Sublime Time

Sublime Time

How to have a love affair with time

By Heather C. Williams

I know a lot of people, myself included, who feel like they don’t have enough time. In fact, I am pretty sure that “I don’t have enough time” is an unconscious mantra that we tell ourselves every day. We accidentally affirm that we don’t have enough time to do the things we love, not enough time to hang out with our family and friends, not enough time to finish projects, not enough time to follow our dreams.

Time. It’s such a small, simple word and yet it is packed with big emotions, perceptions and concepts. It seems to linger constantly in the backdrop of life. We can’t help but think about it in all its facets. ‘What time is it?’ ‘What time do I have to be there?’ ‘How much time do I have?’ ‘Time flies.’ ‘Time is going by so slowly.’ ‘I wish I had more time.’ ‘I never have enough time.’

I am definitely having a relationship with time. But it wasn’t until I stepped back and examined my relationship with time that I realized, it wasn’t a healthy relationship and we should probably break up. It was always slipping though my fingers, leaving me wanting more. And I was constantly annoyed with it. That’s not any fun.

Einstein is famous for saying “Time is an illusion” and I’m beginning to think that brilliant genius was on to something. Time is bendable and weird. It flies when we are having fun and drags when we are in line at the DMV. Our perception of it isn’t consistent so it must be an illusion right? Is it possible that we never feel like we have enough time because we are constantly telling ourselves that we don’t have enough time? I don’t think it is a coincidence that millions of people feel like they don’t have enough time. Perhaps it’s just something we have been conditioned to believe and therefore, we just need a program upgrade.

Let’s use our precious time together to try out an experiment. If time is an illusion then we have the capacity to create an illusion with time that we love. We have 1,440 minutes every day so let’s see if we can’t improve our relationship with time and maximize our time spent here on earth doing the things we love most.

Imagine we live in a world where the concept of not having enough time doesn’t even exist. The words “I don’t have enough time,” would never be thought or spoken because they are not part of this new world that we are imagining. In this magical world, we have time. Time to get things done, time to relax, time to be peaceful and patient, time to reflect, time to have fun, time to learn new things, time to be with the people we love and time to do the things we love.

How amazing would it feel to spend more time doing the things you love? How satisfying would it be to accomplish your to-do-list? How fun would it be to spend more time with your friends and family?

Let’s begin a love affair with time and imagine that we had enough time to not only get things done but also to do the things we love most. The good news is that for this exercise, we don’t have to figure out how we would accomplish that. We just have to visualize and write out what it would look like, feel like and be like if we had more time to do the things we love.

For this exercise, time is your friend. Time is on your side and time wants you to succeed in your life. Write out the following sentence and exhaust every option and activity you would do if you had all the time in the world. Write it out as if the act of writing it out will miraculously bring it into existence. Don’t overthink it, just write, “I have time to….”

Here is an example of what I wrote and it quickly changed my relationship with time for the better.

I have time to relax. I have time to enjoy my life. I have time to play with my kids. I have time to have fun with my husband, my family and my friends. I have time to laugh and let go. I have time to play my guitar and piano. I have time to learn new things. I have time to relax and enjoy the adventure of life. I have time to be successful. I have time to take care of myself. I have time to eat healthily and get plenty of rest. I have time to exercise. I have time to go on vacation and do fun projects. I have time to enjoy my journey and my life. I have time to be kind and loving and patient with myself and others. I have time to slow down and soak in all the goodness. I have a beautiful relationship with time. Time is on my side. Time loves me and wants me to succeed. I have time to receive all of the goodness and abundance in my life. I have time to accomplish my dreams and I have time to live a life that I love.

Whenever I do this process, it is amazing how my relationship with time shifts and suddenly, pockets of time open up for me that didn’t exist before. It is immediate and it is magical. If you can visualize it, then you can start to feel into what’s possible. Once you know what is possible, then you can create a new reality. A new reality that you love.

Let’s give ourselves permission to at least fantasize about having enough time to live a life doing the things that we love doing. Take a stand and commit to a new way of existing. Computers get upgrades all the time. Reprogramming our relationship with time is not any different.

This exercise takes 5 minutes and I know we all have enough time, to take the time, to invite more time into our lives. Try it and you will be amazed at how time bends and opens up for you in beautiful ways.

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