Schedule Space

     I have been thinking about space. No, not the planets and stars. But rather space, as in elbow room or room to breathe. More specifically, I have been thinking about space in the way of my life and what it looks like. 

     Do you have that friend that hovers obnoxiously close over your shoulder as you are on the computer trying to show them something? They are so close that you can feel their warm semi-smelly breathe on the back of your neck. If you were to simply turn your head to look left or right, you would be cheek to cheek? Yep. We have all have that friend. And if you don't... I mean I'm not saying it is you... but... all signs point to... (just kidding... mostly). Most times you want to turn around to that person (maybe you have) and said something along the lines of, "Can't I just have a little space to breathe??"

     Bingo. That moment. That is what I am talking about. When you can't even focus on what you are going to do because you just need a little room. Don't we do that to ourselves? There was a time when my daily schedule looked something like this:

           6:00am- Wake Up. 6:05- Be in shower. 6:15- Out of shower. Make lunch. 6:20- Do hair. 6:30-Be eating breakfast. 6:35- Check email while eating. 6:45- Be done eating. Make-up. 6:50- Make Bed. 6:55- Put Shoes on. 6:57- Put coat on. 7:00- Close door to apartment. Walk to car.

     I did not leave myself a single minute to breathe. I didn't give myself any space. In our day in age, if you aren't constantly going or doing something, you are seen as lazy. You are seen as the person who is wasting your day. But maybe, just maybe, that person with the breathing space, is the only person who isn't going to go insane. They chose to give themselves some space. Some room to breathe and digest what is happening around them. 

     "But Katie, how can I do that? I have so much to do with classes and work and family and this commitment and that commitment!" Simple. Schedule space time. Recently my pastor told us that you schedule what is important to you. Aren't you important to you? Be realistic in your space goal. Don't schedule 2 hours to sit and think... you'll get 15 minutes into it and find something else you have to do. Think of how long you need to breathe. I may need 15 minutes everyday... but you may need 5 minutes or 40 minutes.

     So, consider scheduling something new into your daily routine... space.