What are you getting back for your time?

When we’re trying to squeeze in what we want most, it’s not because we lack time. It’s because we’ve filled our time with other things. And however good they might be, they are less worthy of our time.

Instead of struggling, we can simply give priority to what we want. We can allocate time for what’s important to us—-before we start filling it up with what comes along. If, for example, my biggest priority this morning is to edit a chapter in my next book, I can do that first … or I can answer the phone three times, and do the laundry that’s piling up, and respond to some e-mail. Granted, those things might need to be done, but why not let them fill in the gaps, when I’m on hold for five minutes (smile) or my brain needs a break.

When we do what’s most critical, we’re energized … and we can keep the momentum going. When we get distracted, we’re apt to feel like we can’t quite manage it all; we fight the current, instead of staying present and flowing.

We can find joy in doing what we want to do. Why not? It is what we want to do. When we make it feel like work instead, it’s because we get off center. We get distracted. Maybe because we feel guilty, or worry about what somebody else wants or what somebody else will think. Maybe because we’re afraid we can’t pull it off, or we’ll have to live up to it if we do. The guilt, the worry, the fear are rooted in ego—-not our true self. Not love.

In love, we can keep everything in perspective.