There will always be something to do. Time management is not about filling up every minute of the day with a task to perform. We need time to do nothing. We need quiet time. Not only silence outside and in our immediate surroundings. We need time to quiet our minds, our souls, our spirits, our worries, our concerns, and our inner voice. If we can silence ourselves inside the noises of the outside will fade away no matter where you are at.

Our brains work like computers, cellphones, and other electronic devices. As they need to be shut off to reset, our brains need it too. When we feel those mental blocks that interrupt our thinking process or cloud the flow of creativity it is time to step away, take a minute or two and reset. The empty spaces in our brains moves up allowing for the data to relocate and attach itself with its complementing connections just like that defragmenting image of the wold Windows Operating Systems. There is plenty of space in our brains. We just need to separate the data from the free space.

Quiet time also prepares ourselves to be sensitive and sensible to our surroundings, the people around us, and our actions. It allows us to connect beyond ourselves to a the world we’ve been ignoring while our faces are immersed in the screens and the busyness of life. Maybe we might finally get to know the names of the people we see everyday and make new friends. Maybe that idea would at last take form. Maybe we could learn to listen more and pay attention to those around even when they are not talking. Maybe we will notice the inspiration that arrived long ago and fell asleep waiting to get noticed.

Take some quiet time. We all need it.