Learning to organize our lives over time can dispel anxiety and improve our quality of life. Anxious people make a fundamental mistake: they believe that the more they care, the more they try to control time, the closer they are to solving the problem.
What teachings do we have about the use of time in our lives?Do we use it as an ally or as daily torment?
- People with generalized anxiety think that just worrying about a particular problem is trying to solve it.
- But it’s not really the case.
- We care about everything we have to solve and end up without solving anything.
- Invade our minds and we don’t know how to stop it.
- It becomes daily torture.
- We are confused and activities accumulate.
You have been told many times that to organize your life you have to organize your time, the truth is that we have to try to organize the activities and be productive for the time we have to make them, either at work or in any recreational activity The benefit or not will depend on our energy and concentration.
? Pick your roses while you can
time flies.
The same flower you admire today
tomorrow he’ll be dead?
-Walt Whitman-
The problem is trying to find the right time for everything we do, plan everything in every detail and set a schedule can give the impression that the person is organized, but we can’t go too far, it can become a mental prison and we feel like we’re just wasting our time.
One of the most well-known and used expressions is “Carpe Diem”. These two words embody a revolution against procrastinated life, the proposed task and freedom embodied in a prison of obligations with invisible iron bars. It is usually translated as “Take advantage of time or your day. “It is also used as an expression to ask to avoid spending time on unnecessary things or as justification for immediate pleasure, without fear of the future.
“The future tortures us and the past haunts us Is this where we miss the present?-Gustave Flaubert-
For some, the present moment demands all their attention and others are lost in this timeline. Each person has their own history and temperament, and not everyone is able to apply concepts beneficial to their own well-being.
Hence the importance of knowing one’s knowledge, knowing one’s own skills, being dynamic and finding balance in time management.
Many Eastern views on some philosophical issues are completely different from those we have here in the West. This does not mean that our vision is better or worse, but that understanding these differences leads to learning.
Thinkers like Jiddu Krisnamurti have long been questioned for their opinions on the human psyche; a view totally contrary to our ideas. While in Western culture our vision of time focuses on the future and planning, for other cultures, time should not be guided by this dimension.
“We want transformation because there is pain, discomfort, conflict, but did the conflict overcaise over time?If you say it’s going to get over time, you’re still in conflict. If you say you’ll be conflict-free in twenty days or twenty years, you’re still in conflict. When we use time to acquire a quality, virtue, or state of being, we only delay or avoid who we really are. Do I think it’s very important to understand this point? – Jiddu Krishnamurti –
In addition to the proven procedures for treating anxiety, it would be interesting to propose a revolution in concepts as important as time and how our thinking relates to our individual perception.
We must try to use our thinking to organize better, but always open to unexpected changes and setbacks, without trying to control time. Don’t ignore your body and feelings, your well-being and focus on the present. Remember that anything you invest in self-care will always be a valuable investment.