In your pursuit of finding more time, have you considered your mental clutter and how it may be stopping you from achieving your dreams?
Mental clutter is all the stuff you have swirling around in your head including personal and professional obligations, beliefs, goals, to-do lists, should-do lists and worry. Is your mind filled with too much stuff?
One way to remove some of the mental clutter is to get everything down on paper in a master list. But this really more about all the things you currently “do” in your life. Is everything on your list something you must do, should do or could do? There is a difference between a busy life and a cluttered life. You can be busy and still enjoy your life. If you feel tired, overwhelmed and frustrated it is time to assess things to see if you have cluttered up your life.
Start by looking at your master list and cross off all the things that you could do or adjust them. For example do you have to volunteer at your children’s school every week or can you do it twice a month? Just like reorganizing your physical stuff, you can reorganize your life to look completely different so you can meet your goals. Oh, and don’t forget to put time for you on the must do portion of the list. If you spend time on yourself you will have more time for others and enjoy it more. Know that you are in control of your life…you can make changes. What change are you going to make to de-clutter your life today?