It feels like time speeds up in the Fall. I know each hour has the same number of
minutes that it had in July but October, November and December minutes seem to
be made of faster seconds. The budgeting
of those seconds feels just as important as the balancing of the checkbook.
My home life has shifted dramatically in the past year. We
have only one child at home, we are the only family in town for an elderly
parent and we have moved from our home of 25 years into a smaller place. Each
piece of that new story takes a lot of precious time. That time just swirls
around me unless I make a real effort to SAVE, SPEND and SHARE each moment!
My years at Moonjar have seamlessly allowed me to include
those actions, Save Spend and Share as the fabric of who I am and right now that
is helping me with time. The SAVE part is the hardest for me (and I think
traditionally for most women). I am working on saving time and depositing it into
a book I want to read. I too often turn to the book when I am too tired to get
more than a page in. The SPEND part of
this time budget is filled with planning it seems. How do we visit the college
kids or get them home or visit my family or take a breath together just as our
small family. I am trying to keep a log of what I am doing and what I am trying
to do with this Spend time. SHARE is my
favorite part of time budgeting because to me, Share means give my time to
others. I feel like a few of those swirling seconds are returned to me and
slowed down a bit when my Share box is full.
Moonjar is about opening conversations around money with our
children and families but if we can’t budget our time, those conversations are
too rushed and turn into lost opportunity.
So in this crazy busy faster than usual season, be kind to yourself and
see if “Moonjaring” your time gives a little instant to breathe.
