I CALL IT The Elasticity of Time and it has, for a brave while, been my personal philosophy for getting everything done that needs doing without busting a boiler. And it’s awesome. Even if I am prone to sometimes forgetting my own theory, thereby lurching into pandemonius states on occasion. (Note to self.)
The basic premise is that time is not, in fact, linear and there is more than one way to skin a cat. Or to put it another way, defined units of time such as hours and days do not necessarily pass uniformly at the same speed, and leaving the To Do List to universal flow is much more efficient and less painful than chasing my tail and freaking out.
Say I’m going for it on an important work deadline, trying to get the thing finished and out the door to the client as promised, but it’s just not flowing. Feelings of panic and loss of control bile are rising up inside me. If I were to follow my own theory, I would:
This approach works gangbusters for me, but since becoming a mama, time can now seem a zillion times more precious and elusive than ever before. I am The Larrikin’s primary caregiver, and in the very few hours each day when I’m not doing that, I’m trying earn a living to support myself and sleep, ooooh sleeeeeeeeeeep where art thou…
Fortunately, answers often come when you ask for them and I just happened to be listening to an Esther Hicks conversation with Hay House from the best of their World Summit 2013 replays the other day... Esther talked about this idea, and it's been working extremely well for me:
There are other time management in the flow tools I use too. I shall put them on a future To Do List to share with you.
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Say I’m going for it on an important work deadline, trying to get the thing finished and out the door to the client as promised, but it’s just not flowing. Feelings of panic and loss of control bile are rising up inside me. If I were to follow my own theory, I would:
- Ask the universe to please sort it out, have faith that it will be so, and then think no more about it – stop worrying!
- Take the dog for a walk (if I had one) to put the wag into both our tails, have a catnap, jimmy-jive a dance-a-thon in my lounge room – or whatever helps to reset the inner compass.
- Wait and watch – this is the most fun part really, just to see how everything resolves itself without having to worry a pretty hair on thy head. Typically for me, a resolution in this type of situation might manifest itself in wild efficiency, concentration and vigour once I get back to my work, the sudden answer to a sticky bit I was stuck on previously, or the client deciding to defer the deadline, etc.
This approach works gangbusters for me, but since becoming a mama, time can now seem a zillion times more precious and elusive than ever before. I am The Larrikin’s primary caregiver, and in the very few hours each day when I’m not doing that, I’m trying earn a living to support myself and sleep, ooooh sleeeeeeeeeeep where art thou…
Fortunately, answers often come when you ask for them and I just happened to be listening to an Esther Hicks conversation with Hay House from the best of their World Summit 2013 replays the other day... Esther talked about this idea, and it's been working extremely well for me:
- Write a To Do List every morning. (Mine might span anything from 1-3 days.)
- Prioritise the list into the things that you must do personally, and what can be left for Abraham/the Universe) to do. (I try to asterix as few things as possible for my own responsibility.)
- Go about your day and watch what happens. Esther says that, for her, often times Abraham finishes the multitude of things on his list before she’s completed a single thing that she had responsibility for.
There are other time management in the flow tools I use too. I shall put them on a future To Do List to share with you.
xx
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