Time, where does it go?

When I was in high school I wrote a poem entitled: “Time” and it went something like this:

If we spend all our time
Learning how to manage time
Aren’t we just waisting time?

I know it wasn’t that good, but for me it was the nut I needed to crack.  Years later, I’ve learned the value of time and have therefore become much more mindful of the limits and lack of control I have over time. For example, I can not control how quickly the clock ticks or when the sun rises. What I have control over, is what I agree to do with my time.  As a result I now make the determination of what trade offs I need to make when I decide to take something else on. 

There are times we all overestimate how much we can squeeze in to our day, but what we’re not being explicit about is what we have given up by agreeing to do that one more thing. If we were more explicit about the 5 minutes of quiet time we were giving up or the extra 30 minutes of sleep, we may be a bit more discerning about what we take on. 

I challenge you to be more conscious of what you are giving up when you accept “one more thing” and before you say yes to someone else or even to yourself, be sure you understand that trade off.

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Mirror Neurons

I recently was introduced to the concept of mirror neurons.  As you watch someone else perform an activity these neurons fire off in the brain as if you were the one doing the activity.  Further, it has been found that these neurons also fire off in your emotional center based on the emotion someone else is feeling.  This seems to be a basis for empathy.

This has lead me to ponder about the company we keep.  How did I make that leap? Well, if we are constantly around people that are sad, depressed, etc. then we will be mirroring those emotions, even if we don’t intend to. That unintentional mirroring seems as though it may lead us down a path that may be less than fruitful.  In the converse, if we surround ourselves with people that are happier with a more positive nature, perhaps that can help us.

Now I’m not suggesting that we should be happy all the time, merely that sometimes we wonder why we don’t feel like ourselves or wonder why we get so tired or drained from being around someone that is negative or energized after being with someone that is positive, it seems that we have our biology to thank and specifically know that it is our Mirror Neurons at work.

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