An Essay On: Giving Yourself Time

I have big goals.

And when I go to list them all out, it's actually probably impossible to accomplish in the amount of time that's available.

I'm sure some people have the opposite thought process, where they need to push themselves to not take life for granted and fit more into the time they have (& sometimes that is the message I need to hear too), but for me, I am grateful for tiny reminders of how long and vast life can be.

I don't need to accomplish my long list of goals before I'm 30.

I don't need to even do them by the time I'm 40.

(& let's be real, in those 20 years, I'm sure my plans and ideas will change and evolve anyway)

I love reminders that, even when I'm in my 60s, my 70s -

I will have time.

Life doesn't end when you turn 30 (I love being 22, but oh boy am I excited to keep getting older!)

I'm grateful for recent chances to attend church workshops, and seeing women at least three times my age still taking notes.

They're still learning.

I don't need to rush.

I don't have to have it all figured out in a couple of years. I don't have to have it figured out in 50.

There is so much time.

Time to learn, time to improve, time to achieve my goals.

Yes - there isn't time for * everything * and we shouldn't waste our gift that is life

But, there is time to slow down, despite what it may feel like in our culture.

I am not someone who 'slows down'.

I like to go-go-go.

When I work from home, my breaks include chores, working on side projects, or planning things that need to happen. (which isn't really a 'break')

I like the person that I am, I like being busy.

But my sometimes self-inflicted busyness can get exhausting and overwhelming.

Maybe you're in the same boat.

Maybe it feels like

"My to do list never ends - whenever I cross one thing off, something new comes up"

"I'm drowning! But I shouldn't be - so and so has wayyy more on their plate than me"

"I just wish I had a personal assistant!" (Okay, maybe it's just me that thinks that!)

When it feels like the list of life never ends,

And honestly, it never does,

I've been trying to remind myself (& now you too)

That we have

so

much

time.