception of it is certainly speeding up and life is passing us by in a blink of an eye.
Between the boob tube, a gazillion distractions on the internet and social media, aimless nights out on the town or sales at the mall, and whatever celebrity gossip channels and news media outlets force us to be focused on at the moment, it’s easy to lose track of what we can control and create for ourselves.
And no matter what you do for a living, it’s easy to let the daily grind eat up your days; if you’re not connected in a meaningful way to your work it makes it worse, and if you have others to care for on top of your own stuff that adds even more to your load. Whew!
This is why it’s so important to stop every now and then — daily, weekly, monthly quarterly — the more the better — to see what’s really happening in your life, rather than perpetually going through the motions to get through the day.
I am constantly reminding my audiences and clients that our time and energy are our most precious resources, so take this opportunity to check in to see if you’ve been using yours the way you said you would back in January. Have you checked off some of the things you want to accomplish before the clock strikes midnight on December 31st? If not, there’s still a reasonable amount of time to do something about them.
It’s also that time of year when we reflect upon all the blessings in our lives — and no matter how challenging things might be, we can always find something for which to give thanks.
Because unlike the shows on our DVR’s, we cannot simply rewind our lives and recover lost time, but we can review for ourselves what’s transpired in order to learn from our experiences and move forward with a better understanding and clearer purpose for whatever is next on the horizon.
Not sure where the minutes, hours and days are going, what you did with the ones you had, or feel like you don’t have anything to put on your gratitude list this year? You can get some ideas from Alanis, or simply give me a buzz — we’ll do an instant replay and send you on your way!
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