The Most Precious Resource
Time is by far the most precious resource any of us has. We are each given a finite amount to spend and the older we get the faster we burn through it. There is an interesting YouTube video put out by Michael on his Vsauce channel about time and how we perceive it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LyCC...
Until very recently I was working two full time jobs and getting an average of 3-4 hours of sleep per night. Now I only work one full time job, and even though I'm getting more sleep it still feels like I never have enough time for anything. It's so hard to slow things down, to take time for yourself, especially with a young family.
Kids demand time and attention, and they deserve every minute we can spare for them. After all they never asked to be born. They simply came into the world as innocents and it is a privilege to help them grow. Every day I'm amazed by my children. In many ways they've taught me far more then I will ever hope to teach them.
One of those things is how to efficiently multi-task. In order to be an effective, present parent, you have to have the ability to get the most out of the 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.1 seconds that we get per day.
So I read while I cook dinner, I run story ideas through my head as we play at the park, I write while sitting in traffic. I squeeze as much as possible out of every spare second I can. Sadly while actually at work there is very little I can do besides the work itself, but I can play out scenes in my mind to jot down as soon as I get home.
The point I'm making is that if something is important to you, as my writing and family are to me, then you make time for both. You intermingle them so that they can get equal amounts of your attention. There is no excuse for neglecting your family, nor is there one for neglecting your dreams. Pursue them together, they don't have to be mutually exclusive.
After all think of the great example you're setting for your kids. Don't just tell them they can be/do anything. Show them how it's done.
Thank you so much for giving of your time to read what I have written.
Until very recently I was working two full time jobs and getting an average of 3-4 hours of sleep per night. Now I only work one full time job, and even though I'm getting more sleep it still feels like I never have enough time for anything. It's so hard to slow things down, to take time for yourself, especially with a young family.
Kids demand time and attention, and they deserve every minute we can spare for them. After all they never asked to be born. They simply came into the world as innocents and it is a privilege to help them grow. Every day I'm amazed by my children. In many ways they've taught me far more then I will ever hope to teach them.
One of those things is how to efficiently multi-task. In order to be an effective, present parent, you have to have the ability to get the most out of the 23 hours 56 minutes and 4.1 seconds that we get per day.
So I read while I cook dinner, I run story ideas through my head as we play at the park, I write while sitting in traffic. I squeeze as much as possible out of every spare second I can. Sadly while actually at work there is very little I can do besides the work itself, but I can play out scenes in my mind to jot down as soon as I get home.
The point I'm making is that if something is important to you, as my writing and family are to me, then you make time for both. You intermingle them so that they can get equal amounts of your attention. There is no excuse for neglecting your family, nor is there one for neglecting your dreams. Pursue them together, they don't have to be mutually exclusive.
After all think of the great example you're setting for your kids. Don't just tell them they can be/do anything. Show them how it's done.
Thank you so much for giving of your time to read what I have written.
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