#11 – “I’m too busy to workout”
What does it mean to be too busy? If you got in a life threatening accident and needed to go to the hospital, would you say you’re too busy?
Time is the most important resource in your life. More than money, energy, and things. You can get make more of all of that or get it back, but you can’t make more time. Once it’s gone, it’s gone.
The problem is that many people are stingier with all of those things than they are with time.
If you’ve ever not solved a problem costing you time and pain because of money…
If you’ve ever taken the easy route that delays an outcome because it takes too much energy..
If you’ve ever held on to old junk or old equipment that no longer serves for sentimental value or being a hoarder…
It’s different for everyone, but the point is that you’ve probably never thought of time as something you need to budget and use wisely.
Two Hard realities
1) You will never “find” time in life to do anything – you have to “Make” time.
2) The reality is that we make time for what is important to us.
The real question you need to ask yourself is WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO ME?
Happiness? Purpose? Community? Safety? Connection?
Finding joy and meaningful goals in life will help you more than anything else.
Striving for these big end goals is great. Without having something to work toward we often struggle to find motivation.
**Story about me starting online coaching helping reframe what I wanted to do with my time**
“Being Happy” “Feeling Safe” “Having a loving community/family/ friends” are huge end goals and can be overwhelming.
Instead of feeling overwhelmed, start with the simplest and most effective part of the process, building skills that develop into the habits that create the outcome.
If you are not proactive in your time allotment you will be Reactive – always be behind. Putting out fires, dealing with “obligations”, just barely meeting deadlines.
In the same way you would budget for retirement or big purchases, or lay out a diet or nutritional plan, take time to plan out where you want to spend your time.
Take a look at your week or day, and MAKE time for the most important things first.
REMEMBER, if it’s not actually important to YOU, you won’t follow through with it.Make time for things brings you closer to what’s important to you by cutting out the stuff that isn’t.
