We think that we have a problem with time management because we have too much to do and not enough time to do it. You may be tempted to view time off from work as a time out from some of your responsibilities or as an opportunity to do some things that you wouldn’t have time to do otherwise.
I think what makes vacation time different from regular time, isn’t that we have more time, we just finally give ourselves a break from the mindset that we are time impoverished. Even when I don’t do everything I had hope to do, I don’t fret about it. I don’t sit around wishing there were more hours in the day. (Well, sometimes I do wish there were a couple more days in the vacation.)
When we are out of our usual routine, we adopt a pace that is a little better suited to our individual needs. We feel like we have more breathing room because we are no longer trying to shoe-horn our daily activities into boundaries set by others (unless, of course, you vacation with people that have an agenda, a plan, a schedule – I try to avoid these people).
As Christine Louise Hohlbaum, author of The Power of Slow: 101 Ways to Save Time in Our 24/7 World, says “When you embrace time with an abundant attitude, you actually have more of it. You can expand your experience of time itself simply through your mindset.”
I know this to be true from own personal experience. When I can move through my day doing exactly what I want in the order I choose, I am more productive. I understand that if I am to hold down a job and be a member of decent society, I will have to take into consideration the needs, demands and schedules of others. Even so, it is still possible to change our relationship with time.
Time doesn’t need to be the enemy. For a few practical ways to retool your view of your time, see Christine’s article 10 Ways to Live Time Abundantly. Maybe adopting a vacation state of mind more regularly would actually help us be more productive.
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