You have the time to live your life with intention

Think about this:

The busier we are, the more important we seem to ourselves and, we imagine, to others, to be unavailable to our friends and family, to be unable to find time for the sunset (or even to know the sun has set at all), to whiz through our obligations without time for a mindful breath, this has been the model of a successful life.  Wayne Muller

Following are words of wisdom from Jim Dethmer who wrote The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leaders. I hope it helps you enter the new year with intention rather than busyness:

“Time is a concept, and like all concepts, it simply appears as a phenomenon arising in consciousness (as a thought). Now, at this point, you may be rolling your eyes and your bullshit meter is flashing red. You might be saying, “I don’t really care what time is philosophically, I just know that practically speaking I don’t have enough of it!” This is why many people say, “Time is the one thing you can’t get more of. It’s the truly scarce resource.”

But what if that’s not true? What if it’s not a scarce resource? What if you already have enough of it and even beyond that, what if you can make more of it? How would life be? My sense is that this is what Einstein and many of the great sages were pointing at, and in my experience it’s true.

To that end, I have a few propositions for you to consider. What if …...

You have all the time in the world to do what you’re meant to do?

If you don’t have enough time, you’re either not doing what you’re meant to do (a purpose issue) or you’re not doing it the best way (a productivity issue).

You can’t feel bored or busy when you stay in the present moment? 

The only way to experience not enough time or too much time is to leave this present moment and go into the future or the past. Stay here now. One definition of presence is “having all your creative energy available to this now moment.”

You aren’t facing your unconscious commitment? 

Believing there isn't enough time and that you’re really busy is a strategy (often unconscious) you’re using to...

• Avoid boredom
• Stay on your edge so you get a maximum amount of things done (even though there are better ways to accomplish this goal that leave less toxic residue).
• Continue your addiction to the stress hormones coursing through your body.

The world I’m pointing to is a world in which a leader, when asked, “How are you?” might respond, “Great. I’m at peace and optimally creative because I have all the time in the world to do everything I’m meant to do. And if I need it, I simply create more time.”

If you responded that way in our current world, you would probably be ignored, given more work because you obviously don’t have enough to do, or shunned from the club of the “always busy, exhausted and overworked.” In that club one’s status is determined by how busy one is. My belief is that we need a new club."

I agree with Jim Dethmer on this. We are losing our ability to think and be creative and be our genuine best selves because of our busyness. Don’t let others hijack your time and your intentional life. 

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

- Socrates