worrying about beginning the task. Essentially,
rather than wasting the time thinking about
starting, they could have just made it happen!
This is why setting limits with your mind is
crucial. Just imagine the amount of time
you would have for yourself if you stopped
overanalyzing and just went and did it! • I would start that networking group if I could
get the courage to pick up the phone.
• I would get back on the dating websites if I
could be more organized and boundaried in
my business.
• I would write the book if I could work through
my fear of being seen.
The belief that time equals success is
completely inaccurate—what makes people
successful is their mindset. If they believe
they can succeed with whatever resources are
available, they will make do. We have to choose
how we view things. We can focus on the lack (of
time, of money, of energy), or we can focus on
the abundance. When we tell ourselves we don’t
and won’t have enough time for something,
this becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. We start
to believe it and to live accordingly. Suddenly
we actually don’t have enough time for it. When you can begin to acknowledge that it’s
not actually time but a fear or priority issue,
you can start taking the necessary steps to dig
deeper. And then once you’ve worked through
the fear and shifted your thinking, your time
will begin to feel more spacious.
But what if you began replacing I don’t have
enough time with I have more than enough
time for the things and people I care about?
By reframing your mindset, you can shift your
approach and create time for the things you
want in your life. Often, our beliefs about time
reveal the fear that lives underneath them.
Each time you begin to tell yourself there
isn’t enough time, ask yourself, What’s really
going on here? When you pose this question to
yourself, it opens up awareness around what
you may really be avoiding. As you adopt this
awareness, you will gradually begin to feel
more spaciousness in your schedule.
Let’s shift our approach. Replace I don’t have
time with the actual underlying fact:
• I would launch the blog if I wasn’t so scared.
5 Tips for Moving Forward
Despite Uncertain Times
Not setting boundaries will leave you feeling
like there is never enough time for the things
you want to do. The Google dictionary states
that a boundary is “a line that marks the limits
of an area.” Boundaries are complicated but
essential to reclaiming our time and shifting
our mindsets.
You are the boss of your life, your business, your
well-being, and certainly your boundaries. Step
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