There are those minutes in between events or a pause that we have that we may see as wasted time. For example, you stop at a set of lights and wait for someone to arrive or have a few moments between Zoom meetings. There may even be more significant swaths like that time on furlough at the start of the pandemic.
That is time you may not have previously had at your disposal. We have a choice to either make this ‘alive time’ or ‘dead time.’ Do we take out our phones and scroll through social media for those few minutes, or did we decide to use those few months off to sit back and chill? What have we gained here?
We could also take those moments to sit and reflect, take in what we are feeling, connect with our inner being, and find a relaxed state. If that time permits, we can take up an art or writing, study a new language or immerse ourselves in reading. As the author Robert Greene would say, we have made ‘alive time.’
Gaining time can be a blessing, and how you use it is your choice alone. So will it be wasted or a discovered treasure?
