{"id":94,"date":"2012-06-26T13:54:02","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T18:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.word-crafter.com\/lara\/?p=94"},"modified":"2012-07-30T15:56:54","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T20:56:54","slug":"15-minute-wealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/larakrupicka.com\/staging\/6885\/2012\/06\/26\/15-minute-wealth\/","title":{"rendered":"15-Minute Wealth"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo Credit: kojotomoto (Creative Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What would you do with 15 spare minutes? Would you go on Facebook and see what your friends are up to? Check email and read through all the ads? Fold a load of laundry?\u00a0 Vacuum? Weed the garden?<\/p>\n

The possibilities of how to spend 15 minutes are endless. And that\u2019s the problem we face every day. We have 96 opportunities every day to choose how to spend 15 minutes. But we often find more than 96 options in front of us. So we say we don\u2019t have enough time.<\/p>\n

Recently I\u2019ve found what I mean when I say I don\u2019t have enough time is that I haven\u2019t taken time today for what I most wanted to do. I\u2019ve made choices for those 96 slots that don\u2019t reflect what\u2019s important to me. Instead I\u2019ve done what was urgent or what others wanted or needed me to do. Or what I thought others would want me to do.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t do what I most desired to do.<\/p>\n

How do I know this is the case? I know because on the days where I take even 15 minutes to do one thing that matters, I feel okay about the other 95 times I haven\u2019t. But when I neglect the one thing, I feel robbed. It leaves my spirit impoverished.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to say I\u2019m too busy. And it may seem so. When I account for the non-negotiables, my 96 open slots begin to fill quickly. Sleep should take at least 24 slots at a minimum. Which leaves me with 72. I need to eat three times a day and take care of basic hygiene. That can account for a minimum of 8 to 10 more, so I\u2019m down to 62. Then there are the basics of caring for my family \u2013 knock off at least 12 more. Only 50 left.<\/p>\n

But wait, it seems like I have so little time and yet I have 50 chances to take 15 minutes for what matters. Why then is it so hard? It\u2019s because I\u2019ve made choices and commitments 50 times (or fewer, if I offer up larger chunks of time).<\/p>\n

Time is the global equalizer. We all have the same amount each day \u2013 no more, no less. But some are richer in time than others because of how they choose to spend it.<\/p>\n

Today I am rich because I\u2019m choosing to spent time in valuable ways \u2013 15 minutes at a time. Today I\u2019ve cuddled a child, worked on a puzzle, written this blog post. And I plan to spend 15 minutes writing a note to encourage a friend. The rest of my 96 slots will likely disappear to the regular duties of the day \u2013 laundry, errands, email. But since I\u2019ve allocated and spent some of them on these important things, the other times won\u2019t be wasted.<\/p>\n

How about you? What valuable pursuits get pushed aside for the disposable duties and demands of your life? What can you avoid or leave undone to free up 15 minutes? And what will you do with that precious 15-minute slot?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Photo credit: “Clock” by kojotomoto on Flickr made available under CC license<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What would you do with 15 spare minutes? Would you go on Facebook and see what your friends are up to? Check email and read through all the ads? Fold a load of laundry?\u00a0 Vacuum? Weed the garden? The possibilities of how to spend 15 minutes are endless. And that\u2019s the problem we face every…<\/p>\n

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