How to Deal with the Pressure of Never Having Enough Time (and Why It's Total BS)
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By: Erin Power
If you've read Tim Ferris' 4-Hour Workweek, you can just jump to the end of this post. For everyone else, I invite you to take a closer look at your relationship with time. Especially those of you who are too busy to spend, oh, I don't know, 5 or so minutes reading this. Somehow, "I'm busy" has become the new "I'm fine" in response to being asked how you are. I get it thought - I know you actually ARE busy, but stay with me here. Whenever I'm working with new clients, they'll typically tell me they don't have time to sit down for a satiating, nutrient-dense breakfast, so they just grab a "quick toast and coffee." Or they have too much going on and can't get to bed on time. It's not just a once-in-a-while-thing either. It's day after day after day. Sound like your life? If so, let me ask you this: why do some people seem to effortlessly crush their to-do lists and others find theirs growing out of control? Seriously, There's Not Enough Time I never like to say "We all have the same 24 hours in the day," because that logic is fundamentally flawed, and can come off sounding privileged. In truth, all of us are filling our 24 hours in different ways depending on our jobs, lives, families, hobbies, obligations, and unique life goings-on. Sometimes I choose to be busy during my 24 hours because I have lots of things that are important to me - family, friends, my clients, my home life, my role at the Primal Health Coach Institute. And *usually* I like that because I enjoy my work and I like being productive. I'm choosing to be busy because it leaves me feeling fulfilled. The problem arises when it leaves you feeling like a victim, like you can't keep up, or like you just want to bury your head in the sand. Lack of Time = Lack of Priorities. It all comes down to priorities. If better health or a leaner waistline was really important to you, you'd make it a priority. Unfortunately, if you're like most people, you unknowingly put other, less important priorities in their place (everything from stewing over a mean comment on social media to worrying how you're going to get it all done).
