What is the Best Use of Your Time?

Have you ever wondered what the best use of your time is? Or have you ever stopped and thought, maybe I could be using my time better? This thought has been creeping up on me a bit recently. A weekend plan of mine just got cancelled and so I thought to myself, what would be a good use of my time? Should I work on some self-development to uplevel my career, should I read one of my new books, or should I sit on the couch and scroll reddit? I was hit with the dilemma of using my time for productivity or using it for enjoyment, and it almost set me off in a spiral where I couldn’t make a choice. I was going to end up doing something, but didn’t know what. It almost seemed like if today I didn’t do something productive, I would fall behind in life, it was very black and white thinking which is something I tend to do, all or nothing. If I don’t make the perfect choice right now, then my life will be ruined.

After I had settled in a little, had my morning cup of coffee and some food, my brain started to relax a bit, and I was able to break out of the negative loop of being unable to make a decision. I decided to keep the day open and see how it would flow, and now here I am writing about this common experience that seems to happen almost constantly. I am realizing how important routine can be. Routine can be such a grounding experience that it allows you to step out of routine, if that makes sense. By having a morning routine, which is maybe getting a cup of coffee and some food for some, it allows you to settle into the day and be open to whatever may come. Without that grounding experience you might find yourself scrambling to get momentum in the day and end up doing nothing, or something that isn’t important to you because you didn’t take the time to get rolling.

This brings me back to what I was saying earlier. How do you make the right choices for your time? The first step is to get positive momentum in your day. This can either be through your normal morning routine, by meditating and resetting your thoughts after a negative experience or even doing one of your favorite things. Once you are feeling at ease or even light and happy, you can then make clear decisions on how you’d like to spend your time. If you make the decision from this mindset the decision you make is almost always going to be a positive experience and something you enjoy.

So, in the end it doesn’t matter if you do something productive, or something fun, as long as you make the decision from a state of ease, the chances of it being a good use of your time, due to the enjoyment it provides, it is the right decision. So next time you’re worried about if you’re doing the right thing for this moment or if your making weekend plans on a Tuesday, make sure you’re in a clear state of mind and you are being influenced by joy and ease rather than worry and anxiety.