This week has a focus on time, energy and daily rituals. As we settle into the last part of the year, it’s a great time to start thinking about what is working and what may need a bit of a reset.
Time Consciousness
On a recent episode of the Self-Improvement daily podcast titled Time Management is a Skill (3 minutes), there was a brief mention of “time consciousness”.
The phrase was tied to being aware of your time and energy.
I really like the words – time conscious.
Becoming conscious of where we are spending both our time and our energy.
As I coach people looking to advance their personal goals, one challenge that almost always comes up is finding space in a busy life to take on the tasks needed.
There are always reasons for the lack of time and energy.
A busy job.
Family demands.
Chores around the house.
There is never a shortage of things to do.
The best way I’ve found to look for space is with a time & energy audit.
Spending a week tracking where the time goes.
What I realized from the podcast is that this process creates time consciousness.
We suddenly realize where all the hours in the day go.
Often this helps in finding space needed to tackle something new.
Your Turn
Have you ever tried a time and/or energy audit?
If so, did it increase your time consciousness?
If not, why not take the opportunity this week to take the audit on?
Posts This Week
Time Confetti Benefits. Time confetti are the little bits of time throughout the day that seem to be wasted and scattered in the wind. This post considers what a benefit might be.
The Equinox: Where Is Life Off Balance? Tuesday, September 22nd was the fall equinox. This post provides some thoughts on how you might consider if your life is off balance right now.
How to Create a Morning Ritual. The title of this post says it all – a 5-step process to evaluating your current morning routine and considering what a new one might look like.
How to Create an Evening Ritual. A partner to the post above, this one covers our evening with a similar 5-step process to evaluate your evening and see where changes might need to be made.
Scheduling Downtime. Sometimes I struggle with completely open schedules with no appointments or projects. This post explores the struggle and has an idea I’m going to try.
Podcasts That Caught My Attention
More Happier: Take Better Care of Yourself. 33 minutes. Happier Podcast. In this episode they summarize how (and why) we should sometimes take care of ourselves like a toddler, dog, teenager, and more.
Practice the Tricky Parts. 6 minutes. Before Breakfast. This podcast suggests that when preparing for a speech, presentation, or anything else in life, spend more time working on the parts where you are more likely to make mistakes.
The Myth of the Someday/Maybe Life. 9 minutes. Optimal Living Daily. In this episode the focus is on the things we keep for our imagined future vs. the one we are living.
Act on Your Passions, Just Not All at Once. 37 minutes. Daily Creative with Todd Henry. This podcast explores the practical side of the pursuit of creative passions.
What Do You Think?
How aware are you of where your time goes and how you might use it better?
Do you feel like your morning and evening routines need a reset?
What ideas did the posts & podcasts spark that you could implement in the week ahead?
Marketing Newsletter
We are all trying to find our footing as AI enters all aspects of our work (and life). This week, the Fingerprints Marketing Newsletter focuses on the human side. Specifically, the judgement we need to apply to all the results. The managing of agents. The human layer that decides if the output makes sense. How do we teach and manage “judgement”?