How I MAKE TIME! ( by special request) Part 1 and PART 2 will follow along with part 3

Good Day,  a big THANK YOU to those who sent in great timers, I will highlight as I go...It will help in telling my story!)  send me more for the next couple of chats.. ok  madamesamm@cogeco.ca



The one question I get more often then anything else..." Do you sleep?" which translates to  "how do you get sew much done?"  Let me share you this....

 compliments...debby kratovil's timer..

( I love this one) 

1st    I sleep on average  8 -9 hours every night!

2nd     I get everything done by this...

MY Timer , allow me to share...

( which btw is on its way to Oregon, more on that later)

I have a back up!

22 years ago I was sent to a 1 week training course, cost my company  $11.000  to send me..

I was not pleased because in those days, I really thought I knew everything... 

I thought my time would be more effective in the field!

Little did I know then, I really knew nothing, I  still don't.

Life is about learning and serving others,

 if any of you missed that memo. 

Let me refresh it for you today!

 compliments -this is Deborah's timer! 

I laugh when I get questions in my inbox, where you live, do you have more hours in the day

then we do in Uk, Germany, Netherlands, U.S.A, New Zealand, Japan, Canada.....?

NO, I have 24 hours in my day..IN fact I don't think I would be wrong in sharing

with you that I probably have less productive  hours 

in the day than most of you who only sleep 5-7 hours...

I will share with you, I do not WASTE time on the LITTLE THINGS!

My philosophy is-- deal with it, mourn it, and get over it!

I allow myself 24 hours to stew...while being very busy of course..

Back to this course I was sent on...there were exactly 100 who attended.

All were chosen from different companies who were at the top of their game!

Compliments from 

Maureen's tape timer...

( where can this one be found)

I tried to measure up to my companies expense in making sure

I put my best foot forward..I listened carefully.....

What our speaker was talking about was--- a TIMER

I had one...yeah...I think I even let out a "Yeeeees, I have one"...lol

 It was from that moment on for 6 more days, 

the speaker of the house who's name was PAUL

used me as his barometer to measure his audience

attention. Let me tell you WE all held onto every word

he spoke. We were not allowed to tape anything,

but we did all have pencils and pens and pads..

( the day, when we all did that, you know- write)  I remember still

today, watching around all the notes people were taking.

I took few...I watched PAUL, I listened, I was

mesmerized by his ability to keep my attention ...

How I MAKE TIME!

for 22 years I have followed this regimen!

ARE YOU READY?

compliments - just Carol..

1. I never ever drink any sugar drinks, that is fruit juices or pop.

WHY?

Because even though Paul was not a nutritionist

I wasn't either then, he knew this.

Sugar affects our brain for about 30 minutes.

According to the Journal of Gerontology, a study

revealed that mice took 30 minutes to complete

a simple maze after being injected with glucose..'

( this is what is in pop and  in most fruit drinks)

In humans it was measured by easy math.

FEW could do them when they drank a POP.

That was enough for me, I never drink pop, unless

I am sick, I have some ginger ale. And I think the placebo

affect takes over, as I was given this as a child. We all were!

Conclusion: If you drink say 4 pops a day on average more or less.

YOU Have LOST 2 hours...YOU are just there, you really

are not on task,  you are occupying space, think about it!

compliments - Petra

2.  The night before jot down 3 things you want to complete...JUST 3 for the next day.

Why?

I remember this like yesterday, Paul said, 

" if you don't have a plan, you will

be part of someone else's"

We all looked at each other...gives us more....

I am slow on the uptake when it comes to jokes, 

I usually have to have it broken down lol..

but this made perfect sense to me..Does it to you?

I still PLAN on completing 3 things every day...

Now I am talking about hard things...

Give yourself a break...

Here is an example.

Call 1 person, and tell them how much you appreciate them -  ( 31 min) TIMER

Prepare a meal in the morning for the evening, prep everything, cut veggies, 

marinate meat, dry or wet, put everything on the counter  ready to go- ( 27min) TIMER

Clean your bathroom thoroughly ( only 1 bathroom) ( 23 min) TIMER

This was mine last night.

Write this post  ( 1 hr 11 min) TIMER

Send Erin info pck for special project (5 min) TIMER

Empty out sewing room ( 1 hr 7 min) TIMER
( I did complete this in 23 minute intervals...go check
blog, come back clean, get supper read, clean room)

Conclusion. If you did this everyday, you would be able to balance your life

better. I think it was  gpc who asked " is this going to take self- discipline?"

I would say the only thing that will take some discipline is writing

down your 3 things. ( 3 minutes) TIMER. 

Think about this, have you ever heard?.....

"If you want something you never had, 

you must be willing to do 

something you have never done!"

 22 years ago....I had never done these 2 steps. ...

But I was willing to give it a try...

and 22 years later, I am still doing them.

YOU all have been asking, whether it be verbally, a written note

or thought..." HOW in BEEP does she do it" lol

I am sharing with you how....

I don't want you to carry a TIMER with you every minute of the day..

But I do want you to try this for 1 week...

What is Today? Thursday in North America.

Let's meet back here next Thursday,

Aug 16th

we will be in our blog hop 

Bowls with Borders...

( this won't be posted till late that day...

4 pm EST)
Cleared it with Carol ..

JUST ONE WEEK, and then I will share more

There are 3 more  steps ! 

A serving at a time...

DEAL? ( you have 5 minutes here to let me know)

Me, I have completed this task
with a minute to spare lol

ps. the next blog hop for early 
October will be announced tomorrow.
along with our next cheerleader of your team
Yeah!