An Easy, Instant Way to Take Pressure Off Yourself Today

Milli Thornton đź’“
6 min readJun 17, 2018

“Time is the soul of this world.” — Pythagoras

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Adjusting your relationship with time can have magic therapeutic effects. Feeling calmer may not sound like the most thrilling benefit in life —but the next time you have a blow-out it will seem priceless.

Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn.
— Delmore Schwartz

Can you relate to Delmore’s motto?

The last time you were “burned” you probably felt stress, pressure, self-loathing and maybe even shame or embarrassment.

And yet we do it to ourselves over and over again.

Ouch.

But there’s hope, even for the most time-foolhardy. The secret lies in awareness.

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Which of these are you underestimating?

When estimating how much time it takes to accomplish X, there are three common scenarios where we burn ourselves:

⏱ getting somewhere on time

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Milli Thornton đź’“

Half Aussie. Writing coach. Deep listener. Devoted fan of the indestructible genius (aka the imagination). Get a 1-hour free consultation at writemorewords.com.