Comments on: How time ran away…. http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/ Musings on life, work and laughter from a Life and Executive Coach Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:49:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Leni Chauvin http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-80 Leni Chauvin Sat, 01 Dec 2007 03:44:52 +0000 http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-80 Hi Donna, So glad to see that you've gotten your blog up and running. Yay! The subject of "to-do" lists is often an unpleasant one for many people, myself included. For years, I found that the list(s) grew longer and the time grew shorter. When I eliminated everything on the lists that were "shoulds" I freed up a lot of time to do the things I really wanted to do and did them better than I ever would have if there had been a "should" attached to them. I'm also a big fan of the "3 Ds" (dump it-deal with it or-delegate it) which has made the items that remain on the list the ones I really want to tackle. The end result is that I get more done than I used to because I'm only doing the things I enjoy doing and am good at. I take everything else off my plate. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your blog entries and the comments of your readers. :-) L Hi Donna,

So glad to see that you’ve gotten your blog up and running. Yay!

The subject of “to-do” lists is often an unpleasant one for many people, myself included. For years, I found that the list(s) grew longer and the time grew shorter.

When I eliminated everything on the lists that were “shoulds” I freed up a lot of time to do the things I really wanted to do and did them better than I ever would have if there had been a “should” attached to them.

I’m also a big fan of the “3 Ds” (dump it-deal with it or-delegate it) which has made the items that remain on the list the ones I really want to tackle. The end result is that I get more done than I used to because I’m only doing the things I enjoy doing and am good at. I take everything else off my plate.

I’m looking forward to seeing more of your blog entries and the comments of your readers. :-)

L

]]> By: Dovid http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-56 Dovid Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:47:30 +0000 http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-56 Hmm, Donna, your last entry was five days ago..... You are being watched (and listened to I might add)... Prioritizing: I recently got a chance to increase my salary in a hefty way but it would cost me some time away from my family. I am pleased that there wasn't even a nano second of consideration. It pleased me because I sometimes wonder if I'm really keeping focused on what matters most to me. The challenge was very reaffirming. We don't have time for everything, but are we staying focused on our true prioritize? In the meantime, "hi!" to all those mutual friends that I stay connected with just via thinking of you all periodically (Kerul, Nat, Coop, and oh so many more. Have a great week d Hmm, Donna, your last entry was five days ago…..
You are being watched (and listened to I might add)…

Prioritizing: I recently got a chance to increase my salary in a hefty way but it would cost me some time away from my family. I am pleased that there wasn’t even a nano second of consideration. It pleased me because I sometimes wonder if I’m really keeping focused on what matters most to me. The challenge was very reaffirming.

We don’t have time for everything, but are we staying focused on our true prioritize?

In the meantime, “hi!” to all those mutual friends that I stay connected with just via thinking of you all periodically (Kerul, Nat, Coop, and oh so many more.

Have a great week
d

]]> By: Donna Steinhorn http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-53 Donna Steinhorn Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:25:04 +0000 http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-53 Cooper, That's totally true! Wouldn't it be great if we could eliminate those items from our list before they even got on there. What kinds of things get on there that shouldn't? Is there a pattern? Sometimes folks put items on their to-do list as a means of procrastinating around something they don't want to do. Those are often the things that shouldn't be there in the first place. And often the things we can discard altogether. d Cooper,

That’s totally true! Wouldn’t it be great if we could eliminate those items from our list before they even got on there. What kinds of things get on there that shouldn’t? Is there a pattern?

Sometimes folks put items on their to-do list as a means of procrastinating around something they don’t want to do. Those are often the things that shouldn’t be there in the first place. And often the things we can discard altogether.

d

]]> By: cooper http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-52 cooper Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:29:40 +0000 http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-52 I have found that if I take the time to go back and thoughtfully examine my overflowing TD list, a handful of items, which I thought were semi-critical at the time, can be discarded all-together. I start with a purposeful examination of my TD list to make sure I actually want "to do" what's there! I have found that if I take the time to go back and thoughtfully examine my overflowing TD list, a handful of items, which I thought were semi-critical at the time, can be discarded all-together. I start with a purposeful examination of my TD list to make sure I actually want “to do” what’s there!

]]> By: OnGrowing Weekly Challenge « Rethinking http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-46 OnGrowing Weekly Challenge « Rethinking Sun, 11 Nov 2007 18:54:26 +0000 http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-46 [...] ways, and sometimes by your own intellect).  And of course, there’s the whole issue of time which I constantly struggle with and posted about earlier this [...] [...] ways, and sometimes by your own intellect).  And of course, there’s the whole issue of time which I constantly struggle with and posted about earlier this [...]

]]> By: Donna Steinhorn http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-43 Donna Steinhorn Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:08:41 +0000 http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-43 April...How are you doing with your feed reader? I know that I follow way to many blogs, although not as many as <a href="http://scobleizer.com/" rel="nofollow">Robert Scoble</a> ...but then, that's his job! April…How are you doing with your feed reader? I know that I follow way to many blogs, although not as many as Robert Scoble …but then, that’s his job!

]]> By: Donna Steinhorn http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-42 Donna Steinhorn Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:00:56 +0000 http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-42 Natalie said: "This week on my list: E-mailing 5 new contacts a day introducing them to Ageless-Sages.com and inviting them to participate in one of several ways, including sponsoring the Read for Life project. Ooh, that felt good! Thanks for asking." So....how are you doing with that? Ageless-Sages (http://www.ageless-sages.com/) is a phenomenal new program that Natalie has developed that develops elderly friendly books. Natalie said: “This week on my list: E-mailing 5 new contacts a day introducing them to Ageless-Sages.com and inviting them to participate in one of several ways, including sponsoring the Read for Life project. Ooh, that felt good! Thanks for asking.”

So….how are you doing with that? Ageless-Sages (http://www.ageless-sages.com/) is a phenomenal new program that Natalie has developed that develops elderly friendly books.

]]> By: Kerul http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-40 Kerul Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:29:36 +0000 http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-40 Maybe there's simply too much on your list and it's not reasonable to pay attention to it all - it gets overwhelming and then you do even less. Putting it on your schedule is a fabulous idea...and it may not be enough. There's only so much time in the day - so reduce your expectations, at least for now, about what you expect to accomplish in those areas you're not following through on. Or drop them entirely, at least for now, especially if the only purpose they're serving at the moment is to make you feel less than wonderful about yourself. Maybe there’s simply too much on your list and it’s not reasonable to pay attention to it all - it gets overwhelming and then you do even less. Putting it on your schedule is a fabulous idea…and it may not be enough.

There’s only so much time in the day - so reduce your expectations, at least for now, about what you expect to accomplish in those areas you’re not following through on. Or drop them entirely, at least for now, especially if the only purpose they’re serving at the moment is to make you feel less than wonderful about yourself.

]]> By: donnakarlin http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-37 donnakarlin Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:02:24 +0000 http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-37 By the way I extended this challenge to our Transformational Girlfriends Blog which can be found at http://transformationalgirlfriends.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/the-non-juggling-challenge/ By the way I extended this challenge to our Transformational Girlfriends Blog which can be found at http://transformationalgirlfriends.wordpress.com/2007/11/07/the-non-juggling-challenge/

]]> By: The Non-Juggling Challenge « transformational girlfriends http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-36 The Non-Juggling Challenge « transformational girlfriends Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:01:04 +0000 http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/#comment-36 [...] blog can be found at http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/ and I urge you to read and take stock of where you’re at in relation to her [...] [...] blog can be found at http://glimmers.wordpress.com/2007/11/04/how-time-ran-away/ and I urge you to read and take stock of where you’re at in relation to her [...]

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