Maxafication-ize Your Life

Have you ever noticed that time seems to be speeding up as you become older? Yet when you were younger time seemed to pass slowly? When you are young the events of life are many times simple and not as full of mental, emotional, and physical stresses. The more you fill the space of time and become familiar with demands on your time (this happens as you get older). The faster time seems to speed up.

This is really just an evolution of awareness. Much like when you purchase a car. You tend to be more aware of all the cars like yours. This is because your awareness has increased. So time is not speeding up. At least it is the same for a 7 year old and a 40 year old living at the same time. Our sensitivity to what can be done in time (between the need for sleep, interaction, food) is acute as we work in it. What makes time so sensitive is that we increasingly realize limitations of what might be accomplished.

Time is a space of life in which we carry out more or less life actions. Those actions can squander our time or invest it to see gratification or the promise of it.

Here are 10 things you can do to use your time in a way that says you are filling it with meaningful actions:

1. Take time to think about what you want out of life. Ask yourself, “How do I want to be known? How do I want to be remembered? What is important to me?” Work on one thing at a time. Check out this post “Direction for Your Life”.

2. Don’t be hindered by how much time it will take to accomplish your desire. Any worthwhile goal carries a value in moving forward even if it must be finished by someone else.

3. Leave off spending a lot of time in any relationships not essential to reaching your goal. Be polite, sincere, and nice. Just go on a “diet” with the time you spend with others.

4. Find someone who has done what you desire to do and study them. Study them from afar and up close. Correspond with them. Interview them if possible. Read what they have written. Just remember, prepare 20 minutes for every 5 minutes of their time. They can tell when you genuinely want to know by your preparation.

5. Create a plan of action. Step by step. Measure your progress by numbering the steps and setting a time target to accomplish the plan. You will sometimes have to adjust your time line, but do not change the steps unless you find the step to be a waste in reaching your goal.

6. Place reminders of your goals consistently around you. On your voicemail. In your car. On your refrigerator. Carry a letter to yourself in your pocket about what you decided to accomplish.

7. Interpret failures as the education you receive to learn how to adjust use of your time.

8. Your success is not dependent on anyone else. Others will play a part in your success, but you should ultimately never stop carrying responsibility. Work at it.

9. Meditate and day dream about your accomplishment to replenish your passion for what can be.

10. Do not forget to laugh. Laughter is a release and re-energizer when your emotions need a break. Take a laugh break!

I am sure you have other ways of using time wisely. What are 2 or 3 things you think can enhance how we use time? Share your comments with other readers. I would love to hear from you directly.