How do they find the time to live?

Every day swarms of people are caught up in a cyclone of busyness - frantically racing and rushing about. At the end of each day they are worn and stressed out. They live lives filled with frustration, resentment and anger instead of lives of serenity. They experience their existence as empty and meaningless.
Amazingly often you will find that they are busy simply for the sake of being busy... that many of their actions are undirected or misdirected.

They are too busy scooping water out of the boat - to fix the leak. Too disorganised - to get organised. Too concerned with what they are doing - to consider all the implications. They are too busy growing that venture - to focus on their own growth. Their relationships suffer because they are too busy with red tape. Squeezing ‘being-busy’ into every moment of the day.

Both busyness and laziness lead to the same end, the neglect of the essential things in their lives.

How can they disentangle themselves from a life of perpetual busyness to one of purposeful and carefully thought out action?

• They need to take the time to go from ‘busy’ to ‘productive' - this means moving from impulsive action to purposeful action.
• They need to take quiet time for their inner creative force to study their options, analyze obstacles, and build a road map to successfully bring their dreams into reality.
• They need to break down the goal of controlling their lives into small manageable steps and start working at regaining control bit by bit.
• They need to grant themselves the time needed for rest, nutrition and exercise to perform at top efficiency.
• They need to plan and assemble resources. Then, when they have worked out what the next important step is, they need to take focused action.
• They need to aim at doing things thoroughly and right the first time, which is one of the biggest time savers and remember that the "desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done properly."
• They need to improve their definition of success, which may help them reduce the demands on their time and energy, and they will get far more from life, despite perhaps having a lower income and fewer friends.
• They need to make better choices - like saying no to any unfair expectations of anyone and switching the TV off more often.
• They need to pack more value into their activities by combining them - like going to the park to spend quality time with family/friends, getting some form of exercise done and savouring nature all at the same time.
• They need to be alert, present and aware of their every action, remain focused on reversing their trend, always thinking before they act, always reflecting on the purpose and outcome of their actions.

They do have enough time! They always need to respect their time and use it wisely so that they can reap the great benefits and fulfilling life it holds in store for them.