To combat the feeling of time accelerating with age, actively practice feeling. By consciously allowing yourself to weep at something moving or laugh out loud at something funny, you register moments more deeply. This slows down your perception of life and prevents you from merely ripping through it.

Popular health advice prioritizes sleep, exercise, and diet. However, a lack of time is the root cause for failing at these pillars. Gaining control over your time is the prerequisite that unlocks the ability to consistently sleep well, exercise, and eat right.

Time management is a subset of a more critical skill: energy management. Instead of just scheduling your day, actively invest your energy in people and activities that replenish it, while divesting from those that drain it. This shift in focus is a more fundamental driver of productivity and well-being.

The common assumption is that more free time (e.g., kids starting school) should be filled by 'hitting the gas pedal' on work. However, this newfound space can reveal an unexpected, counter-intuitive desire to slow down even further, protecting the spaciousness rather than exploiting it for more productivity.

The common "fight or flight" stress response isn't the only option. An alternative, "tend and befriend," involves reaching out to connect with others. This releases oxytocin, which buffers the stress hormone cortisol, offering a more productive way to cope with pressure.

A counterintuitive principle of growth is that the world of the generous gets larger, while the world of the stingy gets smaller. Being generous with your time, resources, and self paradoxically expands your influence, opportunities, and fulfillment.

A persistent sense of urgency and desperation is a hallmark of addictive thinking, often creating panic. The antidote isn't to do more faster, but to connect with the eternal and infinite aspects of your being, which calms the system and shows there is no real hurry.

Saying you 'don't have time' positions you as a victim of circumstance. Saying you 'aren't prioritizing' it frames it as an active choice. This simple change in language reveals where your true priorities lie and forces accountability for your decisions.

Toxic productivity stems from the belief that everything is urgent. Healthy productivity focuses on what matters. Adopting the mantra "I'll do the best that I can with the time that I have" acknowledges constraints and shifts focus to effectiveness and well-being over sheer volume.