I’ve stumbled across the most fascinating book: Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life by Marney K. Makridakis
Usually I don’t buy books without recommendations, but this one grabbed me as soon as I read the title. Create time? Yes, please! Even if the book could fulfill only 1 percent of its promise, it would be well worth its price.
Creating Time
I’ve been reading and creating and following the concepts in this book for over a month now (I’m 2/3 through the book) and I can see my perception of time changing. As some of my beliefs started shifting, so has the way I use and treat time
More and more in the passing weeks I’ve caught myself thinking,”I’m having the time of my life”. Now that ‘s a new way to use the word ‘time’ in a sentence! Compare it to “There is never enough time”, “If only I could have more time” and “Time is flying past and I have nothing to show for it”… (Ok, it might not be just the book that inspired the change, but also the fact that most of the time I am morning sickness free.)
I will just share one key concepts that has made a huge difference to my days.
Creativity doesn’t care if we have 5 minutes for it or 5 hours… it’s all our perception that we have no time to get in the flow and create something. Soon I had the chance to test this idea. It was late at night, I was tired, but not ready to go to bed yet, and I thought,”Ok, I have about half an hour before I need to go to sleep. I can start writing and see where it takes me, or I can spend it on social media and browsing the net, and having a look at what other people say.” Usually, in a similar situation I’d choose the latter, just because it’s easier. This time I chose to write. By the end of the 30 minutes I had a perfectly good blog post ready to go, with only images left to add. Just when I though I didn’t have any creativity left in me for the night, all I had to do was give it a go!
I’ve been doing a lot more using whatever time I have instead of waiting for that big chunk of time to happen and… things are getting done and I am feeling a more relaxed as a result.
Next I’ll be tackling the challenge of including some unplanned time into my day… I’ll let you know if it makes any difference.
Hi, I'm Tat. I believe that through motherhood we're given another chance to find ourselves, grow and shine. I have three beautiful children and I learn a lot from them every day. This year I'm searching for ease in everything I do.
Thanks for sharing this. Since I feel tired most of the time, I tend to not write in the evenings. Even though part of me wants to, my mind seems foggy and I’m convinced nothing good will come out. Maybe I just need to give it a go. I do want to see if I can squeeze more out of my time. I am always feeling I’ve never enough, which is a difficult condition coupled with feeling tired too.
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It helps me if I don’t put too much pressure on myself. If I think that I must finish the task, or something good must come out, then the chances are I’ll never get started. But if I think, “I’ll just start and see how it goes” then more often than not I surprise myself (but not always
Can’t wait to hear! I first thought, I don’t have time to read a book! Lucky for me you’ll let me know how it goes first!
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You’ve been so prolific with your blog that I’m not surprised you have no time for books. I’ve always been able to find time for reading… I’ve decided to keep a tally this year of how many books I’ve read, just out of interest, and the number is scarily high. It just shows that we all find the time for what’s really important to us.
I love reading and this is a book that looks and sounds intriguing Tat!
I had a similar experience this afternoon. I’d just finished meeting with a client and had less than 30 mins to spare before school pick up. So often, I would fritter this time away mindelessly or do something ‘fun’ like a load of washing. Instead I chose to sit in the sun with some paper and before I knew it, I was mind-mapping a course for an idea I have been sitting on for more than a month!
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Cool perception shift! I´m reworking my routines to put in even more. Life is too interesting.
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This resonates with me… I try never to say that I don’t have enough time or that there isn’t enough time… we all have the same amount and its totally up to me how I spend it, ok well, not quite since there are four kids, house, cars, cats etc here too… but… small pockets of time can be deep too.
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That sounds like a great book, Tat! I tend to feel that I never have enough time. I think I need to find new ways of using the time I have. I’m your newest follower!
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