Time Management Tips - 7 Searching Questions Help Unlock Your Deeply Rooted Time Problems

Oct 18
19:17

2013

Paula Eder, PhD

Paula Eder, PhD

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Time management tips help you live bigger if you're willing to think bigger. This article features a quick exercise to expand your sense of possibilities. It can be quite liberating!

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Time management tips open doors to more expansive ways of living. First,Time Management Tips - 7 Searching Questions Help Unlock Your Deeply Rooted Time Problems Articles you have to spring the locks created by ancient assumptions. Use these 7 questions to find the key!

How often do you find yourself restless with your daily routines? What do you do with the gnawing sensation that life may be passing you by? If you feel trapped in a fishbowl, remind yourself that with sufficient insight, you can create a paradigm shift. As the saying goes:

"One thing about which fish know exactly nothing is water, since they have no anti-environment which would enable them to perceive the element they live in." Marshall McLuhan

So to discover the existence of assumptions about time you never knew you made, travel back in time to explore the roots of your beliefs. Give voice to what you heard from those closest to you when you were a child.

The rhythm of your family's time choices moved through you from your first moments. So it's hardly surprising that you may frequently overlook ways you restrict your options. Your family legacy about time use is a current that will run through you unchecked. That is, until you see it, claim it and use your power to change your scripts!

Family Origin Exercise - Identify Your Lifetime Scripts About Time Choices

Fill-in-the-blank exercises help generate startling insights. Explore your history with a relaxed and open mind. Take a few minutes to write down your responses. Fresh family insights will enrich you considerably! Broaden the exercise to include other family members too, if they influenced your early development with regard to time.

1. I'm glad that my mother/father always spent time ________.

2. My mother/father always dreamed of __________ but never took the time.

3. My mother/father spent more time __________ when stressed.

4. No matter what happened, my mother/father took lots of time to ________.

5. When my mother/father took the time to _________, I felt like I mattered.

6. I used to promise myself in the past that I would not ever spend time ________ the way that my mother/father did.

7. When I see ways that my life is lacking in balance and recall my mother's/father's choices around time, I realize that _________.

* What do you learn by completing this exercise?

* What insights startle you?

* Which of your family's time choices have you adopted as your own? How do you use them in your life today?

Some of your discoveries might feel bittersweet. But they lead to freedom!

Keep in mind that the friendly acceptance you bring to yourself as you trace these patterns will help you forge new paths in the days ahead.

Why not return to this exercise from time to time to see what additional insights you gain? And while you are at it, ask your dreams, as well!

As you allow your feelings to guide you, new paths will reveal themselves. Who knows what uplifting ways you'll find to use time!

So take an assertive and well-considered risk to find new time and start the most exciting chapter of your life.