Time Slipping Away

Have you found yourself asking lately, where did this month go?

I know I have. In fact, it feels like I was just writing last month’s newsletter, and somehow here we are again.

I remember when I was younger hearing my parents and grandparents say how quickly time passed. I couldn’t understand it. The days were still 24 hours long. There were still

the same number of days in a month and a year. How could time possibly be moving faster?

I still don’t have a definitive answer.

What I do know is that as life goes on, more and more gets added to our plates.

Responsibilities. Obligations. Commitments. Expectations. Before we realize it, our days are filled with doing what needs to be done, and we rarely pause to ask ourselves

whether what we’re doing is still what we want to be doing. Of course, there are responsibilities in life that are non-negotiable. I understand that deeply.

But I also know that not everything we’ve taken on is ours to carry.

• Not everything is urgent.

• Not everything is necessary.

• And not everything deserves to keep taking up our time simply because we’ve always done it, because we think we should, or because someone else expects us to.

What about what you want?

Not everything we want can happen immediately. But that doesn’t mean it can’t happen at all. Sometimes it begins with planning. Sometimes with reprioritizing. Sometimes with

simply permitting ourselves to acknowledge that what we want matters too.

Before this month slips away, I invite you to take 15 minutes for yourself.

Ask yourself: What is one thing I would like to experience, do, begin, or make space for over the next 31 days?

It doesn’t need to be dramatic. It simply needs to be something that reminds you that your time - and you - matter too.

Because perhaps the thing slipping away isn’t time at all - it’s the permission to make yourself a priority, not just a responsibility.