A Different Time: How to Make Time Work for You -

From August Moon, Day 10: How will you make time work for you?

I never know if that next ring of the phone will be my son’s school, telling me of
a monumental melt down or some other catastrophic happening that will change my life as I know it for longer than I have.

I could blame autism or I could thank the universe for reminding me we never know what the next ring of the phone, the next page turn of the calendar, the next door opening or closing will bring.

We could plan for every contingency except for that one which becomes the game ender, the show stopper the, “I’m sorry, hon. Not today” text message as you excitedly put your key in the ignition and then, take it out head back inside.

Here’s a trick I use: Make each moment your moment no matter what you are doing and recognize “your time” may look different for months and end because eventually, “your time” will be yours again. Today is a good example of this.

Summer around here was construction hell. Even yesterday I was wiping away dust and our hallway just got newly painted - the finish was thanks to Katherine, not at all to me.

I rushed Emma to school early to deal with changing her schedule. I was on my way home to MY schedule and MY day and MY freedom and I realized Katherine would be there. Normally, this is a huge blessing but today I wanted quiet and my plan rather than something for someone else.

I came home quietly and noted Katherine lying in her bed, the pillow over her head, sleeping.

Sleeping.

I was at the kitchen table reading The Power of Intention and taking notes when she came out of her room saying, “I never expected to sleep so late! I have a dentist appointment!” and off she went to her appointment.

I have a quiet, peaceful house to write. I am alone in silence accompanied only by the whirring of fans.

This is absolutely lovely. My first order of business after quiet time and breakfast was to come here and write: something I hadn’t had the opportunity to do in the last three days.

My phone might ring now and I am refreshed.

When I choose to see this amount of time as just right and express gratitude for more, the more reappears with a higher frequency then the “just right” which passes more quickly.

Leaving enough time for me has become more a practice of making the time available the just-right time for my life work as well as my creative adventuring. I find the less I plan for it, the better it becomes.

Thank you for spending some moments of your day here, reading.

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