GET INSPIRED
Your Relationship
with Time
By Amanda Hopkins
BY AMANDA HOPKINS
BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE TIME AND THE RESOURCES WE HAVE DEMANDS
THAT WE STOP BLAMING TIME AND START RECONSIDERING HOW WE PRIORITIZE OUR
HOURS. TIME DOESN’T CHOOSE WHAT FILLS UP YOUR DAY—YOU DO.
A
s a “mom-preneur,” I feel like time management is
one of my largest struggles. A few months ago, I took
an online course called “The Balancing Act,” and I
was challenged to reconsider my relationship with time. Instead
of managing our time, we can build a relationship with it.
What if we regard time as a person and recognize the type of
feelings we project on it? I don’t want to manage my daughter;
I want to build a healthy relationship with her. What a miserable
relationship we would have if all I ever told her was that she
was the reason I was so stressed out and never got enough
done during the day. All day long we blame time for our inability
to get things done. Many of us have boasted: “I’m so busy! I
don’t have time for that!” We need to learn to respect time and
see it as a resource instead of the reason we didn’t get enough
sleep, get the house cleaned, or get our personal development
done that day. We are capable of changing how we view time,
and that shift can empower us to actually get more done in
our day and feel more successful.
Every single one of us has the same number of hours in
our day, but we each have different passions, callings, and
responsibilities. Being good stewards of the time and the
resources we have demands that we stop blaming time and
start reconsidering how we prioritize our hours. Time doesn’t
choose what fills up your day—you do.
I challenge you, as I challenge myself every day, to evaluate your
priorities and core values and make some time-related changes.
When we do, we won’t have to complain about not having
any time. It is not easy to change our perception of time, but
our families, our businesses, our health, and our relationships
will reap abundant blessings when we choose to do so. Let’s
stop allowing