Still Time

Now that I am running my own business, I find it increasingly more important to have some time each day to reflect. Today is a prime example. I did not take time to stretch or sit still in the morning, and went through a series of cancellations and meetings that were scrambled. It seems what's fashionable at the moment (in 2010) is multitasking. Even as I am writing this, I am heating up lunch in the microwave. But is multitasking the way to go? For me, I struggle with it. I also struggle with traffic and grocery stores. I doubt anyone really likes those tasks, but for me, the more I deal with them and the older I get, the more I desire an alternative, or at least, some time to myself so when I have to go out there in the real world, I have a new perspective.

I am reading Sarah Susanka's "The Not So Big Life", http://www.notsobiglife.com/ and it is really making an impression on me. I've had it checked out from the library now for a couple of months, and am only halfway through it. The material is so much and so important, I do not feel like I can rush through it. It talks about setting aside time for yourself and making your life the way you want it to be. And I know at times when life is not how I want it to be, because I get that feeling in the pit of my stomach. It's not so much resisting what's already there (well, some of it is, admittedly), but I can feel when things are not "in the flow", when I've become off balance. And the only solution I see is to take time to make balance.

In the book, Sarah quotes Albert Einstein:
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." This really struck me. If I try to solve my "problems" when stressed, tired, or upset, what kind of solutions will I come up with? The answer: not efficient ones, or ones that could just create more problems. So my only choice is to take a step back, start over, and calm down.