May 26, 20236 min read

How To Create More Time In Your Day part 2

The first step in making any sort of change in your life is that of awareness. We must first understand where you are now in order to get to where you want to go. It's like looking at one of those maps in the middle of the mall, you look for the "you are here" sign in order to figure out how to get where you want to go.

So you say you want more time. Your life would be so much easier if you just had more time. How are you spending your time now?

I am going to introduce a tool to you that is going to change your life.

When I first did this, it opened up my eyes to all the things I was wasting my time on that I really didn't want to or need to be doing. I was not even conscious of these things that were costing me precious time.

I learned that it was my beliefs getting in the way of me managing and organizing my time more productively, in a way that felt good to me. One example of this is that I used to believe I had to do everything. That I SHOULD be able to do everything. Instead of comparing myself to others and feeling inspired by everything they were able to juggle, I felt inadequate and like I just had to push through. I would think of my Grandmother and the fact that she had 4 kids ages 5 and under AND in the age of cloth diapers AND without the modern day conveniences we are blessed to have today like instacart, the internet, or cell phones. I would think to myself if she could do it then I should be able to manage all of this, taking care of the kids, going to work, cleaning the house, preparing meals. I had this belief that if its something I am capable of doing, then I shouldn't "waste" money paying someone else to do it. For the longest time my friends and family would suggest that I hire a house cleaner. I avoided it for so long because of these beliefs I had. Doing this time audit made me realize all of the time I was "wasting" cleaning my house. I was so worried about "wasting" money that I was "wasting" the most valuable asset known to any human on this Earth, TIME.

The tool is THE TIME AUDIT. I must give credit to The Life Coach School, which is where I learned this valuable tool.

You want to make a change? Take action. Set aside at least 10 minutes to answer these questions honestly. If you do this, I promise the reward will be well worth the 10 minute time investment. Think of gaining 1 hour for the 10 minutes of time invested. WELL WORTH IT.

Get ready. Get out a writing utensil (I say writing utensil knowing that some of y'all might just have crayons and markers readily available, totally fine and encouraged ;)) and a paper, and answer the following questions honestly.

1. If time is our most valuable asset, it’s important that we understand what we currently use time for. How do you currently use your time? Take some time right now to write down how you used your 24 hours yesterday. Make a list below of everything you spent time on. Make sure to include driving, eating, sleeping, phone calls, scrolling through social media. The more detailed you are, the better.

1. When you consider how you spent your day, what are your thoughts about how you spent your time?

2. If you could go back and redo this day and spend your time better, what would you do differently and why?

3. Imagine that tomorrow is your last day. You only have 24 hours left in your life. How would you spend your day? Be as detailed as possible.

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At the end of the day, only actions create results. Actions take time. Actions create time. Our actions determine our time. Thoughts create feelings which are the fuel for our actions. This means ultimately OUR THOUGHTS CREATE OUR TIME. So next let's discover what your thoughts about time are.

4. What do you believe your time is for?

5. Do you believe you have enough time? Why or why not?

6. What takes up your time and why?

7. Why do you spend time the way that you do?

8. Time goes by fast when…

9. Time goes by slowly when…

10. If I had more time I would…

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11. If I had less time I would…

12. Now that you have uncovered your current thoughts and beliefs about time, take a moment to reflect on them and recognize that these thoughts are responsible for the way you currently use your time. With this knowledge, decide consciously what you want to change about the way you think.

Now let’s find out what you want to use your time for. The best way to make time is to use your time to create the life you want. Because if you're not using your time to create the life you want, then who's life are you living? THIS IS YOUR LIFE. DESPITE WHAT YOU HAVE YOU HAVE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE, YOU HAVE A CHOICE. IT IS UP TO YOU. YOU ARE THE ONE. These seconds, minutes, hours, are all accumulating to the sum of what is your life. So take a deep breath, relax your shoulders, and get brutally honest with yourself when you answer the last few questions.

13. What do you want to use your life for?

14. When it comes to time, what do you value?

15. What don’t you want to waste time on anymore?

Alright love, if you are reading this then hopefully that means you have taken the time to answer all of the questions above. Congratulations! The fact that you took time out of your day to do this deserves to be celebrated! My hope for you is that this exercise not only helps increase your awareness of the way you think about and use time, but ultimately that you have uncovered some ideas and solutions that will help you create more time for the things that are important to you.

Know that it is not enough to do this exercise. Now that you have decided consciously how you want to be using your time, make a plan and put that plan into action. That's when you will really start to see results.

Want to increase your likelihood of becoming a Master of Your Time instead of feeling like a slave to it? GET COACHED. I can help get you started, identify the things that are hijacking your time, devise strategies to overcome such obstacles, and keep you accountable every step of the way.

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One quote that I like to live my life by is this one from Einstein:

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results".

Just today I had to remind myself of this. My 10 year old dog, Lady, has been peeing on the floor. Every time I return home, I find dog pee in the same spot in our kitchen and it drives me crazy. Today I had to remind myself of this quote and I thought "ok I need to try something different". So I put her in a crate before I left the house, and was very pleased when I returned home and didn't have to clean up dog pee on the floor! Why it took me so long to do this I don't know, I could've saved myself a lot of time and frustration. This is all to prove my point. Save yourself the time and frustration of trying to figure this out on your own and hire a coach. Click here to sign up for your free 30 minute mini session now.

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