{"id":5330,"date":"2012-05-28T11:55:23","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T18:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=5330"},"modified":"2012-05-28T12:04:41","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T19:04:41","slug":"creating-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/28\/creating-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608681114\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=bethbaracreac-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1608681114&quot;&gt;Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=bethbaracreac-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1608681114&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border:none !important; margin:0px !important;&quot; \/&gt; \" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5332\" style=\"margin: 6px;\" title=\"CreatingTime_cvr2.indd\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Marney-K-Makridakis_CREATING-TIME-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Marney-K-Makridakis_CREATING-TIME-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Marney-K-Makridakis_CREATING-TIME.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you to Marney Makridakis for her post featuring her book, <a title=\"Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life by Marney K. Makridakis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608681114\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=bethbaracreac-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1608681114\" target=\"_blank\">Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=bethbaracreac-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1608681114\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pay attention to the conversations of people around you, and notice how often the subject of time comes up:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI\u2019m fine, just crazy busy. . .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI just don\u2019t know when I can find the time. . .\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI can\u2019t really talk now, I\u2019m running late. . .\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>People used to be tied to things like families, communities, rituals, worship, curiosity, and beauty. Now we are tied to schedules, watches, datebooks, computers, and keeping up with the latest gadgets that start with <em>i<\/em>.\u00a0 It seems like time is going by faster than ever these days, and we\u2019re all exhaustively trying to find, chase, save, and manage <em>time<\/em>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Time-management techniques, as well as the latest time-tracking and productivity aids, can certainly be of help to us on the practical level, but they are limited in their long-term effectiveness, since the true nature of time extends beyond the chronological hours displayed in our calendars, wristwatches and smart phones. Time management can improve what we <em>accomplish <\/em>but often at the peril of what we <em>experience<\/em>. Ironically, the more we desperately try to manage our time, the more fragmented we often feel.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of exhaustively striving for time management, I propose a new solution of <em>time metaphorphosis. <\/em>Rather than simply <em>managing<\/em> our time, we can <em>re-imagine<\/em> time itself and completely reshape our relationship to it. When we don\u2019t have time, we have to <em>create<\/em> it, and the incredible news is that we can<em> <\/em>do so with one of the greatest resources ever to exist on our planet: human creativity.<\/p>\n<p>The concept of \u201ccreating time\u201d is not just about adding more hours in our day, but <em>creating a new relationship with time itself<\/em>. We expand our sense of time by when we change the ways we think about, measure, and experience time.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some good places to start:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">1.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Change the Way You <em>Think<\/em> About Time<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For most of us, being stressed or worried about time has become second-nature. The most immediate way to change these deeply-ingrained patterns is to become more aware of the words that you use when you think about and talk about time. Time reacts as if we\u2019re yelling in a canyon; whatever we are saying about time comes back to us in our experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">If we are saying, \u201cThere\u2019s never enough time,\u201d then our experience echoes back, \u201cYes! There\u2019s never enough time!\u201d If, however, we are saying, \u201cI have all the time in the world. More and more, I see that I have all the time I need,\u201d then our experience is reflected back with a more expansive, flowing sense of time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Another simple way <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">to shift awareness<\/span> is simply to check the clock in a different way. The phrase, \u201cWhat time is it?\u201d inherently indicates that we do not have control of our time. By replacing this phrase with <strong>\u201cWhat time does the clock say?\u201d<\/strong> we take control of our time through the words we speak. The new phrase indicates that we respect the clock, but <em>we <\/em>are the ones in charge of our time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">2.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Change the Way You <em>Measure<\/em> Time<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We measure time in linear fashion, with numbers on a clock and squares on a calendar to represent the movement of time. But what if we could interpret time as a qualitative entity instead of something just measured by quantity?\u00a0 Instead of measuring how <em>long <\/em>something takes, why not measure it by how much we <em>learn <\/em>by doing it, or how much <em>love<\/em> we are feeling?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Think about the moments in your life that have meant the most to you. Those moments are not viewed linearly at all, but through a plethora of other measurements, such as intensity of experience, emotional depth, and even quality of color or the particular scent of the moment. We can learn from these experiences by applying a similar free-form perception in our everyday moments. So, in your day-to-day life, instead of measuring how long something takes, explore new measurements, such as how much joy you feel, how connected you are to other people, how grateful you are, how engaged you are in the topic at hand.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Incorporating these new \u201cmeasurements\u201d doesn\u2019t mean that we are forgoing the linear methods entirely. Rather, <strong>we remain aware of both kinds of time (quantitative and qualitative), but it is the <em>qualitative<\/em> measurements that are, in the long run, more important.<\/strong> Our sleeping hours are a great example of this duality. Most of us would prefer to get six hours of deep, restful sleep rather than nine hours of tossing and turning. While we can be aware of the number of hours we sleep and even plan our schedule to ensure that we sleep a certain number of hours, we are far more focused on the quality of the sleep that we have achieved. Similarly, when evaluating our time, we can be aware of the hours and minutes passed, but the <em>quality<\/em> of those moments is what really matters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Change the Way You <em>Experience<\/em> Time<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Instead of seeing time as something separate from us, true freedom happens when we become one with time, partnering with it in a new way. We can invite it into a relationship, a dance, so that we can fall into oneness. When we are truly at one with time, we reach a blissful state of being <em>less aware of time itself but more aware of the present moment<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>We can become more present through simple, easy actions.<\/strong> Expand the breadth of time literally, through deep breaths. Observe what each of your senses is taking in. Feel your feet on the earth\u2019s floor. Express gratitude for all the \u201clittle things\u201d that are easily taken for granted. Each of these is an example of a simple way to connect with the fullness of time.<\/p>\n<p>Each moment you fully insert yourself in the present, you change your experience of time, shifting your focus away from how you <em>spend<\/em> time to instead reveling in what you <em>receive<\/em> from it.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/MarneyMakridakis-Headshot_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5333\" style=\"margin: 6px;\" title=\"MarneyMakridakis-Headshot_web\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/MarneyMakridakis-Headshot_web-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/MarneyMakridakis-Headshot_web-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/MarneyMakridakis-Headshot_web.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/a>Marney K. Makridakis <\/strong>is the author of <strong>Creating Time<\/strong>. She founded the Artella online community for creators of all kinds and the print magazine <em>Artella<\/em>. A popular speaker and workshop leader, she created the ARTbundance approach of self-discovery through art. She lives in Dallas, Texas. Visit her online at <a title=\"Artella Land by Marney K. Madridakis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artellaland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.artellaland.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the book <strong><a title=\"Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life [Paperback] Marney K. Makridakis\" href=\"&lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1608681114\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=bethbaracreac-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1608681114&quot;&gt;Creating Time: Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=bethbaracreac-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=1608681114&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border:none !important; margin:0px !important;&quot; \/&gt; \" target=\"_blank\">Creating Time: <em>Using Creativity to Reinvent the Clock and Reclaim Your Life<\/em><\/a><\/strong> \u00a92012 by Marney Makridakis.\u00a0 Published with permission of New World Library <a title=\"New World Library\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newworldlibrary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.newworldlibrary.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People used to be tied to things like families, communities, rituals, worship, curiosity, and beauty. 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