We spend more time doing than we are. This means that sometimes we live so programmed that we forget to be, to feel, to be, to spend our lives doing tasks for the sole purpose of fulfilling them, as if our well-being depended on them.
In a way, do we usually live immersed in a schedule: going to work, cooking, having coffee with friends, going to the gym, washing clothes, taking a shower, going to the hairdresser’s?Millions of activities. The schedule is such that before completing one task, we are already thinking about the other; in the meantime, we don’t appreciate the present, the here and now.
- Sometimes we forget to be.
- To stop to think about who we are and what we need.
- In other words.
- We tend to focus much of our energy on performing tasks and activities.
- Organizing our time and agenda.
We set aside the need to live the present, the moment we are now, focus on the future, ignoring the importance of living the present.
Do we sometimes forget to laugh, thank, appreciate the nature around us, embrace, kiss, show affection, feel pure air, walk freely, taste a good coffee?
Sometimes we don’t appreciate the small details of everyday life and worry more about doing things so we can remove them from our to-do lists.
Without realizing it, we can become mechanical, dissatisfied and frustrated people with a constant feeling that time is never enough. Because when we spend more time “doing,” our list of outstanding issues can be endless.
He thinks, “Is it really possible to finish all the tasks we set out to do?There’s probably always going to be something to do.
Focusing our attention on what remains to be done can create a sense of frustration at not achieving the proposed goals.
We can also feel great dissatisfaction, because ‘I can never do everything I want and therefore I am not satisfied with myself’ What happens in these cases is that self-concept and self-esteem depend on achievements, not so much on ourselves.
“First, I was dying to finish high school and start college. Then I was dying to finish college to start working. Then she died of wanting to get married and have children. Then I was dying for my kids to grow up and go to school. Finally, I was dying to retire. Am I dying now?and all of a sudden I realized I’d forgotten to live?. -Anonymous-
Specialist in personal transformation, Calvo agrees that time management must depend on priorities and that it is important to be honest, to be honest it is essential to define our priorities, decide how much time to spend on leisure and reserve it as if it were an urgent commitment.
We usually have a hard time keeping up with a list of priorities. We devote much of our energy to daily activities (eat, work, cook, take care of others?) But we leave no room to be with ourselves, to stop and think.
In our list of daily priorities, we generally don’t include sitting down and wondering what we want, what we need, who we are. In short, we are sting more time to?Do?what to enjoy.
It would be practical, as Ursula Calvo said, to follow a list of priorities based on ourselves, of what we need, establishing their content as a binding commitment, if we dedicate ourselves the time we need ourselves, we will most likely feel happier and more satisfied with life.
“Time is the most precious and perishable of our resources” – John Randolph-