When
you factor in the needs of family and other commitments, what we’ve set our
minds to can seem to be too much. It becomes even more challenging when virtually all you do leaves no time for you to decompress. But take heart, our guest blogger, Ms. Nakia
LaShaul is going to share her insights on this subject.
The truth is…There is
not enough of it—TIME.
You
can wake up and start your day with the very best intentions. Oh, how the best
of us can carefully plot out every single hour, minute and second of it—TIME.
Post it notes, mobile device reminders, ticking alarm clocks blare in your ear
flashing signals that it’s time to go again. You have a task, one more job to
do and another assignment. The most important meeting of your career is at
eight a.m. and you didn’t dare touch the snooze button because you understand
the importance of moving. You have a lunch date with your very best friend at
noon. Don’t forget to pick up the kids by six and remember, if they’re late to
football practice at six-thirty there will be drills to pay. A drive-thru
dinner at seven-forty-five saves you a little bit more of it, but a surprise
major assignment for junior’s art class which had been hiding in his backpack
for two weeks took three hours and there in a billowy could of smoke went the
time you strategically set aside to plot out your plan to take over the world—your
dream TIME. It was after midnight when you finally sat down at your desk and in
the seconds it took to boot up your laptop you had fallen asleep.
How
in the world are you supposed to manage the chaos of your life? When will you
have the time it takes to make your dreams come true? You look at your friends
who somehow manage to move forward, make the best of their time but with a
schedule like yours it’s next to impossible. You feel stuck and can’t figure
out where you keep going wrong. Well, I will tell you the secret to successful
people. If you think time is going to come to you by happenstance, you are
sadly mistaken. No my friend, you must steal it. Yes, I said steal TIME. And I
know that you good people have never stolen anything in your entire lives, so I
shall tell you exactly how to do it.
STEAL
TWENTY MINUTES: I know your body requires exactly eight hours of sleep. I am
here to tell you that you will survive on seven hours and forty minutes. Wake
up before everyone else and use that twenty minutes to work on your project. I know twenty minutes
doesn’t sound like much, but that 140 minutes a week—over two hours a week—nine
hours a month!
STEAL
AN HOUR: Your best friend will miss those lunch dates and so will you, but you
need that hour back. Instead of meeting weekly to complain about what’s lacking
in your life, you meet only once a month. And you just scored yourself three
hours a month plus travel time! And if you can’t do a little side work from the
day gig, that’s what laptops and backseats are for—mobile office!
STEAL
A DAY: Girls Night Out or Game Day with the fellas—steal that. Yeah, yeah, yeah
I know you deserve it. But we’re not talking about deserve right now, we’re
talking the desire of your heart. You can get a good eight hours a month if you
steal time away from an activity such as these.
STEAL
A WEEKEND: Arrange with your spouse, friend, parents or whomever trustworthy to
help with the kids one weekend a month. It doesn’t have to be overnight, but if
you can just steal the bulk of the day and snag ten hours on Saturday and
Sunday for a whopping twenty hours. Winning!
APPROXIMATE
TIME STOLEN: I just helped you score over 40 hours. The same amount of time you
faithfully devote to corporate America. You can thank me later!
There
is no way for you to time-manage all of life’s activities with precision and
you deserve the opportunity to make your dreams come true. Remember, it’s your
time, you stole it, so only use it to do you.
Award
winning author, Nakia R. Laushaul resides in Houston, Texas with her lovable
teenage son. She is an inspirational poet, motivational speaker, novelist and
entrepreneur. Nakia truly believes that by doing what you love, you become
happy! She hopes that you will find your happiness. For more information visit
her website: www.NakiaRLaushaul.com
or shoot her an email nrlaushaul@yahoo.com
Connect with Nakia R.
Laushaul on the Web:
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