Well . . . I am at the gym on the exercise bike and typing this at the same time. that’s probably my answer to what my default relationship to time is. scarce and precious. precious and not scarce is where I would love ro come from. Waiting for external permission for things also resonates, but more having to do with taking actions that require courage than taking actions that require time. But as you point out, it is fear that is the issue, not the availability of time. The new car smell fading is such a palpable example of the “chasing a carrot on a stick” dynamic. Happiness and success always just on the horizon rather than here and now. My car is 15 years old so maybe I’m doing ok!
I was thinking about that. How do we come from a place of time not being scarce. When we hear that we have "4000 weeks", it feels like a timer counting down to zero.
It led me to that distinction between the two types of time. That one's chronos.
So, if we were to look at time through the kairos lens, and focus on the opportunities it creates, and to experience that time - or rather, this moment in time - an opportune one, how does that changes things?
eg to put the smiles on your audience's faces, help them realise new and interesting ways of seeing the world - as you do in your work.
I also wondered what that permission could offer you if it turned from an external one to an internal one?
Thanks for the thoughtful piece and reminisce of Countdown !
I love that theme tune!
Well . . . I am at the gym on the exercise bike and typing this at the same time. that’s probably my answer to what my default relationship to time is. scarce and precious. precious and not scarce is where I would love ro come from. Waiting for external permission for things also resonates, but more having to do with taking actions that require courage than taking actions that require time. But as you point out, it is fear that is the issue, not the availability of time. The new car smell fading is such a palpable example of the “chasing a carrot on a stick” dynamic. Happiness and success always just on the horizon rather than here and now. My car is 15 years old so maybe I’m doing ok!
"Precious and not scarce".
I was thinking about that. How do we come from a place of time not being scarce. When we hear that we have "4000 weeks", it feels like a timer counting down to zero.
It led me to that distinction between the two types of time. That one's chronos.
So, if we were to look at time through the kairos lens, and focus on the opportunities it creates, and to experience that time - or rather, this moment in time - an opportune one, how does that changes things?
eg to put the smiles on your audience's faces, help them realise new and interesting ways of seeing the world - as you do in your work.
I also wondered what that permission could offer you if it turned from an external one to an internal one?