After reading some of David Cain's articles on Rhaptitude I've started a Depth Year with a few close friends. Recently I've started morning meditation time, taking time to just drink the coffee and "be." Huge difference in how I approach my day.
I guess I agree with what Oliver Burkeman says about time, that we just have to accept that life involves trade offs. It’s when we deny this to ourselves (secretly believing that we “should” be able to do it all) that we really get into trouble.
So, I’d say that an alternate way of saying “I don’t have time” is “this isn’t as important to me as something else I could be doing.”
Nice. And the phrase "Making Time" evokes the concept of "savoring" for me. Something along the lines of "Focusing your attention and energy where you'll savor it."
That's not quite it. There's something about "prioritizing" too. I can't put my finger on it.
I love this so much! Taking a second to think “Really? I don’t have five minutes for this?” is such a game changer.
It really forces me to realize how overly dramatic I am (n my own head) about being busy.
After reading some of David Cain's articles on Rhaptitude I've started a Depth Year with a few close friends. Recently I've started morning meditation time, taking time to just drink the coffee and "be." Huge difference in how I approach my day.
That’s wonderful! I really love what he has to say about that concept, and going deep on fewer things.
Sarai, since you've thought about this more than most of us (and even have "Time" in your publication name), I'm curious for your thoughts.
Time is a tricky concept for me.
E.g. what does "I don't have time" even mean? Are there other legitimate sentences that could swap for it, like a synonym?
Same with Making Time. I'm curious what synonyms for that there are.
I wonder if each of our impressions coalesce to roughly the same idea or how they differ.
I guess I agree with what Oliver Burkeman says about time, that we just have to accept that life involves trade offs. It’s when we deny this to ourselves (secretly believing that we “should” be able to do it all) that we really get into trouble.
So, I’d say that an alternate way of saying “I don’t have time” is “this isn’t as important to me as something else I could be doing.”
Nice. And the phrase "Making Time" evokes the concept of "savoring" for me. Something along the lines of "Focusing your attention and energy where you'll savor it."
That's not quite it. There's something about "prioritizing" too. I can't put my finger on it.