Do you actually have 5 minutes?

The other morning, I ran across a task—a small but important one that would have taken less than 5 minutes to do—and thought to myself, "No time for that right now."

Then later that evening? I caught myself scrolling on my phone for 35 minutes.

That's when it hit me: We always have time for the things we value. 

When we tell ourselves we're "too busy," we're usually just using busyness as a shield to avoid something.

And avoidance doesn’t save us an ounce of time or energy.

In fact, it's just the opposite. Letting tiny, unaddressed things pile up taxes your confidence, steals your peace, and clouds your clarity. 

There's a saying that if you want to know what someone values, you only have to look at two things: their checkbook and their calendar. 

If an outside observer looked at a 'calendar' of everything you've done over the week, what would your actions say you're prioritizing?

Would they see someone intentionally taking ground on what matters? Or would they see someone running ragged while avoiding what's important? 

Please don't let those questions bring a single ounce of shame or self-judgment. Real life is messy, full of distractions and detours, and none of us are perfect. (And never will be!)

But I want to call you gently into Awareness and Acceptance today. Look at your to-do's with honest eyes. 

What is one small, important thing you’ve been putting off because you're "too busy"?

Even better: one small, important thing that's living rent-free in your head, weighing you down?

• That one uncomfortable email you need to reply to, where you've let it sit so long that now you’re avoiding it out of pure awkwardness.
• The half-finished instructions you keep meaning to write so your team member can finally take a simple but repetitive task off your plate.
• That difficult, 5-minute "redirection" conversation with a team member or vendor, taking up hours of your mental bandwidth while you rehearse it in your head.

You don't have to overhaul your entire schedule. But you can choose to stop avoiding.

You probably do actually have 5 minutes. So handle that one small thing, and reclaim your peace. 

Let me know if this hits home for you today. I always love hearing where you're at. 

Thanks for doing life with me,

Dawn