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Time is Yours to Control
You have more power over time than you realize.
Despite the labels we put on time — it is almost entirely made up of individual perceptions.
That’s why an hour doing something dull and unpleasant can seem to stretch on interminably while an hour doing something you enjoy can seem to pass in an instant.
That’s the reality of time. It’s not the seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, and similar specifics we give to it. Time in its most pure form is fluid, formless, and malleable.
Modern society is positively obsessed with time. We keep it, focus on it, argue about it, and allow it to dictate vast swaths of our lives.
The truth, however, is that time is not so rigid. Despite its numerous labels, the reality of it is that it’s yours and mine to control.
When you recognize this, you can work with it and take control over time rather than allowing time to control you.
How does this work? Mindfulness, of course.
Mindfulness and time
The more I explore mindfulness, the more nuanced I realize it to be.
There are three distinct levels of mindfulness. At its deepest depths are our beliefs, habitual behaviors, and all the experiences of our…
