Manage Your Time: An Excerpt from The Empowered Mama

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“Time is a created thing. To say you don’t have time, is like saying ‘I don’t want to’.” Lao Tzu

Almost every mom I meet seems frantic and overwhelmed, wearing busy like it’s a girl scout badge. Take a breath. No, really, stop and take a deep breath right now. Slow down. It’s not that easy, you say? I know. Believe me, I know. I, too, was that person running so fast, all the time. Truth be told, I still am. But I have put myself through rigorous training to get out of “overwhelm” and get into a slower and more peaceful life. I’ll help you do the same.

How many times have you wished for more hours in the day? Poof! I’ve just given you three more hours. How would you use your hours? Would you exercise more? Meditate? Play? I doubt it. I suspect your mind went right to your To Do list, and getting more things done. And anyway, having more time is just a fantasy, right?

Wrong. The truth is that we have all been given more time. Think about how much time technology has given us through efficiencies. We don’t have to get up to turn the channel on the television (yes I am that old). We can order things online and never go to the store. We have fast food. Fast phones. Fast cars. Fast lives. So yes, we have been given more time, but the problem is that we just fill those hours with the same old stuff. We wake up, we make meals, do laundry, drive kids to places, go to work. You work off a never-ending To Do list. Go food shopping, buy gifts, volunteer in class….

Most of us get through our day by reacting. We get done what seemingly has to get done. That’s right, I said seemingly. Some of what you do might not actually need to get done. Or at least it might not have to get done by you.

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We all have the same 24 hours in a day and 168 hours in a week. They will go by no matter how you plan to use them, so we need to choose how we use those hours. I learned that the hard way.

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