“We must have a right view of eternity to know the real value of time.” – Our Daily Bread

I read 2 interesting articles today…

The first: Our Daily Bread

This article points out that the word “time” was the most-often used word in the english language during 2006. And goes on to point out our obsession with time, how to save minutes, how to be more productive and finding more hours in a day. This is something I’m very guilty of – “How can I invest the next x minutes to maximize the value of the time, and return on the investment?” is a question I often ask myself.

However, the point of the article is that time itself is a creation of God, and that our attempt to control it and manipulate it is futile. When we feel pressure from the clock (which I feel all the time) we are free to let go of that pressure and frustration, and realize that time itself is out of our control. “As we humbly bow before Him, we see time from a new perspective. — David C. McCasland”

The second: an article on zenhabits.net about using twitter for improved productivity and personal development.

“Personal development has become a highly popular blog topic for bloggers and destination for readers.”

Although this is a great article, and a great blog by Leo Babauta over at zenhabits.net, I found it very interesting that in one morning I could read an article about our obsession with productivity and time management, and another on how to maximize the use of twitter to be..well…more productive.

We all need to walk a fine line between time management, and letting go. Too much letting-go, and we become lazy – bad investors of the time we’ve been given. Too much time scrutinization and we become robots, focused on the maximum value of each second, without stopping long enough to smell the roses. I think the key is to constantly remind ourselves that time itself is a gift, something to use but not abuse.

Take Action:

• Use a small portion of each day (15 minutes to an hour), and purposefully don’t watch the clock. Try not to think about what time it is, or what you should be doing at that time. Use a timer, or alarm to get you back into action, and use the time in between to let go of it all.
• Plan out each day. Be productive, and use time as a gift. Each second you have is a gift, use it wisely – once it’s gone, it’s gone.
• Use your planned time to let go. Feel free to manipulate your schedule easily. When something interesting comes up, go for it. Something that sparks your delight? take it. Use the plan you made for each day to your advantage by easily swapping things around, exchanging interesting things, for even more interesting things.

“The Future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is.” ~C.S. Lewis

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