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On Wednesdays, we’ll reflect: See below for some some of what I’ve learned from the week to inspire reflection, a well-being soundbite, and a view of my wish list / recs / things I’m currently obsessing over. 🙂
Note: A quick reminder that as I soak up the final moments of wedding planning, I'll be keeping our newsletters a bit shorter over the next few weeks. I appreciate your patience and can't wait to share more aspects of the day with you all soon!
W.I.L.T.W (What I Learned This Week)
Time Itself Isn’t Scarce
This week, I have no article I want to link but a reflection that came from an unstructured conversation with Dyl. I gave Dyl a call towards the end of the night and started to vent about how there just weren’t enough hours in the day to meet deadlines, personal projects, wedding planning. Everything has been feeling like a race against a clock with no desire for me to really ‘pause the brakes’, I just want to make the runway a bit longer. Somewhere in that conversation, Dyl suggested an idea that offered a reframing about how I think about time.
Time isn’t actually scarce. Time itself is neutral. Its scarcity isn't inherent; it’s a feeling that arises from how we spend it. What feels scarce are the moments that matter most, like those spent with people we love or doing work that lights us up. Perhaps it’s a sense that the feeling of “not enough” isn’t a failure of time management; but a sign of meaning?
Some additional thoughts and questions to reflect on…
When you feel time slipping away, is it a sign that you are actually quite fulfilled? Could the feeling of "not enough time" be a problem that doesn’t necessarily need to be solved, but a blessing to be grateful for?
Are we allowing excitement to transform into negative pressure too easily? When multiple meaningful things happen at once, the desire to give each your best can feel overwhelming. that’s abundance, not lack.
Can gratitude reframe the clock? Instead of resenting the limits of time, how can we pause and appreciate that our life is rich with things worth wanting more of?
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