How far do you have to fall before you decide that you are worth saving?
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Do you really have to hit rock bottom before you start picking yourself up?
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Why wait for someone else to take care of you when you are more than capable of taking care of yourself?
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My favorite piece of trivia at the moment is this:
There are 1440 minutes in each day.
That’s a lot of minutes.
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If you get eight hours of sleep, you still have 960 minutes left in your day.
If it’s a work day and you work 8 hours, you still have 480 minutes.
Even if you are on the road for an hour each way to and from work, you still have 360 minutes! Plus your lunch break!
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So out of those 360 minutes, how many can you dedicate to taking care of yourself?
30 minutes to break a sweat and get your blood pumping?
15 minutes to spend some quiet time with your journal or JUST BE?
30 minutes to cook a nutritious, delicious dinner (with leftovers perfect for tomorrow’s lunch?)
10 minutes to speed clean a room, declutter, or otherwise organize something that’s been driving you nuts?
How about 30 minutes to read a book or watch a video that teaches you something you’ve been wanting to learn?
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If you did all of those things every day after work, you would still have 245 minutes to:
- have dinner
- catch up on facebook and email
- take a shower
- talk to a loved one
- clean what needs cleaning
- put away what needs putting away
- AND relax before bed.
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How much of your time are you devoting to YOU?
Visual examples like this are great for illustrating a point. I’ve been fiddling around with my 960 minutes, working on balancing my business, my home, my heart and my soul. Every time I think “I’ve got it!” something unexpected pops up. Oh well, I still have a few minutes left!
This is great to know I have so much time! It’s funny how easy it is to tell myself I don’t have enough time but when you break it down like this it makes it easier to stop making excuses. Thanks!
Great post, and it really gets the point across in a beautiful way. Off now to use some more minutes just for me ♥
Normally math isn’t my thing, but this kind of math really hit home today. How many of those minutes do we all spend goofing off or otherwise wasting time? Far too many (at least I do!) Time to shape up and use those minutes for ME, not wasting.
Much love,
Gaelach
Love It! You have such a fun style, and you make time management and fitting in self-care sound so easy, even I could do it! 🙂
You’re blowing me away over here!!! ‘Why wait for someone else to take care of you when you are more than capable of taking care of yourself?’ – got me all teary eyed, that is exactly the question that has been running through my head since last night so thanks for the serendipity, honey. I love the practical yet loving way you broke it down… I am so going to think of this to calm myself down the next time I get all time-angsty. Thanks so much for this. xoxoxo