I heard about this concept of time poverty
A few years back, and it takes on new meaning every time I am reintroduced to it.
Time poverty has nothing much to do with money, more to do with the spaciousness of your life. Is everything feeling compressed and jumbled together? Or is your life balanced and spacious?
When you are suffering from time poverty, you are likely to overspend on yourself, make decisions based on the need to get a reward for enduring, or get out temporarily of the exhaustion and overwhelm you may be experiencing.
Time poverty is especially seen in single parents who do it all and often lack physical support. For example, with a couple, it’s possible the woman does laundry while the husband does lawn work where there is teamwork.
I readily admit I do more often than I care to admit suffering from time poverty. When you take on living a big life, you need to delegate at least some tasks to helpers. I realize this is often tough hiring help to help bring balance may mean extra hours at work to pay for help.
Is there an answer to time poverty?
- If you are not struggling with this issue but know someone who is, offer to help, whether it is a simple one-time gesture of kindness or an ongoing commitment, you will be making a big difference in the life of someone overburdened.
- Work on scheduling and allocating time, like a budget of your finances, make a budget of your active, engaged hours. Having what is going to be accomplished on paper and allotted time can make you more efficient and give you a time structure of when to stop rather than working yourself into a frazzled.
- No matter what, get your meditations in and stay in your joy bubble!
- Review and work Balance Your Life NOW!
This will help you get back on track with how to prioritize, bring more happiness and grace back into your life too!
