Monday, April 12, 2010

I Appreciate Your Time

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Endurance athletes are avid watchers of time. We measure our personal best timings. We race against the clock. We clock our performances. We work with cadence and intervals. Time is a valuable abstract measure. We utilize it by managing time, although it can appear to be a false sense of hope. Time is a concept. We treat it like a commodity, banking it into our lives. We talk about saving time, buying time, making time, doing time, and finding time. Yet, it is fairly elusive marked by the ticking of the clock. Every second that passes is irretrievable. Every minute is an opportunity cost.

Many self-help authors and coaches encourage us to make time for important people and things. We do not wish to live a life filled with lies and regret. We want to look back at our lives, one day, and say, ‘I hope I spent enough time with everyone!’ instead of ‘I wished I had spent more time with…’

Timing is everything. Perhaps it is not. However, time when it pertains to timeliness, punctuality, appropriateness of action, are expressions of the right time. Achieving a balance of life and work requires shifting our priorities and investing time for both critical variables in our lives. It may not be useful to dwell on the past, yet we can enjoy the moment, and look forward to our future.

Stretch time. Compress it. Enjoy your experiences. Live day by day. Live it. Make it livid and vivid. Avoid losing huge chunks of time over the unimportant and unnecessary. Stop and smell the roses. Invest time in the short-term so as to gain more in the long-term.

Can you make time stop? Is there an end of time? What will do with your time this week?

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