{"id":6657,"date":"2015-08-07T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/?p=6657"},"modified":"2015-08-04T09:56:28","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T16:56:28","slug":"making-time-for-whats-truly-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/making-time-for-whats-truly-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Time for What’s Truly Important"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the things I’m working on right now is the attempt to make time for what’s truly important in my life. What do I want to do with myself? I’ve had to rethink my entire life, thanks to the circumstances that led to my second cross-country move in a year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I left a lot of stuff behind when I moved, but I’m also trying to decide what non-tangible things I should leave behind. I’ve got some emotional baggage that probably ought to be unloaded, and there are a number of habits that I think I want to get rid of as well. On top of that, there are some things that I think are really important that I want to work on.<\/p>\n

As I’ve lived out of a suitcase for the last six weeks and tried to decide what to do next, I’ve been considering how I can make time for what’s truly important. Then I realized that I probably already have that time available to me. I just haven’t been using it very wisely.<\/p>\n

Are Distractions Eating Up Your Time?<\/h3>\n

After spending time on the road, and being without a schedule, and spending time with family and my son, I realized that there are a lot of distractions eating up my time. Most of these distractions come in the form Internet rabbit holes. I get stuck on Facebook, or I go off on a tangent when I should be researching information for an article for my work. It also became apparent that I was letting entertainment (but not even entertainment I really care for) get in the way.<\/p>\n

Plus, I found that I was distracted by obligations I didn’t care about. I spent a lot more time than I needed to worrying about what other people thought, and trying to make things work around others’ schedules. While it is sometimes important to re-arrange my own schedule to help those I care about, sometimes I was doing way too much of this for inadequate reasons.<\/p>\n

Moving has allowed me to identify the distractions impacting me and my time and think about cutting them out. In fact, I am cutting them out and moving forward.<\/p>\n

Putting Purpose First<\/h3>\n

I also decided that it was time to move forward with purpose. I realized I was treading water for the last two years, and I didn’t really have something to work toward. Sure, I was writing and providing for my family. However, I didn’t have another purpose, and I was just maintaining the status quo. Now I’m in a position to live with a little more intention. I want to be able to develop my talents a little more, and I want to feel as though I’m contributing to my community.<\/p>\n

Plus, looking at how my son’s extracurricular activities are sure to pick up has me thinking about making sure to have time to support him — because that’s important to me. Restructuring my life hasn’t been easy, and it’s still a work in progress. But I’m finding time for what really matters in my life, and I feel better about things in general. And that’s something to be happy about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the things I’m working on right now is the attempt to make time for what’s truly important in my life. What do I want to do with myself? I’ve had to rethink my entire life, thanks to the circumstances that led to my second cross-country move in a year. I left a lot […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[147],"tags":[512],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6658,"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6657\/revisions\/6658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/couponshoebox.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}