Change your language. Instead of saying "I don’t have time" try saying "it’s not a priority," and see how that feels. Often, that’s a perfectly adequate explanation. I have time to iron my sheets, I just don’t want to. But other things are harder. Try it: "I’m not going to edit your résumé, sweetie, because it’s not a priority." "I don’t go to the doctor because my health is not a priority." If these phrases don’t sit well, that’s the point. Changing our language reminds us that time is a choice. If we don’t like how we’re spending an hour, we can choose differently.
Quote Source: WSJ: Are You As Busy As You Think? via swiss-miss. Image Source: Marcdesa
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You’re hitting the nails on their heads this morning my friend..
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i’m with Mimi; do you have something to post that’s less close to home David? 😉
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What a good idea Anake!! David, it’s still early – you don’t have to leave for work yet —
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Laughing. Thank you both. You need to understand that they land with me hardest first. Then they go up on the blog. 🙂
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And for anyone who maintains that “words don’t matter…”. These kind of exercises make me squirm, but only because they hit so damn close to home. Mimi and Anake Andre right, David–you’re nailing it this morning (she says as she pulls the covers back over her head…)
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Yes, Words do matter. This is landing with me greater today with greater impact than ever before…
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It certainly helps put things in perspective….
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So true! I do have time, but I am choosing to do something else. This is a good one, David.
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Thanks Kristin…
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Oh that’s powerful.
I don’t how much more thinking I can take this week…
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🙂
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What a very good reminder and put right to the point where it hits you between the eyes.
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Exactly Tina. No hiding here with this approach…
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Excellent point! I just had a discussion about that with my boyfriend last night about working out my priorities and lessening the time spent on things that hindered me in reaching whatever goal I had wanted to achieve that day..
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Good. Glad to hear that it helped you Kim. Eye opener for me too!
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I’m very good at putting thing at the bottom of the priority list. I do it all the time. But what happens to the things at the top of that list (that I really don’t want to deal with either!)?
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Now, that is a major problem that needs remediation! 🙂
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Reblogged this on Sweetie Pie.
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I like this!
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🙂 Me too. Thanks Darlene
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“I am not going to breath, breathing is not a priority.” Anonymous, deceased.
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funny!
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I am not going to eat lunch because I need to catch up with my emails.
I’m not going to clean the house as it will get dirty again.
I’m not going to send my novel to the publisher in case of rejection.
Only joking 🙂 I’m starving. I intend to clean the house after lunch. I’ve just submitted my children’s novel to a publisher.
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Still laughing…and I’m always starving.
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Hello David,
Hope you are doing well.
I completely agree with you. You reminded me of a Quote, “If you think you CAN or you CAN’T, either way you are right”. Life is how we choose to make it because we can’t go on with life without shedding few tears or without having wonderful moments with our loved ones. Life is wonderful if you know how to LIVE it. 🙂
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Hi Sonia. Yes, to all. And the quote is one of my favorites – it’s by Henry Ford: “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t–you’re right.”
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Thank you for the exact words *Winks*
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:)…
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Interesting concept. I like it.
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Me too!
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Reblogged this on John Persch und kommentierte:
“Ich habe keine Zeit”, hört man oft. Genauer hingeschaut übersetzt man es wohl eher mit “It’s not a priority”. Toller Artikel.
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