{"id":4223,"date":"2011-01-30T22:40:36","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T02:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joyfullyjobless.com\/blog\/?p=4223"},"modified":"2011-01-30T22:40:36","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T02:40:36","slug":"its-about-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joyfullyjobless.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/its-about-time\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s About Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/em><\/strong>Either you run the day or the day runs you;<\/em><\/p>\n

either you run the business or the business runs you. <\/em><\/p>\n

Jim Rohn<\/em><\/p>\n

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Although self-bossers are quick to realize that having control of their own time is one of the great rewards of self-employment, using time wisely may be a new skill we need to acquire since most of us have spent a fair amount of time following schedules set by others who told us when to arrive at class, the office or the dinner table.<\/p>\n

Go For Balance<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Travel writer Rick Steves says, \u201cWhen you let your time become money you cheapen your life. One measure of a culture is its treatment of time. In the United States time is money: we save it, spend it, invest it and waste it.\u201d<\/p>\n

This can be a difficult attitude to get over, but the key may not be to manage our time, but to balance our lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhenever our schedules become disproportionate, our energy drops,\u201d Doreen Virtue points out. \u201cLowered energy creates the illusion that there isn\u2019t enough time in the day, so a vicious cycle of time limitation ensues….Balancing your life between work, play, spirituality, exercise, and relationships helps you to grow and feel joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Being self-employed gives us a head start in creating the balance Virtue talks about.<\/p>\n

Check Your Priorities<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s only with regular and frequent reviewing of our priorities that we can create a life that reflects what we value most. Otherwise we get swept along by chores, tasks and the demands of others.<\/p>\n

In his book How To Get Control of Your Time and Your Life<\/em><\/strong>, Alan Lakein shares his simple method for setting priorities on a daily basis.\u00a0 Once you\u2019ve written down your To Do List, you give each item an A, B, or C rating.<\/p>\n

A items are the most important; B items are those you\u2019ll get to if the A items get done; C items may just be busy work. Eventually, C items disappear altogether as we focus on our most important activities.<\/p>\n

Sometimes our true priorities dictate that we be obsessive about a single task until it is done. At other times, our priorities may be to have lots of variety of activities in our day.<\/p>\n

The important thing is to know what truly matters and then set up each day to reflect that.<\/p>\n

60 Minutes<\/em><\/strong> did a story that illustrated how little attention is given to creative idleness. The piece was a study of the young people known as Echo Boomers, children of the Baby Boom generation. Now reaching their late teens, this group has grown up with jam-packed schedules and endless encouragement to be team players. Sadly, many of these kids are at a loss given unscheduled time on their own.<\/p>\n

Staring out a window or walking in a woods is not necessarily the sign of a slacker. Writer Anna Quindlen concurs.<\/p>\n

She says, \u201cDowntime is where we become ourselves. I don\u2019t believe you can write poetry, or compose music, or become an actor without downtime and plenty of it, a hiatus that passes for boredom but is really the quiet moving of the wheels inside that fuel creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Successful entrepreneurs master the fine art of woolgathering.<\/p>\n

So don\u2019t ditch your Day Planner or Palm Pilot, but do give attention to alignment, balance and creativity in arranging your moments.<\/p>\n

After all, you put yourself in charge when you decided to go after a dream and only you can decide if you\u2019ll move closer or farther away minute by minute by minute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Either you run the day or the day runs you; either you run the business or the business runs you. Jim Rohn Although self-bossers are quick to realize that having control of their own time is one of the great rewards of self-employment, using time wisely may be a new skill we need to acquire…<\/p>\n

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