Being mindfully focused is actually a more energy efficient state of living and working. The little bit of energy that you invest in staying mindful is far less than all the energy you burn up in the tension and distraction of ordinary mindless living. Just consider this: If you’re an average American adult, over a lifetime you’d spend approximately:
- Five years waiting in line,
- Four years doing household chores,
- Three years in meetings,
- One year watching T.V. commercials,
Although many of us feel that all we do is work, If you are like the average person, your attention is specifically focused on work-related tasks for only about thirty hours a week, and you spend approximately ten or more hours a week doing things irrelevant to your job while you’re at work, such as daydreaming or talking with your coworkers about non-job-related things. You spend nearly as much time—approximately twenty hours each week—with your attention turned toward leisure activities, with about seven hours in front of the television, three hours reading, two hours in activities like working out or playing music, and about seven hours in social activities with family and friends, or going to parties or to entertainment. The remaining waking hours of your week are invested in basic maintenance activities such as commuting, eating, cooking, washing, shopping, puttering around, or in unstructured free time activities like just listening to music.
“Living in Balance” m Joel Levey & Michelle Levey
One of my greatest lessons these day has been to gain greater awareness regarding how I spend time.
Where do you feel life/time is mindlessly slipping by you?
Where do you now believe that you do not have enough time in you life?
What would you now like to make more time for in your life?
Go for it!!!
Maureen Simon
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