Thanks for sharing my post Vicki 😊 And thanks for sharing that article - I was really interested to read about 'clock time' and 'event time' - I didn't know about this, and it turns out I'm definitely an event time person! Thinking about it now, I was miserable when I had a full time 9-5 job, working mainly from home and I felt obliged to sit at my desk during those hours. Now that I'm mainly freelance I feel much happier setting my own agenda - though I'm still working on boundaries and being a little firmer with myself about structure, as I would definitely benefit from that. I feel a little more aware of myself now though, having read about the different approaches!
Hi Julianne thanks so much for this (and sorry for taking so long to respond - taking much too long to reply to messages is something I can now blame on my event time tendencies hey 😄) Seriously though it did feel like a bit of a lightbulb for me. I've never been good at having to just stop when external things tell me it's time to move on - I think it's one of the reasons I've found it harder trying to get into a productive rhythm since nursery and then school pick ups entered my life. I find it so frustrating having to just drop what I'm in the middle of - and then so hard to try and pick back up where I was. I think that's maybe why the whole idea of using time blocking to plan out your day feels so alien to me too. I'm trying to do looser whole-week plans now so that if things slip from one day to another I don't feel so much like I've 'failed'. It's just an ongoing battle/experiment to find what works best for your personality I guess. But also, life is about a lot more than getting through the To do list - that's why the idea of yutori in your post really grabbed me I think. Sending spaciousness and calm up to Scotland from sunny Brighton xx
I loved reading your exploration of time, it’s a subject I am also so fascinated by. Have you ever come across the thoughts/words of John O’Donohue on time, about a deeper experience underneath linear time and ‘slow time’ in his blessing ‘For one who is exhausted’ https://onbeing.org/blog/john-odonohue-for-one-who-is-exhausted-a-blessing/. Thank you so much for including my recent post, I was so interested to learn about maiological time, it allowed a few things to make sense in my mind! xx
Oh wow, no, I hadn't come across John O'Donohue, but what beautiful words! I've printed that out to tuck in the back of my notebook for when times feel particularly tough. I loved your piece - especially what you said about the non-linear, cyclical experience of time. I'm coming to realise more and more that I operate best at a slow rhythm - a time frame of seasons rather than hours and minutes feels so much more comfortable and spacious to me. I think I need to take a deep dive back through your archive, your sorting of your writing by season really speaks to something in me. PS your garden looks *gorgeous* xx
Thanks for sharing my post Vicki 😊 And thanks for sharing that article - I was really interested to read about 'clock time' and 'event time' - I didn't know about this, and it turns out I'm definitely an event time person! Thinking about it now, I was miserable when I had a full time 9-5 job, working mainly from home and I felt obliged to sit at my desk during those hours. Now that I'm mainly freelance I feel much happier setting my own agenda - though I'm still working on boundaries and being a little firmer with myself about structure, as I would definitely benefit from that. I feel a little more aware of myself now though, having read about the different approaches!
Hi Julianne thanks so much for this (and sorry for taking so long to respond - taking much too long to reply to messages is something I can now blame on my event time tendencies hey 😄) Seriously though it did feel like a bit of a lightbulb for me. I've never been good at having to just stop when external things tell me it's time to move on - I think it's one of the reasons I've found it harder trying to get into a productive rhythm since nursery and then school pick ups entered my life. I find it so frustrating having to just drop what I'm in the middle of - and then so hard to try and pick back up where I was. I think that's maybe why the whole idea of using time blocking to plan out your day feels so alien to me too. I'm trying to do looser whole-week plans now so that if things slip from one day to another I don't feel so much like I've 'failed'. It's just an ongoing battle/experiment to find what works best for your personality I guess. But also, life is about a lot more than getting through the To do list - that's why the idea of yutori in your post really grabbed me I think. Sending spaciousness and calm up to Scotland from sunny Brighton xx
I loved reading your exploration of time, it’s a subject I am also so fascinated by. Have you ever come across the thoughts/words of John O’Donohue on time, about a deeper experience underneath linear time and ‘slow time’ in his blessing ‘For one who is exhausted’ https://onbeing.org/blog/john-odonohue-for-one-who-is-exhausted-a-blessing/. Thank you so much for including my recent post, I was so interested to learn about maiological time, it allowed a few things to make sense in my mind! xx
Oh wow, no, I hadn't come across John O'Donohue, but what beautiful words! I've printed that out to tuck in the back of my notebook for when times feel particularly tough. I loved your piece - especially what you said about the non-linear, cyclical experience of time. I'm coming to realise more and more that I operate best at a slow rhythm - a time frame of seasons rather than hours and minutes feels so much more comfortable and spacious to me. I think I need to take a deep dive back through your archive, your sorting of your writing by season really speaks to something in me. PS your garden looks *gorgeous* xx