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SOAR (Stretch Out And Risk) Ezine
January 16, 2005
Volume 2, Issue 3
Brought to you by Cindy Kozak and New Day Coaching.
It's A New Day! A New Life! A New You!
Spending vs. Investing
Are you a spender or an investor? I'm not talking about finances here – this is something infinitely more precious. I'm talking about your time. Time is a resource that isn't
renewable once it's gone. You can't barter with a colleague to get more time. You can't drive to the mall and buy time, and you can't hop on the internet and charge a block of time to your
credit card.
Once a moment has passed, it's gone – it's irreplaceable. There is no going back. That's why it's so important to be conscious of what you're doing with your time
while you're doing it.
Are you someone who spends her time living in yesterday or tomorrow, doing things that lead to nothing for today? If I asked you what you did last
Thursday, could you tell me, or would last Thursday be the same as all the other days of the week – 24 hour blocks of time
gone forever without much to show for their passing?
Or are you someone who invests your time, paying attention to what you're doing with today and consciously investing it in activities that are meaningful to you? I don't mean to say that every
second must be spent in pursuit of some charitable cause or doing good
deeds for family and friends. I don't mean that you must be focused on the "greater good" every waking hour. What
I am saying is that you are investing your time when you are conscious of what you're doing when you're doing it.
You see, that's the difference between a spender and an
investor. The spender loses time spent by being oblivious to the present, letting it slip by with no thought to what she's doing. There's little recollection of what happened during the day
because all the moments have been spent in yesterdays (which are gone forever) or tomorrows (which may never come). It's like living life on autopilot -- going through the motions but not being
present for them.
The investor, on the other hand, knows where her time has gone. She invests quality time with her family – showing up fully in body AND in mind and
spirit. She's also invested quality time with herself. It doesn't have to be time doing selfless or noble work. Some of my best quality time with myself has been invested in doing
nothing more than centering myself and recharging my batteries -- but doing it consciously so that I am truly living in the moment.
~Weekly Challenge~
For one week, keep a time log. It doesn't have to be fancy – just someplace where you can jot down what you're doing each hour. While this may seem tedious, it's meant to make
you conscious of the moments in your life -- after all, this is your life you're living.
When you can live your life in the moment instead of living in yesterday or tomorrow, only
then will you truly be an investor in your own life.
God Bless,
Cindy
If you would like to share any comments or if you have suggestions for topics, please email me at
cindyATnewdaycoaching.com I love to hear from you!
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