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Is the modern obsession with being busy diminishing our lives?
'How are you going? All right mate?" used to be the standard Australian greeting, incorporating our charming tendency to answer our own questions. But we've now adopted a different way of greeting people that makes us sound more important or worthwhile.
"How are you going? Busy?" is the new greeting. I don’t know how it has developed but you hear it all the time I have caught myself saying it. I now make a point of not saying it.
The other day I was responding to an email as I was writing the usual, things are good etc. I stopped myself from letting the person know how busy life is. Lets face it no one really cares how busy you are, it’s your self perception, a status of importance.
Busy-ness has become the new badge of honour. If you're not busy, there must be something wrong with you, your either not getting enough out of life or you are lazy. "How are you going? Flat out?" the busier you are the more important you are. When did we decide that having a full plate was a virtue? Whatever happened to the idea that we need time to nurture our personal relationships, take time to think, or even not to think?
What is my point here? The point is I believe that saying we are busy is a way of justifying why we are not being true to ourself when it come to our relationships, family and health. Is it we really like being too busy? Is busy-ness the great escape from emotional engagement with the rest of our lives? Lets face it if we had more time we would all be buffed, toned and terrific. We would be able to enjoy the moment, God forbid if we were to take time out to relax and do nothing.
Don’t get me wrong there are times when we just have to be busy, the thing is if you are too busy and have no time for health, family or relaxation you have a time management problem. What you need to do is take a look at how you spend your time and see what things can be eliminated and what things are necessary, lets call it being time efficient.
Many activities may seem to be feel-good ones, so called “down-time” but are they the best use of your time. Eg. Watching senseless TV shows, surfing the internet, saying yes to everything etc. I know you may be thinking this is a bit of a contradiction but what I m saying here is look at the activity and ask the question: Is this the best use of my time? I know this may challenge a few people but I truly believe that if you ask the question and be honest with yourself you will discover that you have so much more time to do better quality things.
I love lists, I have lists for everything, I have a list for my lists. One time I used to be governed by them especially daily to-do lists. How? When you have a daily to-do list you feel compelled to complete all activities on it before the end of the day or you have failed. The thing is if you don’t get them all done does it really matter? In reality if you looked at the list and put a priority on some of the items to be done you would discover that they aren’t that important and if not done your world won’t fall apart.
My question to you is - Can you use your time more efficiently in these 3 areas?
Health - If you are struggling to find time to become a little fitter, lose those extra kilos or fit into that item of clothing that’s shall we say a “little tight” right now.
Relationships – If you don’t spend enough time with your partner, family or children.
Life – If you never have time to enjoy the moment, relax or do nothing.
Start to look at what you do in your day, get tough and eliminate some of those time wasting activities. I know it may seem a bit challenging at the beginning but believe me once you have done it you will realise how poorly you were spending your time. Find out what is important and pursue that. I’m not saying don’t do things you enjoy but if it’s change you want to see then make your chill-time quality.
So for the next month my challenge to you is to put this into practice and see what happens. We at McAllister’s Fitness are passionate about making a change in the world and by making small changes in your health you can make a huge change in the fight against Diabesity.
Good luck and enjoy your quality time.
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