So 15 minutes sounds like a lot in the whirlwind of your day?! From the minute you wake up you’re on that treadmill trying to keep up; otherwise you’ll fall off – and this and that won’t get accomplished. As it is, you can’t keep up with all that needs to get done.
But I promise you, if you focus on incorporating a brief interlude into your day, you can take a few minutes to do something for you. We all waste many minutes a day with nothing. So why not specifically prioritize and make the decision to build in this time for you.
It’s not about finding the time. It’s about making the time. It’s all about priorities, choice and focus.
So figure out when you’re going to grab those few minutes and then decide how you’ll spend it. And then when you’re spending it, do it with mindfulness. Really be there with it so that it makes a more lasting impression. Feel it, breathe it and take notice of it.
If you just go through the quick motions of it, it will feel like one more stress ball added in to your day. Or you won’t even realize you did something, it will go so fast. And that’s certainly not the point. A few minutes of reprieve can go a long way to give you that boost you need to continue on. Sometimes you need that sugar boost; well you certainly need that ‘me’ boost.
Something is always better than nothing. We all have 15 minutes a day just for us. We simply have to make the decision that it’s on our daily To Do list.
Take the challenge – try it for 30 days and see if it doesn’t begin to add something positive to your day.
What will you do for your 15 minutes?
I just joined Instagram so one of my brief interludes is going outside to take pictures of the newly awakening beauty – the new flower heads pushing through the finally thawed out soil.
Let me know what your 15 minutes looks like. And keep me posted if you’re doing it consistently; I’d love to know if you feel a difference.
I’m a social worker and life coach specializing in helping people cope and grow through their adversities/challenges. We can all live richly engaged lives – despite, through and beyond.
