Do you Manage Time or Does Time Manage You?
In the United States - and other parts of the world as well - we have gotten used to instant gratification. We see something and go and buy it (whether we need it or not). We send a text or email and if we don't get an answer (within what we feel is a reasonable amount of time) we begin to doubt ourselves or wonder what is wrong. We ask ourselves, "Did I do something to upset them, is that why they aren't answering me?" "Did I offend them somehow?"
I may think differently than other Professional Organizers about the concept of Time Management. I believe that we are in charge of what we do with our time and how we choose to spend our time is a personal choice. For instance, I think it is very important for us to take time each day to get in touch with ourselves, to regenerate and keep our focus on reality and out of the drama that can engulf our lives - if we allow it.
I have had to learn to release control of those things that really don't matter - at least don't matter to anyone else but me! Getting myself stressed out over things having to be done "my way" didn't serve a purpose, except to raise my blood pressure.
This is one of the biggest reasons that I recommend that, as a business owner or a homeowner, you know what your week looks like, at least the big picture, at the very beginning of each week - either Sunday evening or early Monday morning. What does your calendar look like? Who has extra responsibilities for the week? Is there room for "life" to happen?
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