Paying More Attention

I just read the line “paid more attention” and for the first time ever I thought about it in financial terms.  I even questioned if the word “paid” should have been spelled differently!  (“Pade?”  I don’t think so…)  I think I wanted it to be different so that it would mean something different.

My attention is a currency.  Where I put my attention is where I am spending my time.  Is that hitting anyone else’s “Holy smokes I never thought about it that way!” button?  I am paying to write this right now just like you are paying to read it – with your time, your energy.  Is this what you want to be spending your time on?  Is this what I want to be spending my time on?  (The answer for me is a resounding “YES!” by the way.)

We are what we spend our time on.  So what is worth paying more attention to?  What would you like a refund on?  What aren’t you going to spend another dime of your time on?

So, if you are spending time applying to culinary school and working in restaurant kitchens I hope you want to be a chef.  If you always have your hands in the soil and are constantly thinking about how to make your garden grow, I hope you are okay with being called a gardener.  If you look at your life from the perspective of time, are you spending it becoming who you want to be?

Find a way to say yes to that last question today – spend five minutes of your time (currency) consciously being the person you are constantly becoming.

Where do you spend your time?  Let us hear it in the comments section below:

Thanks!  Caryn

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