3 Easy Ways To Create More Time

When I was a kid, time seemed to go in slow motion. The 4 weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas felt like 4 years.  Celebrating the 2 week anniversary of my relationship with my middle school boyfriend made perfect sense. We were clearly committed with that much time in after all.  And telling my mother that I was bored because I had nothing to do for hours seemed perfectly reasonable. I was swimming in time and didn't have the wherewithal to appreciate it.  

Then I grew up and quickly began to feel like I was trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents when it came to time. I always had more tasks to complete than the time I had to achieve them, and I always felt like I was running behind.  

I thought that my success hinged on my ability to get more things done.  So I slept less, read books and blog posts on time management and productivity, and set out to accomplish more.  It worked. I got more done. I also became extremely anxious and drove myself a little batty.  

Because I was a…