Now that I have started this blog, the most common comment I get is "...that's great, but how do you find the time" or "...you must have a lot of spare time". I think that this is a symptom of the busy lives we know all lead. We are now living longer than ever, so intuitively you would think there is more time in our lives - but the opposite is true, we "don't have any time".
So how does Barack Obama deal with time? I think it must be priorities. We all do the things that are important to us personally, our immediate family and our closest friends. What ever is left over is then the things we "do not have time for". You make time for the important things, or we waste time on things that are really not priorities for us.
Being more mobile that the previous generation, means that we have more choices such that we travel further away from home which in turn takes time. It also makes us tired. Therefore time to do the things that are creative, enjoyable or even really important to us reduces further. Why do we feel good after a few weeks holiday? Because we have experienced the joy of spare time. The skill is how to create this spare time in the other 315 days of the year when we are not on holidays.
So I believe it is not a matter of "...not having the time" but of what you prioritise as important in your life. Sure there are always periods were things that you do not love take up your valuable time, but I think it is important to recognise this and make sure you "make it up" to yourself and the important activities and people in your life.
So when I think about "...oh I don't have time", I think about Barack - Leader of the free world (fairly busy guy) or John Harrison the inventor of the marine chronometer.
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