http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-you-choose-to-spend-your-time/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-you-choose-to-spend-your-time/#comment-62650 Siebrie http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=744#comment-62650 A friend once advised me to change the beginnings of my sentences from 'I should', 'I have to', and 'I must' to 'I like to' and 'I want to'. The change this almost instantly and automatically brings is amazing. A friend once advised me to change the beginnings of my sentences from ‘I should’, ‘I have to’, and ‘I must’ to ‘I like to’ and ‘I want to’. The change this almost instantly and automatically brings is amazing.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-you-choose-to-spend-your-time/#comment-52977 Michelle http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=744#comment-52977 Thank you for this post. I prioritize what needs to be done now and what can be put off until another time. Doing this, I have time for things I want to accomplish for myself. I needed to read this post today because so many people I know say they don't have enough time. I keep telling them that there is always time for things you enjoy doing for yourself. Then the 'well's...' start getting deeper and deeper. You have a nice website that is very inspiring. Thank you for this post. I prioritize what needs to be done now and what can be put off until another time. Doing this, I have time for things I want to accomplish for myself. I needed to read this post today because so many people I know say they don’t have enough time. I keep telling them that there is always time for things you enjoy doing for yourself. Then the ‘well’s…’ start getting deeper and deeper. You have a nice website that is very inspiring.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-you-choose-to-spend-your-time/#comment-52090 Dmarie http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=744#comment-52090 wish I could reset my default from mundane to sensational! ;) wish I could reset my default from mundane to sensational! ;)

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-you-choose-to-spend-your-time/#comment-39982 Rayme http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=744#comment-39982 So true. We all have the same number of hours in the day, but we have different priorities for our time. So true. We all have the same number of hours in the day, but we have different priorities for our time.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-you-choose-to-spend-your-time/#comment-24588 Louise http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=744#comment-24588 I've been forced to examine how I spend my time, and how I don't want to waste it, after episodes of illness. Being so limited physically really makes you reconsider the most valuble use of your time and physical energy. I’ve been forced to examine how I spend my time, and how I don’t want to waste it, after episodes of illness. Being so limited physically really makes you reconsider the most valuble use of your time and physical energy.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-you-choose-to-spend-your-time/#comment-24344 M.L. http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=744#comment-24344 Very well said! Very well said!

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-you-choose-to-spend-your-time/#comment-24187 debby http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=744#comment-24187 I've been off the grid for the last week due to a blizzard. I'm boiling water and cooking on my woodstove and just working harder for the basics. Even so, I have a lot more time... without my computer. We just got internet back (hopefully the electricity will follow). I'm enjoying a little computer time this evening, but I hope to NOT get back to normal once I'm back to normal. I’ve been off the grid for the last week due to a blizzard. I’m boiling water and cooking on my woodstove and just working harder for the basics. Even so, I have a lot more time… without my computer. We just got internet back (hopefully the electricity will follow). I’m enjoying a little computer time this evening, but I hope to NOT get back to normal once I’m back to normal.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-you-choose-to-spend-your-time/#comment-24096 Norman from CA http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=744#comment-24096 Posts like this are the reason I love this blog. It's easy to get caught up in all the 'lifehacking' advice out there, and some of it is helpful, but I really appreciate the calm and sensible advice you provide. Thanks Shirley! Posts like this are the reason I love this blog. It’s easy to get caught up in all the ‘lifehacking’ advice out there, and some of it is helpful, but I really appreciate the calm and sensible advice you provide. Thanks Shirley!

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-you-choose-to-spend-your-time/#comment-24095 Jann B. http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=744#comment-24095 Sometimes I feel like every minute of my day is scheduled for some activity or some place to go. I don't want to live like this any more. Sometimes I feel like every minute of my day is scheduled for some activity or some place to go. I don’t want to live like this any more.

]]> http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/how-you-choose-to-spend-your-time/#comment-24094 Tanya http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/?p=744#comment-24094 What you wrote about just existing day to day describes my life to a tee. I feel frazzled and unhappy and although I keep going all the time at the end of the day I don't feel that I have accomplished much. You have encouraged me to try to figure out changes I can make. Your posts always inspire me. What you wrote about just existing day to day describes my life to a tee. I feel frazzled and unhappy and although I keep going all the time at the end of the day I don’t feel that I have accomplished much. You have encouraged me to try to figure out changes I can make. Your posts always inspire me.

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