Tired of Saying, “I don’t have enough time” ? Here’s why!
What do you think the #1 excuse is that gets in the way of work/life balance and experiencing a fulfilling life? You guessed it! “I don’t have enough time.” I hear it every single day from my clients and here are some facts collected by Dr. Donald E. Wetmore that will prove what I’m talking about:
The average working person spends less than 2 minutes per day in meaningful communication with their spouse or “significant other”.
The average working person spends less than 30 seconds a day in meaningful communication with their children.
The average person uses 13 different methods to control and manage their time.
The average person gets 1 interruption every 8 minutes, or approximately 7 an hour, or 50-60 per day. The average interruption takes 5 minutes, totaling about 4 hours or 50% of the average workday. 80% of those interruptions are typically rated as “little value” or “no value” creating approximately 3 hours of wasted time per day.
In the last 20 years, working time has increased by 15% and leisure time has decreased by 33%.
40% of working people skip breakfast. 39% skip lunch. Of those who take a lunch break, 50% allow only 15 minutes of less.
The average worker sends and receives 190 messages per day.
The average American watches 28 hours of television per week.
78% of workers in America wish they had more time to “smell the roses”.
75% of American workers complain that they are tired.
The average worker gets a 6 hours and 57 minutes of sleep per night.
Sound like you? Notice how we are choosing to live lives that leave us feeling depleted!
The solution is really one simple word: ” NO!” Yet this is where we struggle. There’s a fear in saying no. And this fear is what drives this continual cycle of what I refer to as “Time Sabotage.”
Do you know why you have a hard time saying “No?” Because until you do, you will never have enough time.
On a deeper level, your unwillingness to say “No” has to do with unconscious beliefs that you hold about yourself. Perhaps it’s a belief around not feeling worthy enough to get the results you deserve. Or maybe you unconsciously believe that if you say “No” you will be judged or abandoned. Whatever the belief, until you can identify it, it will continue to run your life into the group and validating your conscious belief that “I don’t have enough time.”