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Does It Feel Like You’re Constantly Chasing Time?

  • Apr 10, 2023
  • 2 min read

Updated: Apr 12, 2023

Written by: Lynn Lessell, Senior Level Executive Contributor

Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.

Have you ever felt like time is running away from you faster than you can keep up with it? Stuff happens, right?

Side view of two businessmen under time pressure competing while running

It happens every day at work and home, seemingly always adding another thing to the list and making it feel impossible to catch up with your timelines, UGH!


Imagine what it might feel like if you could walk alongside time, rather than chase after it.


You can’t have control over the ‘stuff’ that happens. That ‘stuff’ represents the facts you can’t change.


Focusing on what can’t be done can lead to unknowingly stopping yourself from experiencing anything different.


You can stay where you are feeling frustrated and exhausted or permit yourself to choose how you see those facts, no matter what the realities are. What you can control is how you feel, how you think, and choosing what option feels best to you at that moment. Though choosing change may feel hard, it can lead to that something better you didn’t believe you had time for.


So, instead of trying to change what happens (those stressful facts), you can change your reactions from frustration and anxiety to resilience.


Imagine for a moment, what it might feel like if you could have 100% control over HOW you experience your day.


What does your list look like right now? Which things might be able to wait?


Consider noticing how it may feel when YOU choose how to react when ‘stuff’ happens.


“The bad news is time flies. The GOOD NEWS is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler

Every day has plenty of time for what’s imperative because you get to choose what’s important and how you CHOOSE to see it.


Start small. Pick one small thing you can add to the top of your daily list that is strictly for “ME” time to help you cruise through your day and enjoy it. Remember, you get to choose!


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Lynn Lessell, Senior Level Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine

Lynn Lessell is a certified health and life coach. Her journey through multiple traumas felt like a rollercoaster of anxiety, exhaustion, and guilt, which caused her to feel a loss of self. When she finally hit rock bottom, she realized something had to change so she could balance personal and business to love her life again. She’s known to her clients as the Identity Coach for helping them discover the secret identity that’s been buried deep within. She is CEO of Itz Why LLC where she helps career moms, like herself, that feel frustrated, exhausted, & guilty from being pulled in multiple directions, to take back control quickly, regain energy & time, and love their life again the way they want to. She is the author of the upcoming book Merging ME, creator of the Level It Up Program, “ME” Monday® and leader of a support group for professionals called Inner Power Partners currently in three cities.

 
 

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