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Where does your time go?

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Hi

In our recent two-hour Awaken The Leader class, trainer Terri-Ann Richards had us go through an exercise to help boost our awareness of how we typically spend our time. Together, the group came up with categories of activities that take up our time in the course of a week of 168 hours. Here’s how we averaged out how we spend our time in hours:

  • 56 for Sleep (8 per night)
  • 45 for Intrepreneurial/Career
  • 24.5 for Eat/Shower/Bio Breaks
  • 5 for Workouts/Exercise
  • 3 for Appointments
  • 6 for Recreation/Fun/Socializing
  • 6 for Personal Growth
  • 5 for Relationships/Family

This totals 150.5 hours a week, leaving us with 17.5 hours a week for other things — provided, that is, that we have been SUPER diligent with our time, working a maximum of 45 a week, sleeping 8 hrs a night, not wasting time on social media, no crisis to solve in the family or at work, etc. Terri-Ann’s next questions to us:

Is this legitimately what we do with our time? And if we DO have 17.5 hours a week left, then how are we using that time?

It’s a key question to ask ourselves, because “not enough time” is almost a national mantra. How often do we say how busy we are, how we have no time to do xx, or I’m so burnt out, etc.? And, more importantly, Terri-Ann reminds us how often we give out so much of our time to others, that we don’t leave enough for ourselves — we need to make sure we “put on our oxygen mask first” by making time for those things that are healthy and supportive for us.

I’m telling you about this because you might find it very helpful to do this exercise for yourself. You can use the general categories the group came up with or create your own. Whether you end up with hours that exceed 168, or have “leftover” time like we did, it’s instructive to explore your results to get a clear picture of how much time you are actually spending and on what things.

Many thanks to Terri-Ann Richards for this insightful teaching that can help us become more efficient and impactful leaders, especially as we gear up for Spring!

Please let me know what you came up with — reply right to this email.


Be courageous — dare to lead,

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Leadership Trainer for Women Entrepreneurs and Changemakers
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