You're Living on Borrowed Time

I talked to a mentor of mine recently - he's getting pretty old. He said something that's stuck with me the past few days.

When I asked how he was holding up he said, "Grateful. I'm living on borrowed time" - like most old people who've lived long enough to collect an arsenal of quippy responses.

But then he said, "And, though you don't realize it so are you..."

And I've been thinking about that ever since.

Regardless of what season you're in - whether you're busy and your schedule is packed, or things are slow and you have lots of free time - one commonality exists between you and everyone else:

We're all spending our time.

If you're anything like me you could geek out on time-management advice until you turn blue. After spending plenty of time trying on all sorts of different productivity systems, I've come to realize almost any action method can work for almost anyone - IF your goal is to get more done for the sake of getting more done.

But maybe, like me, you've wondered more than once if there's more to it all than doing more.

Maybe it's not about disciplining ourselves into doing more as much as it's about deepening our lived experience and creating more meaningful moments that matter.

Lots of people make lists and check off action items, but few practice the single most important muscle when it comes to how we spend our time: Reflection.

When we add a reflective practice to our preferred method of getting things done, it starts to become clear what is working, what's not working, and what we should adjust.

It's simple, but profound - and we all need to be reminded we have the power to prioritize (and de-prioritize) more than we think.

Join me for my upcoming virtual workshop, Mind Those Minutes - Tools for Time Management to learn how to weave a reflective practice into your current time management strategy, and walk away with a few new tools and mindsets to give you more of what you really want - what we all want...

Which is time.