Read Online It About Time The Art of Choosing the Meaningful Over the Urgent edition by Valorie Burton Religion Spirituality eBooks

Product details File Size 858 KB Print Length 264 pages Page Numbers Source ISBN 0785220186 Simultaneous Device Usage Up to 5 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits Publisher Thomas Nelson (April 30, 2019) Publication Date April 30, 2019 Language English ASIN B07DT3X1F8

It About Time The Art of Choosing the Meaningful Over the Urgent edition by Valorie Burton Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews

• When I first heard about Valorie's new book, I knew I would buy it because I love her style of writing. However, I didn't think the topic was that relevant to me as I thought I was already an expert with managing my time. After reading the first couple chapters, I realized that I was dead wrong! This book has opened my eyes to the fact that I was not the time expert I thought I was! As a matter of fact, it showed me that I needed to drastically change my approach to my relationship with time. I found the exercises and coaching questions included in the chapters to be extremely helpful. For example, I did not know the extent of my social media use until I did the Daily Time Chart exercise. The Core Vulnerabilities and Positive Pessimist Assessments were also eye opening. I've incorporated what I've learned from these assessments as well as the book on a whole successfully into my daily life and I am beginning to see improvement in my relationship with time. The book is a very easy and interesting read with life experiences of others who are easy to relate to. Another great book from Valorie Burton! Hats off to her.
• Some scenes in this book - like the woman in the first chapter who rushed to the hospital, like the sunsets ritual, like the beauty is the beast chapter - they made me pause in my tracks.
  
  Which is what I suppose a wonderfully-written, story-based book about TIME will do. Valorie Burton's books make me think - about what came before, about who I am, about who I want to be. I want to be a better version of me while reading the book.
  
  Then there are the "how did she know?" parts. Pages 108 and 109 are exactly about me. To the dot.
  
  I would like to pick this book up again in another six months and see whether I've improved in my relationship with myself, my family, my work. Whether I've improved in my relationship with time. So glad to have pre-ordered this book. Was delighted when it came and dug in right away.
• Wake up. Work. Cook. Clean. Sleep. Repeat.
  
  Today’s culture of constant “go, go, go” to get things done within some time limit makes us lose sight of what really matter in our lives. We do not have time to slow down and ponder what is our life’s purpose. Instead, we wake up each day going to the grind and coming home to finish our personal errands only to repeat the same thing next day. In our societal culture, “we dread mondays, prepare to get over hump days and live for the weekend.”
  
  After years of hustling and bustling, and not being happy, I often questioned what is the meaning of life. I found myself busy all the time, planning my days and months in advance and I didn’t know what I had really accomplished in the grand scheme of life. Sure, I got a college degree and had a reputable job, but, it made me miserable. Social media made it worse as I often found myself comparing my life to others that I could not keep up with. I was easily depressed.
  
  We, as a society, have done this to ourselves. We have made our lives so full of stress and we don’t know how to get out of it. Everyday is structured and has a schedule. We are always busy and are constantly racing against time as we never have enough of it. Burton does a great job showing us in detail how this came about in our society and reminds us that we don’t need to succumb to the norm. She reminds us that we have control over our lives and teaches us how to choose what’s truly meaningful.
  
  Everyone will benefit from reading this book because it helps us see what truly matters. I believe that the more people who reads this and makes changes, the more our society will change for the better. If you think you don’t need it, I challenge you to ask yourself, “What’s the point of everything I’m doing now?” and truly consider all the little things.
• Like always Valorie's books are powerful resources and this one does not disappoint! A must read for those seeking to find balance with all of the responsibilities this current culture demands- as a single mom with a demanding career- I could relate to her lack of joy due to life's competing priorities. The strategies she offers are creative, and I am excited to complete the daily time budget - and start purposely choosing the meaningful over the urgent!!!