Guest guest Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 TIME URGENCY You would describe yourself as TIME URGENT †" if you always feel rushed, don’t like being kept waiting, don’t like being late, find yourself always working towards deadlines, don’t like leaving things unfinished. When forced to wait in lines of traffic on the highway or in lines of people at a store or the bank, you get irritated and impatient to the point of anger. You feel that no matter how fast you go, it is not fast enough and there is never enough time. To find if you have other characteristics of time urgency ask yourself these questions: Do you find it difficult to linger at the table after eating? Do you regularly do more than one thing at a time? Do you suffer from " racing mind " and experience disturbances in your sleep? Do you feel a chronic sense of time pressure? Do you measure yourself by quantitative accomplishments? Do you have difficulty accumulating pleasant memories? Do you have a deep-seated need to be on time, or conversely, are you always late? If you answered yes to most of these, you may have time urgency. It is not a healthy condition to have. Beyond heart problems, the stress felt by people with time urgency can also cause muscle pains, headaches, high blood pressure, irritable bowels, insomnia, phobias, depression and anxiety. Your immune system may be weakened as well. Time urgency causes us to lose objectivity about our lives. The problem of time urgency can be managed by practicing the following. I. Allot More Time to Activities Get up 20 minutes earlier Set priorities and realize that some will go unfinished Choose a small number of things to do. Interject periods of relaxation during the day II. Practice Being Slow Take a toddler for a walk - at their pace Record a conversation, then listen to the speed of your speech While eating, place utensils down between bites.Chew food thoroughly. Notice all the details or characteristics of some situation. Do not wear a watch for a day. Refrain from interrupting someone doing an activity slower than you might do it. III. Listen to Others Before you speak, ask yourself if you have something meaningful to say. Are you talking just to talk? Ask someone else what they did today Listen to someone without a single interruption Take a deep breath each time you are about to interrupt or finish a sentence for others IV. Reduce Multiple Thoughts and Activities Ask yourself, 'â€What can I do in the present moment to make my life more pleasant or meaningful?' " Do one task at a time Ask someone to remind you if you try to do two or more things at once Stop being the manager of the world: Leave the habit of taking all the work onto yourself. Stop and determine why you are doing what you are doing It’s your choice whether you would like 2009 to be a rushed year or a low-paced, leisure filled year. There is more to life than increasing its speed. " †" Mahatma Gandhi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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