I was able to focus last week on completing some writing, which was both a luxury and challenge at the same time. When you’ve cleared your diary, there’s nowhere to hide from the actual work!
We tend to have an uneasy relationship with time. It’s the first thing people say when asked what they need more of: more time to learn, reflect, plan, collaborate, change. But when we have it, things don’t seem to magically get better. Often there are underlying capabilities that we need to build, in order to both manage our time differently, and to be more effective with those gaps, blocks, and spaces that we find.
Use your sixty seconds today to consider your week ahead: what types of time do you have?
How much is claimed by others, how much is filled with busy-work, how much is under your control? And is it in useful blocks: it’s all very well having time for ‘reflection’, but if it’s the wrong time, we are unlikely to make good use of it.
There is no ‘answer’ in this reflection, but there is a purpose to it.
Being out of balance for a week or two, or even a month or two, is ok. But if you are always out of balance, we may wish to change something, or recalibrate our expectations, otherwise we carry a constant weight of frustration or expectation, that can never be shifted.
