{"id":31991,"date":"2022-07-22T17:41:02","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T17:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ctd\/?p=31991"},"modified":"2022-07-22T17:41:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T17:41:21","slug":"time-or-lack-thereof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ctd\/2022\/07\/time-or-lack-thereof\/","title":{"rendered":"Time, or lack thereof"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pretty much every clinician I know wrestles with time. Or, more precisely,\u00a0lack of time<\/em>: lack of enough time with patients; lack of sufficient time with family and friends; lack of adequate time for self-care.\u00a0Lack, lack, lack! While we can’t expand time, there are ways to expand our\u00a0sense<\/em>\u00a0of time.\u00a0And that can make all the difference. Here are some pointers:<\/p>\n

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  1. Take the Long View<\/strong>:\u00a0First, take the long view of things.\u00a0Dr. Rachel Remen <\/a>writes about visiting a cemetery where she saw a headstone with this inscription:\u00a0Here lies George Brown, born a man, died a gastroenterologist.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0What do you want on your headstone or said at your memorial service?\u00a0Think about what you want to be remembered for. Take the long view, look at the big picture of your life, and see if it doesn’t change your relationship with time in the short run.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. Take the Short View:\u00a0<\/strong>Second,\u00a0<\/strong>hard days can feel like long days.\u00a0When life is challenging, it feels as if time slows down.\u00a0On these days it can help to\u00a0shorten<\/em>our focus —\u00a0What do I need to do to get through this next hour?<\/em>\u00a0Or as our friends in AA say, “One Day at a Time… .”<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      1. Anticipate and Reminisce:\u00a0<\/strong>Physician and time expert\u00a0Richard Swenson<\/a>invites us to lengthen our sense of time through anticipation and reminiscence.\u00a0He writes, “Activity overload and calendar congestion have robbed us of the pleasure of anticipation.\u00a0Without warning, the activity is upon us.\u00a0We rush to meet it; then we rush on the next.\u00a0In the same way, we lack the luxury of reminiscing.\u00a0On we fly to the next activity.”\u00a0(A Minute of Margin, Richard Swenson. 2003.) Swenson reminds us to take the time to anticipate upcoming activities that we are looking forward to, and remember those positive activities after they are over.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        1. Do Something for Someone:\u00a0<\/strong>Lastly, practice compassion. Researchers at the\u00a0Wharton School of Business<\/a>,and discussed in Drs. Trzeciak and Mazzarelli\u2019s book Compassionomics,<\/em> found that compassionate interactions with others actually change our perception of time. Compassion makes us feel less rushed and hurried; it slows us down and\u00a0expaaands<\/em>\u00a0our sense of time.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          None of us controls how many hours in the day we get.\u00a0But we all can make some choices that affect how we perceive those hours. Why not start now?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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