Michael

Do you have enough time? Do you inundate yourself with long lists of things that must be accomplished? Does every single item seemed to be high priority? Is 24 hours in a day about 50% of what you need? Do you feel pulled in a 100 different directions?

I can and have answered all of these questions with Yes. I think for most of us, it is a “sign of the times” and the society we live in. Our obligations far outmatch our capacity for completing or handling them.

I don’t know about you, but I am a list maker. I love to make to-do lists and love even more to check the completed items off. I cannot remember a time where I was able to complete every item on one of my lists. I suspect it is because I continually add more than I complete. LOL.

Here is a technique I learned from the book Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires by Esther and Jerry Hicks. Take a place mat or piece of paper and draw a line down the middle of the page. On the left side write your name at the top and on the right side write the Universe, God or whatever you believe in. Now, pick no more than 5 items on your to-do list that you want to complete and write them on the left column under your name. Put all of the other items on your to-do list on the right side. They are now the responsibility of the universe and no longer your’s.

You will find that something magical begins to happen. All of your items will get completed and you will feel the sense of satisfaction that comes with completing something. Now, for the magic part….All of the items on the right side will start to work themselves out. For example, out of the blue, people will call and volunteer to do some of the items without you asking. Something may come in the mail that solves some of the tasks. “Coincidences” will start occurring regularly that will end up helping you to complete a large number of tasks with very little effort on your part.

Yes, it seems to defy what we know. So, try it out. It just might help relieve a little of the stress you are feeling from not having enough time.

Michael