Here's a thought, tell me if you agree: It's a paradoxical truth that the greatest amount of work gets completed in the shortest amount of time. Whether it's the eleventh hour, the last minute, or just in the nick of, a limited window generates higher productivity because there is no time to waste. Am I right?
I have no sources to cite here, only years of personal experience. There's something about that last minute that kicks my efficiency into gear.
Time, at first, presents itself like a friend to me, luring me into a state of confidence that borders on smug—I'll get it all done, I might even be ahead of schedule. Then more time passes and I awake in the night from a dream where my teeth are falling out as I sit to take a final exam for which I have not even cracked the book.
And therein lies the problem with the last minute. It may be productive, but it's also stressful.
But what if time (too much or too little) isn't really the problem, and it's really a question of structure?
When thinking about your goals or personal objectives, how are you structuring your time?
Thinking about a typical day, what are you doing each day that is in service to your long-term goals?
What are the short-term demands that might be delaying your plans for the future?
If you could construct the ideal day, and turn that into your typical day, what would it look like?
Time is not within on our control, but how we structure it can be. As your coach, I want to help you manage the areas of your life that are actually within reach, not stressing out about the earth's rotation around the sun.
I can help you look at your day (or week, month or year ahead), and work with you to break it down to its parts in order to build it back into something that serves your long term goals. Does that sound like something you'd like to try?
Reach out if you are interested, I would love to hear from you. Maybe even do it today, like it's the eleventh hour and there is no time to waste.