Slowing Down – Cut It Out
This is part of a series of articles I’m writing on slowing down. My goal is to Cut It Out. It’s less of a “how to” and more of a “here’s what I’m trying now” thing. We’ll see how it turns out.
So, here’s what I’ve set out to accomplish
Spend more time with my family
Continue to Meditate
Write more and better
Be healthier
Do Waterfall chasing and photography
Make room for all of this by reducing time spent doing other things
As I’m gradually working towards this merger of slowing down and doing the things I love, I did an inventory of how I spend my time. It looked like this:
Activity
Hours per week
Work
60 hours
My Business
4 hours
Meditation Group
2 hours
Church
1 hour
Writing
21 hours
Errands
7 hours
Social Media
25 hours
Photography
3 hours
Breaking It Down
That inventory translates to a few things about my time:
I spend an estimated 123 hours a week doing stuff (out of 165 hours in a week)
That leaves 45 hours left in the week to eat, sleep, and relax
Or just under 6.5 hours of free time per day
That’s not a lot of time left over. I definitely need to do less. So it’s time to hit number 3 on the list of things I can do which was cut out what’s unnecessary\doesn’t meet my goals.
Cut It Out
Things I Can Cut Out
Disconnect from Ello including passing on my Ellozen curator position
Stop posting and being involved on Medium
Budget some evenings for non-computer time
Things I Can Streamline
Get someone to help manage meditation group logistics
Change blog post frequency to once every 3 days
Change email newsletters to monthly
Reduce time spent on Social Media
Consolidate FreshPath Consulting (my company) administrative work to one day
Make My Day
So to keep me honest on my quest to “cut it out”, I’ve built myself a weekly calendar. Now, all I need to do is follow it. I’ve taped a post card sized schedule to my computer, let’s see what happens.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
7:00 AM
Write Meditate
Meditate
Meditate
Meditate
Meditate
Meditate
Write
Meditate
8:00 AM
Commute
Commute
Commute
Commute
Commute
9:00 AM
Church
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
House Work
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
House Work
Calls
Social Media
Walk
Calls
Social Media
Walk
Calls
Social Media
Walk
Photography
1:00 PM
Work
Work
Work
Work
Work
2:00 PM
Off
Computer
3:00 PM
Off
Computer
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
Commute
Commute
Commute
Commute
Commute
7:00 PM
TBD
Meditation Group
Write
Scouts
Errands
Write
Errands
Write
Family Night
TBD
8:00 PM
Off
Computer
FreshPath
9:00 PM
Family Night
10:00 PM
Write
Social Media
Off
Computer
Off
Computer
11:00 PM
TBD
Write
Social Media
12:00 PM
A short series on slowing down. I'll be sharing some of the things I've been doing to pare my life down so I can focus on the things that I think are impoirtant.
Slowing Down - Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. - Benjamin Franklin
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