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Think about the last time you were waiting for something. Checking out at the grocery store. Waiting in your car for a latte. Staring at the microwave trying to get the leftovers to heat faster.
What did you do with that time?
If you’re like me, you grabbed your phone and frantically started scrolling through any number of apps to deliver that quick hit of information or imagery to satisfy some sort of brain chemistry to feel productive.
Or thinking more broadly about this question: what you do with your downtime?
Do you fill it with things that make you “feel” productive but perhaps aren’t? How do you even define what it means to be productive? Some people consider unwinding at the end of the day with a TV show to be productive, while others get great satisfaction from using their downtime to organize a neglected closet.
Today on the podcast, Carrie Jones and I aren’t going to be talking about the best way to fill those seemingly unscheduled minutes or moments in our lives, but rather, how to intentionally keep some margin in our lives to simply notice what is going on around us in those rare moments.
During today’s episode, Carrie will:
This topic is one that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. My life, while not hectic or stressful per se, is very full. A job schedule that’s flexible but never ending, four kids and a host of volunteer and community things make it feel like I never have time to just be still.If I do have a moment or two, I feel the need to fill it with something, even if that something is a news story about something ridiculous.
So today’s topic is less instruction, and more encouragement – to pause and take time to appreciate those moments in our lives that aren’t structured.
The Five Minute Challenge
Towards the end of this conversation, Carries issues this challenge:
Take five minutes, just five minutes…. give yourself five minutes to find those places that are noisy or cluttered or feel overwhelmed and allow yoursel
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