*S-T-R-E-T-C-H  TIME to create a life we want:  Five Steps 

"Days just aren't long enough!"  "I just can't get everything done in time!"  "Too many projects and not enough time!"

Hold on.  Maybe there's a solution.  Maybe there's another way to look at the problem.  The comments above illustrate the idea that time is limited.  "There aren't enough hours in the day!"  A day is only so long and that isn't enough.

Another way to view time is to see that it is unlimited.  How do we do that?  How do we figure out how to stretch the time we have?  How do we get to create the life we want?

According to Howard Falco, we can change our perception of time.  How do we interpret ourselves and the world?  Our experience of time and how all things come together for us is rooted in that interpretation.  "Learn to understand and trust the process of life.  The universe birthed us into existence -- and we are the magnificent and perfect result."  If that's true, then the universe will continue to support us on our journey through life.  Less fear, less uncertainty; instead, more confidence, more peace.  We can trust that our journey is as it should be.  No need to hurry, scurry, worry.  Whatever our intentions are when it comes to creativity, we can act on them.  But we can do it in a way that reduces pressure on us and allows for more peace in the process.

Look at each moment as a teaching moment.  How can we "work with life and learn from all challenges along the way?"  This approach to our lives engenders "a powerful state of mind and has direct impact on our experience of time".  Thus, the struggle to achieve becomes easier; we're not feeling like we are going against the current; we're in a mindset that allows us to go with the flow.  It's amazing to see how what we want to have happen occurs naturally, without forcing or pressuring it to occur.

"To really master time, we must be willing to open ourselves up to a new way of looking at it."  Try these 5 steps suggested by Falco:

1.  Immediately stop living in regret.  Give up "woulda, coulda, shoulda".  Accept who we are in this moment.  Focus our creative energy on honoring this newfound acceptance.

2.  Trust there is a reason for every challenge and circumstance.  Things are happening for us, not to us.  "To everything, there is a season," go the famous words.  Having expectations of the universe for what we want and when we want it actually works to add time to our journey.

3.  Be present as much as possible.  By being present, we can experience any messages that come to us through every person, situation and moment.  If we're not paying attention, if we're moving too fast, we can miss valuable information life is presenting to us which would stretch our learning curve -- which in turn stretches time.

4.  Learn to act on initial instincts.  Don't hesitate or think too much.  Acting on instincts allows us the fastest way to get from A to B as it relates to what we want.  Determine to utilize instincts more.  Have faith to go with the flow.

5.  Build the faith to see time is never wasted.  Each moment has purpose.  Things of which we are unaware can be happening under the surface and working in our favor.  "This helps to dissolve fear, resistance and pressure and increases crucial energy of faith.  The more we can come to embrace that for this moment this is exactly where we are supposed to be on the journey, the more powerful we will become."

Mastering the precious commodity of time isn't so much about organizing it.  It's much more "about the attitude we hold about ourselves and how this attitude affects every happening in our lives.  Awakening to see the sacred connection between these two things by slowing down enough to be much more present is ironically the beginning of a new and much faster way of putting time on our side."

*Howard Falco, "How to Master Time:  5 Steps to Living a Timeless and Powerfully-Creative Life"